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A piece of cake: how a Ballina baker became Skytech Solutions pilot via TAFE NSW
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10 February 2023 - 9:30 AM

Former baker Paul Buffery has gone from cooking focaccia to flying drones, getting ahead as a remote commercial pilot in the global agriculture drone industry that’s tipped to skyrocket by 2030.

Local TAFE NSW student droning his way to a media career
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19 February 2019 - 5:16 PM

Thanks to a career break provided by his TAFE NSW teacher, At the age of 17, local William Snape already runs his own photography business, is completing a diploma at TAFE NSW Port Macquarie and counts Ray White Manning Valley as a key client.