Construction Immersion Day and White Card Course

Friday, 12 February - Construction White Card Course

As part of the Year 11 Certificate I Construction (CPC10111) Senior VET course, all students were required to successfully complete a "White Card" qualification for Workplace Health and Safety reasons. This qualification is mandatory for all tradespeople when entering and or working on a construction site. The full-day White Card Course was conducted in the Cyprian Pavilion at the College on Friday 19 February 2021 and delivered by Garrick Dillon from Bluedog Training. The students were completely engaged in the course for the day and enjoyed the sausage sizzle lunch as well.

Friday, 19 February - Construction Immersion Day

The Construction Immersion class had their first full construction day last Friday. The class was given the task to provide a number of picnic tables to be used around the College. The boys worked diligently and it was pleasing to see them demonstrate a number of key skills that will see them highly employable in the future.

Below is a summary of the day by one of the construction students, Jackson Key (Year 11).

We met in the training room to have our first toolbox meeting, where we were given the brief of the day, highlighting the expectations and tasks that we needed to carry out throughout the day. The task was to build three large picnic tables. We reverse-engineered the picnic table by taking existing measurements from a previously built picnic table from the students who did the Construction Immersion program last year. The reverse engineering process allows us to come up with a materials and cutting list. We divided up into three teams to build the tables. We used measuring tools such as a tape measure, combination square, spirit level and straight edge. We cut out the seat beaters, and the top bearers on the compound slide mitre saw from the cutting list. The top table bearers were cut out from 140mmx45mm T3 pine timber. We then cut the table and the seat tops from 90mmx45mm pine timber to 2400mm long. All the timber was then given a pencil edge using a trimmer. We then set up a painting area, laying drop sheets on the ground and rolled a grey exterior acrylic paint on the parts to seal and protect it. We then tidied the site, cleaned up and packed up. All in all, a very productive day.