This year the Te Awamutu College Level 1 Engineering classes have enjoyed working towards the Level 1 Engineering Certificate and have been challenged with the practical project that was introduced.
The brief was to take and disassemble an old push bike and remake it into a kick bike, which is a popular fitness item in many European countries.
Using design and construction skills the students have cut, filled, welded and created new life from old scrap.
As a measure of how popular the kick bike has proven to be, out of the thirty students finishing the course, only four have not completed a bike.
This is the best project completion rate for many years.