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I came straight to Brock from Hounsdown School where I played lots of sport, including football, rugby and basketball. I had always had an interest in the uniformed services, and if I hadn’t come across my apprenticeship I was going to join the navy as a mine clearance diver.

Throughout my course I gained military experience that helped me to be more mature and self-disciplined. This definitely helped with the interview processes that I went through for both my navy application and my current position.

The opportunity to apply for my apprenticeship at GoSkydive came to my attention whilst on a jump. It was a perfect fit. I was in the final stages of my navy application at the time so the choice was hard. But I decided to go with my passion, which has always been skydiving.

Currently I am training full-time to be a tandem skydiving instructor under a three year apprenticeship scheme. In 2016 I will qualify as a ‘camera flyer’, which will see me film the tandems as they jump. By 2017 I should be a fully-fledged tandem instructor as well.

In the future I want to progress to become a chief instructor. There are not many of these in the country, but I am determined to join this elite group. I also have a personal aim to achieve 10,000 jumps before I am 30 years old.