As a teenager, Mitchell Croke would hang out in V8 Supercar workshops where his two older brothers worked. He remembers admiring the promotional signage and stickers on the cars, and a career in sign writing eventually beckoned.
Rewarded for his talents, Mitchell won a gold medal at the 2012 WorldSkills Australia National Competition in Sydney and was awarded a BBM/Skilled Futures Scholarship, which acknowledges and rewards excellence in skills by funding travel to the United Kingdom to enhance leadership skills.
An Australian Training Awards finalist in the 2013 Australian Apprentice of the Year Award, Mitchell recently has achieved his goal of securing a sign-writing position with V8 Supercars team Nissan Motorsport.
Mitchell is now an Australian Apprenticeships Ambassador for the Australian Government.