Nominee for LINK Employment and Training’s Apprentice/Trainee of the Year Dylan McCabe inspects the underside of a bus at Grenda Corporation in Dandenong.
DYLAN McCabe is no stranger to work-related accolades, thanks to his unparalleled dedication to his diesel mechanic apprenticeship with Dandenong’s Grenda Corporation.
At just 21, Dylan’s reputation within the Victorian bus industry is larger than he could ever have imagined.
In 2006 he won Apprentice of the Year at the Bus Association Victoria awards and was a finalist in the Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce’s Young Enterprise Award.
Mr McCabe has been with LINK Employment and Training for four years and attributed his lust for success to his apprenticeship.
He said the work kept him intellectually stimulated – the key factor in deciding what job would become his career.
“(The job) involves thinking about what you have to do and that keeps your mind ticking,” he said.
He said LINK had always been on hand for advice and motivation and that support from employer Grenda, the state’s leading bus company, had been another key factor contributing to his rapid success.
Mr McCabe found his feet in the industry after enrolling in the Jobs Pathways program while still a student at Lyndhurst Secondary College.
The program led him to LINK and Grenda, where he has acquired a thorough education in diesel mechanics.
Mr McCabe has graduated with a Certificate III in Heavy Vehicle Mechanics and plans to one day have a management role in the bus industry.
“Of the people I would really like to thank are those at Grenda’s because they put a lot of time into me,” he said. “I had a bit of trouble when I first started, but they took me aboard, which was really good.”
