Troy Game is Bay of Plenty's Young Achiever of the Week

Troy Game dreams of working on supercars while making sparks fly with his welder in the workshop.

The 18-year-old from Papamoa is following in his father's footsteps - a fitter welder who also encouraged Game's love of motorsport.

"He and uncle Phil were quite competitive. That is how it got into me; I was basically born around it."

Game is in his first year of a four-year mechanical engineering apprenticeship at Page Macrae Engineering in Mount Maunganui.

The teenager said he aimed to become a qualified mechanical engineer working with race cars.

"I want to get into supercars in a few years' time, become a mechanical engineer so I can build race cars," Game said.

"This is a great apprenticeship because you learn a lot about fabrication and welding, build up that skill level and get a qualification at the same time."

Game was one of four mechanical engineering apprentices to be awarded a $3000 Acorn Foundation scholarship to spend on tools. He also received $4300 to put towards further training.

"Receiving this scholarship helps me in a lot of ways, financially to help pay off my tools or buy better ones, and also to go on block courses to get extra training," he said.

"I am very happy because I worked hard to get the scholarship and it's a stepping stone for someone like me."

Fellow Page Macrae apprentice Grace Lowe also secured a scholarship.

Page Macrae's apprentice training co-ordinator Grant Holland said the scholarships recognised his apprentices' hard work.

"For the past eight years we have been training apprentices, pushing them to become excellent tradespeople for the future," he said.

"Part of the Acorn Foundation scholarship is funding for us to further their skills through specialist training programmes, including forklift driving."