What subjects did you take in school and how have these influenced your career path?
Tech drawing.
What is your education to date?
Leaving Cert. Occasional classes in woodturning with Willie Stedmond. Fás cabinet making course. Crafts Council of Ireland Business skills course (no longer in operation).
What aspects of your education have proven most important for your job?
Learning from masterturners. Reading about them and watching them at demonstrations and on DVD/video. Understanding the basics of engineering helps me fix and maintain my equipment.
Have you undertaken, or do you plan to undertake any further training as part of your job?
I am continually learning from master turners and learning excellence in teaching and instruction from practitioners.
