Tauranga's David Kehely considers his win at the Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards on Tuesday night as a springboard to launch his career in the industry.
David was announced the 2010 Bay of Plenty Dairy Trainee of the Year, winning $3700.

David Kehely at the Bay of Plenty Diary Industry Awards on Tuesday night.

The 19 year old works for Oropi Bushlands, which runs three dairy herds on a large farm near Tauranga.
'I'm interested in moving forward within the dairy industry and the dairy trainee contest is a great window for both my career and meeting like minded people.”
David has been in the industry three years and his future goals are to undertake study, and to progress to a farm manager's position and then on to sharemilking.