By CASEY NEILL
WOORI Yallock’s Oun Chao has lofty goals for his career in the electrical industry.
“I want to be the go-to guy for solar,” he said.
The 23-year-old was the Youth Enterprise Award nominee at Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce’s final Premier Regional Business Awards breakfast for the year, held at Sandown Greyhounds last Wednesday 26 November.
Oun comes from a hardworking Cambodian family and between his studies helps at their business – the Woori Yallock Bakery.
He’s studying a Certificate III in Electrotechnology at Chisholm in Dandenong and has his sights set on a Certificate II in Telecommunications, Certificate III in Electrical Contracting and a Certificate IV in Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Generation.
Oun said he regularly reads articles about solar electricity.
“That’s the next step in our technology,” he said.
“They’re building solar everything.”
His interest in electricity came from his foam plane hobby – he understood the physics of flight and wanted to understand electricity in the same way.
His goal is to become an electrical contractor, run his own business and pass his skills onto an apprentice.
The award winners will be announced and presented at a gala dinner in March next year.
