Amazing Career Journeys
Profile
Theo Zachos
Mechanical Designer
Bio
As a child Theo was inquisitive and liked taking things apart. He also liked to express himself in art and tech studies. His hunger to design things led to several different trades and studying CAD at TAFE, before he scored a job designing components in ships built for the Air Warfare Destroyer Program.
Now Theo gets great satisfaction from the things he’s designed and being part of a team and can’t wait to see the ships head out to sea.
Questions
Questions & Answers
- What is the best aspect about your work?
- Having the chance to working on the biggest defence projects in Australia.
- What is the most challenging aspect about your work?
- Being out of my comfort zone and being pushed to the limits.
- What high school and/or Uni/TAFE did you go to?
- High School – Wirreanda High School, TAFE - Noarlunga, Panorama & Regency TAFE
- What did you study in further education?
- Trade Certificate in Mechanical Engineering – Maintenance in Fitter and Turning. Mechanical Engineering – Diploma in Mechanical Design.
- What is the best career advice you can give to someone is interested in going down a similar path?
- Think out of the square, you can get into Engineering by completing an apprenticeship first, and then go on to either TAFE or Uni. By taking this path, you have the best of both worlds by having the ‘practical’ and ‘theory’ behind you – it will give the edge over other applicants while applying for a job.
