Charles started with the company in 2018 and has spent most of that time in the cut and bend workshop however he has also worked on site doing steel installation from time to time. He is a senior cut and bend operator setting up the Nextra and Prima automatic off coil cut and bend machines. He also operates the manual bending tables for large round steels and the shearline cutter. Charles was introduced to the reinforcing trade by his father, who worked at a local construction firm that dealt with Taranaki Reinforcing at the time.
Charles gets a lot of satisfaction seeing his role in the steel production contributing to the overall job on site. He enjoys dealing with customers and other tradies meeting people and building relationships on the job.