Winning a national power skills competition as virtual novices was an outstanding achievement last year for a team of Northland electricity line mechanics. But winning the national Connexis Awards for a second year running this month is unprecedented for the Top Energy line mechanic team.
The team – Karl Wilson (team manager), Simon Bayliss (team foreman), Lance Kahotea, Michael Kava and Michael Mitchell (trainee) – were mostly novices when they won the award in Te Awamutu last October, and their victory was a total surprise…
