Courtney Barton

Courtney represents the Victorian Country region. She works at Flower Girls in Mornington and trained at the Marjorie Milner College. Courtney’s category expert was Alan Randell-Smith from Interflora Florists.

考特尼（Courtney）一直对设计，颜色，艺术感兴趣，并开始了她的职业生涯，从而使她成为学徒。考特尼（Courtney）在墨尔本花朵和花园表演和未来比赛的维多利亚州维多利亚州花店等节目中获得了奖项。

Courtney’s success has given herself the confidence to work under pressure and the communication skills to take her service to the next level. She says that her success in WorldSkills has given not only herself, but also her workplace, much recognition in the community.

Courtney对她的作品最享受着创造性的功能。她还喜欢她必须使用并更新自己的知识来告知客户并做出正确的决定。

考特尼（Courtney）想经营自己的业务，并相信她有继续学习和实现新事物的奉献精神和热情。

Courteny completed the International Competition in Japan with a Medallion of Excellence.

考特尼现在在哪里？
对于考特尼来说，就像过去12个月一样，在海外工作。

“After experiencing two of the most amazing weeks of my life, I have to admit returning to Australia was quite difficult. I struggled to say goodbye to my fellow Skillaroos and accept that our 18 months of hard, yet enjoyable work had come to an end. However, I did have a great sense of pride and satisfaction in my results and achievements at the competition.”

“在第七名结束比赛之后，我以卓越的奖牌感到惊讶，但非常受宠若惊，在演讲仪式上，花店首席专家对此感到非常受宠若惊，并亲自表示祝贺。正是这一刻加强了您如何在比赛中展示自己的重要性。您在压力下努力和良好工作的能力，每天对竞争的态度以及对专家和竞争对手的尊重。我了解到，在竞争后机会展示时，所有这些属性都被考虑。”

“I was very fortunate to have been offered a position by the Swiss Chief Expert as his very well regarded Florist in Switzerland. I had hoped to travel to Europe in 2008 and I was thrilled at the prospect of working abroad in my trade.”

“I began working at hertigfleurs.ch in Fribourg, Switzerland, in June 2008 and will continue working until March 2009. It has been a wonderful learning experience, as I have further developed my skills and knowledge and overcome the many challenges I have faced along the way.”

“我还在正确的时间以及坎迪丝和霍莉（Candice）和霍莉（Holly）在世界上的正确部分，因为我被邀请参加9月在奥地利维也纳举行的世界大四国际青年论坛。这是另一个奇妙的事件，使我能够代表澳大利亚，并提出了我关于如何进一步改善未来世界大都会比赛的想法。这也是一个很好的机会，可以看到我错过了很多熟悉的澳大利亚面孔。”

“自从在日本参加比赛以来，我的生活已经发生了巨大变化，我将永远感激世界破坏者以及组织背后的面孔，以获得它所展示的惊人经历和机会。实际上，在宣布为27位Skillaroos竞争对手之一之后，我的生活开始改变，代表澳大利亚在2007年在佛罗里达州。”

“这项比赛的18个月为我提供了无穷无尽的机会，可以完善自己的技能，并为国际竞争水平做准备。我本人和我的专家艾伦（Alan）和导师芭芭拉（Barbara）一起工作得很好，并在那段时间建立了如此特殊的联系。我知道当时我必须是澳大利亚最幸运的年轻花店，因为我受到澳大利亚一些最受尊敬的设计师的培训。”
“My life after the competition has presented not only amazing career opportunities, but also many opportunities for personal growth. I have more confidence in my skill ability and my potential to continue succeeding on different levels in the future.”

“I know in myself that I have changed and grown as a person. I am no longer that insecure, timid young girl who found it difficult to accept the rewards of her achievements. I am now happily reaping the benefits of all that I have worked so hard for and am most grateful for the continued support of WorldSkills and my friends and family.”

“实际上，很难相信已经在日本比赛已经12个月了。我很高兴，我们中的许多2007年竞争对手一直保持联系，因为我们确实在团队中建立了许多特殊的友谊。我期待于2009年3月与其中一些特别人见面。”

And in the next 12 months…
“我对接下来的12个月感到非常焦虑，因为我回到澳大利亚时有很多决定要做。这将涉及我选择以自己为基础的地方，并找到一个工作场所，可以利用过去两年半来发展的新知识和技能。我现在有关于我的工作场所的标准，很难在一个不能使我尽力而为的地方安顿下来。”

“I will also be using the next 12 months to complete a (scholarship based) Business Management Course in preparation of having my own business in the near future.”

“I am not unhappy about returning to Australia, as I have many future plans that I would like to begin preparing for, and not only that, I plan to stay quite involved with WorldSkills and offer my assistance in any way possible, where ever it may be needed.”

对于澳大利亚队的竞争对手，卡尔加里2009年的竞争对手几句话
This amazing WorldSkills journey that you have now begun is the beginning of your careers and I cannot emphasise enough, the importance of the time, effort and hard work that is required of you from here on in. If you know yourself that you have given 100%, you will have great pride and satisfaction in your end result. No matter what that end result is or where you finish in the rankings, you are there and you are representing your country because you are the very best in your skill.”

“Please remember that the opportunities after Calgary will be endless, as it’s just the beginning. I wish you all the very best in Calgary and I am sure, as we did, you will also make Australia very proud. Enjoy the journey, the friendships and the experience of WorldSkills itself.”