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  Chris McLean says taking a dip in wages during his apprenticeship will be worth it for a building career. Photo: Dave Solin Chris McLean says taking a dip in wages during his apprenticeship will be worth it for a building career. Photo: Dave Solin

This year's top carpentry apprentice slogged through four years of university before he realised he was never going to get the job he wanted, where he wanted it writes Alexia Russell in Newsroom today.

Chris McLean took up the tools instead and couldn't be happier about his future in construction. Now he is trying to get school leavers to take a step back before applying for their student loan, asking them to spend 10 minutes on the Government's job website researching their future.

| Read the full story on Newsroom   ||  May 31, 2017   |||

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