Ukrainian refugee turns childhood boat-building passion into career | 24CA News
A Ukrainian refugee is popping his pastime right into a full-time profession, and that pastime is boat-building. His childhood pastime turned a key a part of his contemporary begin in Canada.
Artem Vartanian and his household fled Ukraine final May. When Vartainian got here to the Okanagan, he hoped to proceed engaged on what he admires.
“I love all about sailing boats and marine style,” stated Vartanian.
Vartanian has a marine schooling working as a navigator and part-time boat builder. When he was youthful, he took up a pastime he nonetheless practices at this time.
“My father liked the scale models and he teach me and we together have good hobbies,” he stated.
While he was searching for a brand new profession in Kelowna, he got here throughout a job opening at an area boat retailer much like what he did earlier than.
“Initially I thought he was just fascinated with what we were doing, but it became reasonably clear after I talked to him somewhat that he did have a background in boat building,” stated Andrew Middleton, Absolute Classics Marine co-owner.
Middleton says when Vartanian talked about his background in scale-model boats, he knew he could possibly be nice for the job.
“I quickly realized that this is someone who has good hand-eye coordination and great attention to detail which is something that we need in this business,” Middleton stated.
Vartanian has turned his ardour right into a profession, engaged on full-size boats every day.
“It’s maybe my dream because, for my hobbies, I haven’t a lot of free time,” stated Vartanian.
He has been studying the tips of the commerce, engaged on quite a few vessels and it’s evident to Vartainian’s coworkers simply how a lot he cares.
“He’s a perfectionist like I am and the rest of us here. He loves his job, he tells me that and every time I try to kick him out of the shop he just wants to stay,” stated store supervisor Christine MacPheat.
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Vartanian says his coworkers have change into his second household and his new profession doesn’t really feel like a job.
“This work for me is good pleasure. Scale models are harder because it’s very little, little details, it’s different,” he stated.
Vartainian hopes to cross on his household boat-building pastime to his three kids.
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