A Sydney butcher desperately trying to fill a $130,000 role says he has received more than 140 applications — all from overseas, and not one with relevant qualifications.

The hisses and whines, squeaks and pops of welding booths sounded around dozens of girls at the Calhoun Community College campus in Decatur this week. Destiny Hargrove, 17, from Falkville High School, ...