I was conducting a site OSH inspection of a cattle station owned by a large and renowned international company. Owning and managing cattle properties was not their core business. We all know that manual handling activities are very common on pastoral properties , especially when loading the heavy items such as bags of cement, feed […]
In 2019, Cecil Andrews College students came up with the idea of an outdoor classroom and meeting area, using recycled plastics and providing stand-a-lone solar power to charge mobile devices. The idea was enthusiastically supported by College Principal – Stella Jinman, Senior Design and Technical Teacher – Jason Evans and Engineering Mentor – Craig Power. […]
iSOL8 Pty Ltd was a finalist in the Western Australian Innovator of the year awards based on the innovation a “Digital Lock Out Tag Out System” – iSOL8. The iSOL8 team consisted of Craig Power and Steve Asher with some help from Alistair Power on internet communications on remote sites. The key supporters and sponsors […]
As parents and relatives, we help our siblings earn a few dollars and give them some part-time work (Example – Siblings doing tertiary studies). This is especially easy for small building services contractors, who in many cases may not have basic safety management checks in place and do work using “Common Sense”. This is such […]
A Dropped Load Several hundred pre-cast concrete reinforced panels had been craned and installed without any obvious safety issues when a panel detached from the basketed flat sling arrangement and fell to the floor below. The slings had not failed, it was obvious that one sling had slipped towards the centre of the load allowing […]
Introduction – Social License to Operate There have been several community related Occupational Health related scandals in Western Australia: reference the Lead Contamination problems at the Port of Esperance around 2006/2007 and the more recent issue of lead contamination experienced at the newly opened Perth Children’s Hospital. The initial response and management of community health […]
My Drone class had been experimenting with assembling and flying several types of drones over the past 6 months. The next phase was to conduct a coordinated Drone flying routine using 6 or more Drones together. Peter Fares – The specialist Dance Teacher, choreographed a dance routine. Peter combined the six drones (flyers) with a […]
Drone Flying activities have been included as part of the September 2018 program of activities undertaken by Cecil Andrews College at the Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School, located around 700 kms east of Kalgoorlie. I am seeking out organisations who would like to sponsor and support this activity. I am a mentor for the Project Based […]
During 2017 and 2018, I mentored two groups of high school students in the Cecil Andrews College Project Based Learning Programs under the guidance of experienced STEM teacher John Townley and Principal – Stella Jinman The first group consisted of 4 boys and three girls from year 11. They were offered the use of the school 3D […]
It seems the word on everyone’s lips is the blockchain. How much of it is hype, and how much is real? The blockchain is heavily associated with cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. My techies tell me it’s much more important than that. The way the blockchain works is that each new block of transactions includes a […]
I have had the privilege of being an external engineering based industry mentor to year 10/11 students over the past two years, assisting in the STEM Project Based Learning program – working with the Principal Stella Jinman and Head Technology teacher John Townley and have been given the unofficial title of “Resident Engineer” for the college. In […]