When John first finished his carpentry apprenticeship, he began thinking about what direction his career would take.

“Did I want to work for someone, or did I want to start my own business?”, he would ask himself.

At 25 years old, most people are still finding their feet and deciding on a profession. Gregory Armstrong is an exception. Greg is one of the trusted on-site supervisors at Devlin Mees builders, running his own crews and building specialist homes even at the proverbial beginning of his career.

How many tradies do you know who did their apprenticeship after being CEO of an international company?

You know at least one now, because David Cherry did exactly that. David now owns another business, as a specialist carpenter working on heritage buildings.

“I found the building industry, and certainly the heritage part of it, and it just fascinates me.”

It isn’t easy to change industry and completely reskill later in life. Find out why David did it, and how Builders Academy Australia helped him get the qualifications he needed.