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“The course has prepared me exceptionally well for my transition into the floristry retail environment.”
Despite being told there were no apprenticeships in her home town, Narelle Hand was determined to become a florist.
She found the floristry course at Box Hill Institute and made the four hour drive from Ballarat, two hours each way, to come to school.
Her drive to fulfill her goal has made her a finalist in the 2007 Outstanding Student of the Year Awards Vocational category.
“I first started working in a menswear store when I was 16 and worked my way up, then moved onto a music store where I became the store manager,” she said.
“After a couple of years, one day I came home to my husband and told him I wanted to become a florist. I’d always wanted to do it and I said life’s getting on and I’m going to follow my dream.”
Narelle, 26, became pregnant shortly after beginning the course and had to defer for six months.
“When I was pregnant, I found it hard to study being nauseous all the time but my family, my husband and his family have been really supportive,” she said.
“I came back to study when my boy, Charlton, was five months old because I thought if I don’t do it now I never will.
“You can never strive too high and everything is achievable if you truly believe.”
Narelle praised the teachers and training environment at Box Hill Institute.
“The course has prepared me exceptionally well for my transition into the floristry retail environment,” she said.
29 June 2007
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