Welding Specialist
Eddy is a co-founding Director of WQMS alongside Simon Krismer. Eddy is a welding professional and master welder, having progressively completed an apprenticeship in cert III Engineering & Fabrication as a boilermaker, and later a Cert IV. Eddy has over 18 years of experience as a welding professional with 11 years as a welding Supervisor/Inspector servicing the energy and minerals resource sectors. It was during his time working within an engineering team across two Hunter Valley mines, that he gained deep first-hand knowledge and experience of the challenges associated with asset maintenance, in particular relating to weld repairs and a welder’s ability.
Eddy’s passion for the trade is demonstrated through his ongoing commitment to training welding apprentices to compete in a skills excellence competition called “WorldSkills”.' As a past competitor himself, Eddy attended exclusive training camps and had the opportunity to learn from some of the world's most skilled and prestigious welders. Eddy understands the importance of keeping the learning opportunity alive for future welding trades, by volunteering his time as a mentor and welding coach, running the Hunter Regional WorldSkills Welding Competition and NSW TAFE Skills development camps in preparation for the National WorldSkills competitions as well as a national judge.
