The Hawkes Bay-based fencing contractor and competition fencer will be in the South Island to share his skills at three fencing trade days, including one at Kirwee, near Christchurch, on Wednesday, October 9.
''I don't get down to the South Island as often as I would like. I get to do the odd training day in the South Island and a few in the North Island,'' he said.
''I like training people and passing on the knowledge.''
Mr Bouskill has won four Golden Pliers fencing competitions, held at the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek, near Hamilton, and one world title in 2015.
But he has finally met his match, with his son Tony Bouskill winning the last two Golden Pliers and the world title earlier this year.
Mr Bouskill was born and bred on farms in the Port Waikato area and ''pretty much grew up building fences''.
After working in security fencing and building prison fences for several years, he converted to rural contract fencing 20 years ago and also shears sheep.
He later moved to Hawkes Bay, where he worked at Smedley Station for nine years training young people in fencing and shearing.
He was enjoying being ''back out in the real world of contract fencing''.
''There's not many secrets to building a fence. It's just about listening to other people and you can learn a learn a lot from the [National, South Island and Southern] Field Days, because all the contractors are there.
''It's about doing a quality job. What I teach to young people is to do a good job and worry about the speed later.
''That's why Tony is so good now, because I drilled it into him when he was young. Tony didn't think he was going to win at the world champs because he wasn't the first finished, but he got the quality.''
The Golden Pliers was a six-hour competition with no rest breaks, so competitors needed to look after themselves, drink plenty of water and eat healthy food.
''It certainly takes its toll. It takes a couple of weeks to recover. They say it's like running two marathons back to back.''
He said there were plenty of opportunities for young people to get into fencing, but the important thing was to find a good mentor.
''Once you've decided what you want to do, find someone to teach you and who is good to work for.
''It's like anything - there's a lot of youngsters out there getting exploited and they're not getting taught properly.
''But it's a good job if you like being out in the elements and all sorts of things go with it, such as hunting.''
-By David Hill
