Nathan Verseghy

I grew up in an abusive household where I experienced physical and sexual abuse on a regular basis. At a very young age, I was getting involved in gangs and being arrested. I dropped out of school. At age 16, I was living on my own. I started working in factories. Over time, I was becoming more and more involved in the maintenance of the machinery. I saw many of the people who I was hanging around with getting out of prison only to go back into prison soon after. I knew that without making major changes in my life I was going to follow the same path.

I went back and graduated high school when I was in my early 20’s. I needed a fresh start, so I sold everything I owned, quite my job and moved to Toronto. I enrolled in Humber College in the Industrial Maintenance Mechanic program. I focused all my energy into school and graduated with Honours. Almost immediately after graduating from Humber, I was offered a Millwright apprenticeship. This involved installing and maintaining machinery at Steel Mills across North America.

During my Millwright apprenticeship, I attended George Brown College where I graduated from the Millwright program. While at George Brown College, I my teachers asked me to attend the Ontario Skills Competition.  I competed in the Millwright competition and came in 2nd place. After becoming a Red Seal Licensed Millwright, I accepted an Elevating Devices Mechanic (EDM) apprenticeship. During my EDM apprenticeship, I attended Durham College where I graduated from the EDM program. After I became a Licensed EDM, I accepted the Trainer position for the Elevating Devices Section.