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Pilots urge people to consider career in heli-sector amid central Queensland worker shortage
A mix-up during high school work experience led Frank Bosca into aviation and more than a decade later he would not have it any other way.
Key points:
- Jamie Bush and Frank Bosca work from a hangar near Clermont, doing charter flights and heli-mustering
- They see some of the most remote parts of the Australian countryside and love their jobs
- The aviation sector is experiencing a worker shortage, particularly of licensed aircraft maintenance engineers
“I was going to leave school and go and be a vet,” he said.
“[After] a bit of confusion at school I ended up in a hangar in Townsville doing work experience on planes and absolutely loved it.
“By the end of it I got offered an apprenticeship and haven’t looked back since.”
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