 G'day, my name is Matthew Beiber. Before joining the CFA, I was a toolmaker with the auto industry for quite some years and after that I've been in the oil and gas as a fitter as well. I'm married with three young children. Our hobbies are, well we have hobbies as camping and surfing as a family sort of thing. Before joining the CFA, I researched it and knew that basically it was a community organisation that was out to serve the community and there were paid people and I thought that it might be a good career to get into. The most rewarding part about the recruit course is making friends with people through the tough experiences we've had and unless you've done it you wouldn't know how it can bond the group of people together. I think probably the toughest part of being a firefighter for me is starting again. I'm one of the older guys and not sort of having the skills. It frustrates me a little bit. I like to know what I'm doing so as in working my way back up to knowing and being qualified I became a firefighter because I think it's good to help and give back to the community and also being a good career with possible opportunities to move up and lots of challenges and that's what I'm sort of looking for.