HOLMESGLEN INSTITUTE Qi: TAFE Holmesglen Institute of T AFE - Staff Newsletter May 1996 SECURING HOLMESGLEN Holmesglen's security staff at Chadstone, looking resplendent in their new uniforms, are often known by sight but that is all. It was decided that it was high time we found out just who they are. Supervisor, Daryl Dunn, commenced his life in security working for Wormald's at Melbourne University in 1987. He then joined the Department of Finance as Senior Protective Services Officer in 1989. He was there for four years prior to joining Holmesglen in 1993. For any non,urgent enquiries, Daryl can be contacted on extension 1910. From 1970, Terry Robinson spent eleven years with the Housing Commission as a carpenter before joining Holmesglen's maintenance team. He spent six months in Maintenance then joined Security in 1982. Thirteen and a half years later, he is still Back Row: Gennady, Terry , Daryl, Boris here. Front Row: David, John (Inset: Kon) Another person who has been with Holmesglen's Security Department for thirteen and a half years is Kon Karagounis (both Kon and Terry must really love the place). Prior to that Kon was with the Housing Commission for seventeen and a half years. Gennady Tyshkovsky has had a totally different background. In 1972 he joined the Military Academy in the USSR. The positions he held whilst there included Motor Infantry Company Commander, Chief of Staff and Staff Officer Military District's Headquarters. He was promoted to Colonel in 1983. Gennady arrived in Australia in March 1993 and worked for National Protective Services as a Security Officer. In 1995 he moved to Holmesglen. Boris Plausail was a compatriot of Daryl's working for Wormald's at Melbourne University where he was a Security Officer for twelve years Plant Safety Seminar from 1982. In 1994, Boris joined MSS Security Services and that same year became a Holmesglen Security Officer. Scaling the Heights The Security Division of Melbourne Airport was home for John What a Spectacle Homann prior to his joining the Commonwealth Bank in 1982. He was there for twelve years before becoming a Holmesglen Security staff member A Brief History of Holmesglen , The First Months in 1994. Another member of the team who started in 1994 is David Adeney. Australian Library and Information For five years prior to that David worked as a Security Officer for ADT Association (ALIA) Award Security and from 1982 to 1989 he was a Night Stocking Manager for Weekend Word Safeway. Calisthenics History LEAPs into the For urgent matters the Chadstone campus security team may be Future contacted on a mobile number, 015 822220, or by pager on 9625 5000 , 20087. International Connections It is nice to know they are here! Perfectly Pleasant Fiday Evening NB: MSS Security staff look after the Waverley campus and any security queries should be directed to Campus Manager, Max Kaplan, on Minutes 9881 3404. In Brief NEW SET OF WHEELS Holmesglen has just taken delivery of a brand new 22 seater bus for use by Institute staff to take students on field trips and excursions. We had hoped to capture the bus on film while it was still sparkling clean, but trying to take a photograph of it at all was no mean feat. The bus has been been in use from the moment it arrived and Stephen Nathan, from Media, had to track it down in order to put his camera to use. Normally 'garaged' at the Waverley campus, any staff wishing to use the bus need to make bookings with Helen Georgiou at Waverley on 9881 3400. PLANT SAFETY SEMINAR More than sixty delegates from a variety of organisations recently attended a Plant Safety Seminar hosted by Holmesglen. Representatives from Health and S~fety Organisation (HSO) Victoria, Lou Kapeller and Connie Maynard, outlined the new legislation relevant to operating plant in Victoria. Lou, Manager of HS O's Licensing Branch, and Connie, Policy and Information Officer of HSO's Plant Safety Branch, clarified the legislative framework surrounding the operation of Plant Safety Regulations, particularly the licensing and certification of the workplace. David Duggan welcomed guests on behalf of Holmesglen's Industrial Skills Department and stated that the seminar was one of the many services offered to industry to assist in broadening know ledge and the brokerage of partnerships across industry. Grahme Brownley, who organised and coordinated the program, said it rose from the many industry enquiries received by the Industrial Skills Department. Queries that included requests for information on the legislation, equipment licensing, certification now required (and that not required) and the degree to which Holmesglen can assist where no formal training exists yet a responsibility remains to ensure an appropriately trained workforce. From all accounts the seminar was a great success. Congratulations to all concerned. 2 Holmes glen News SCALING THE HEIGHTS Train travellers, along with staff and students at Holmesglen's Chadstone campus, were recently amazed by the sight they saw on the back of Building 1. Students from the Professional Adventure and Recreation Instructor program were using the building to develop and test their abseiling skills. The course is based at Waverley (and other locations such as Mount Arapiles, Otway National Park, The Grampians, Mount Hotham Alpine National Park and the Gippsland Lakes) so it was an unexpected sight. The joint Holmesglen/Mountaincraft program is an intensive fast track means of preparing and qualifying people as instructional staff for employment in the Outdoor Pursuits, Adventure Education, Camping and Experiential Training Industry, and to provide a solid grounding for associated employment in Guiding, Adventure Tourism and Adventure Customer Service sectors. Tremendous personal commitment is required over the 1400 hours of practical instruction, field training, room training and placement training; all in six months. The course syllabus includes, Mountaincraft Core Curriculum (incorporating navigation, campcraft, hygiene, safety, environmental awareness, personal fitness and more), Technical Outdoor Pursuits Skills, Skills Instructor Level Certificate Process, Emergency and Safety Skills, Training Skills, Logistics, Organisation, Leadership, Client Relations and Expedition Unit. Whilst a heavily physical program, many other skills, including several related to business, are also acquired as integral components of these units. WHAT A SPECTACLE . h The Optical Shop whereby Holmesglen Henry Akerstein has negotiate~ a spe~ial off~r wit the purchase of glasses and contact tudents and their families will receive. a d1scouffnt ont dent card a 20% discount is offered st a ff ' S '96 b esentmg a sta or s u ' 'll l lenses. Until the end of June ' y:r f 2 boxes of disposable contact lenses wi cost .on y on all glasses and a minimum pure ase o d h ·ng is bulk billed ; just take your Medicare $29.95 per box. If you need your eyeds te~te k ~l:~~~n, East Bentleigh, Elsternwick, Hawthorn, h . l Shops are at Bran on ar ' .... Card. T e 0 pt1ca d Rin wood; just look for this sign ... ~~Iii r.:==-~~~~lii'l Keysborough, Mulgrave an g May 1996 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOLMESGLEN-THE FIRST MONTHS (Anon) When, in 1981, Brian Dixon, the Minister for Youth Sport and Recreation, was promoted to Minister for Education, a change was to be experienced in Victoria! The recently closed Holmesglen Constructions complex, which had been earmarked for a vast indoor sporting complex, almost overnight became the venue for an exciting new educational and training facility. The TAFE Division of Chisholm Institute of Advanced Education was being eased from the Caulfield campus. From the early seventies, the TAFE Division had been financially bled by the Advanced sector and was now being forced into lower quality teaching accommodation, including run down houses, flats and, from 1976, the dreaded Carnegie campus. , By September, 1981, the TAFE Division was absolutely desperat~ for new premises and the offer from the Minister of half a million dollars and the totally run down Holmesglen complex was eagerly accepted by the Division Head, a Mr Peter Cutter. A visit to the Holmesglen site in October, 1981, was not a confidence booster. Dominating the site was the 'big shed' a huge rusting hulk full of a variety of machinery which had been used in the manufacture of prefabricated concrete panels for the infamous high rise Housing Commission flats. A number of other structures on the site were no less depressing. Two buildings were chosen for refurbishment. A sort of scout hall structure of asbestos cement walls and roof, and screened louvre windows, which ran along Batesford Road (in front of where Building 3 now resides) was chosen for Administration, whilst Ceramics and Carpentry were permitted to occupy a rat infested store building of rusting steel and corrugated iron (which existed in the car park outside Building 1 ) .. An urgent approach was made to the, then, Public Works Department, drawings produced, a tender let and the half million spent on tarting up the old buildings over Christmas. 4 Holmesglen News AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY I INFORMATION ASSOC (ALIA) AWARD The Induction Kit committee of Holmesglen's Library, comprising Faye Pattinson, Marion King, June Harte, Daryl McLean and Belinda Spry, has won an ALIA award for Innovation. These new awards, for Victorian Library Staff, were established to recognise and celebrate excellence in library practice. Six library sectors were identified for the awards including 'Academic (Universities and TAFE)', the category in which ~olmesglen entered. Represented by Faye Pattinson, the Holmesglen team received a cheque for $500 and a citation, at the launch function for Australian Library Week. This was held in the Parliamentary Library in Parliament House, with the Honourable Alan Stockdale, MP, Treasurer of Victoria and Minister for Multi~ media as guest speaker.