Kdec Electrical and Solar team members win two $10,000 Middy's Training Scholarships

Kdec Electrical and Solar’s Cameron Walker and Kyle Schubert received gold Middy’s Training Scholarships, which can be used for any registered training course to enhance their industry or business skills.

No other company achieved two of the top Middy’s awards, with the electrical wholesaler also offering six $5000 silver scholarships.

Mr Walker owns Kdec Electrical and Solar with his wife Chelsey, the couple clocking up 10 years in charge this year.

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Mrs Walker said Mr Schubert was one of their main solar installers.

“He’s been with us since he was doing work experience in high school,” she said.

“There’s so many options with solar now, there’s new courses coming out all the time.”

The business moved into solar about eight years ago.

“It was the right decision at the right time, it was definitely a turning point for us and our business and our staff,” Mrs Walker said.

Now about 80 per cent of the business involved designing, installing and maintaining solar, be it on-grid, off-grid or with batteries.

“It is such a growth industry,” she said.

“Initially it was very labour intensive but like everything it’s much more technical, so they have to be quite IT savvy.

“They do need to be a lot more skilled, it’s now quite a specialised field, even for electricians.”