Bridport, North East Tasmania 72629 apprentices and their team leader embarked on ground breaking, track building work this week at the Maxwell Street end of the Bridport Walking Track.
Track breaking crew
They are pleased to report that the first 50 metres of track has been prepared for aggregate path installation.
Maxwell St entrance, Bridport Walking Track
“The enthusiasm of the crew is obvious,” reports team leader Nick Shuter and “it will be a challenge to contain their gung-ho attitude and passion for this outdoor work.”
In order to train them in the underpinning knowledge that is fundamental to track work construction, Nick and the crew head to the classroom after two days of track work. He is confident that the apprentices in this crew will rise to this challenge, even though their preference is for the hands-on, practical side of this work.
The apprentices are being trained in various modules required for fulfilling the requirements of Certificate II Land Conservation and Management. The modules for “Recognise Plants,” and “Plant Trees and Shrubs” are foremost on Nick’s training agenda tomorrow after he convenes a weekly safety meeting with the apprentices.
Track building stage 1 close-up
Inaugural track building crew after a hard day’s work
Text and Photos: Judy Barnett
You mean Halloween 2011 don’t you? Actually, it will be finished by August 31 2011. Don’t forget the value-added site visits and other projects like building steps and installing an improved path for the CWA building downtown; just one of many other local projects that we’ll be delving into as well. Our plan is to leave a lasting legacy in so many ways.
Even though I did third year plant geography myself at university, I’m sure to learn a thing or two from Nick.
This’ll be finished by Halloween!
Well done crew! Looking forward to your site visit to Fernamania @ http://www.fernmania.com in the near future. It’s an exciting project that we are proud to support. Good luck with the employment outcomes. The Bridport community should benefit benefit immensely from this great training opportunity and the additional benefit of a track for the future tourism values in the area.
What a great project. Great skills to be learnt and a well made walking track makes landscapes accessible to a great variety of people. Like the module of Recognise Plants; Just been on a walk myself and it great to know some of the names and to recognise native plants.