Fraser Cole

Main responsibilities included

- Crane operating

- Dogman

- Assisting trades onsite using my knowledge as a carpenter

- Scheduling tasks with trades

- Labouring work

Worked directly with Site Manager and Foreman addressing issues as they arise and prevention as well. Learning from our Foreman what that role involves and being his understudy.

Used my knowledge/experience as qualified carpenter to undertake many jobs onsite as well as work with our carpenters/wall installers/formworkers as they needed.

Worked in a remote indiginous community in the north west of Northern Territory called Wadeye performing tasks such as

-Completing individual house renovations inline with scopes sent by NT Government for local housing projects.

-Construction of new housing for locals which tasks included tilt panel erection, fix out, roofing.

-Building security fencing aroung Government buildings and residences.

-Transport and renovation of modular housing blocks for accomodation.

Working on various residential and commercial sites along the coast doing all aspects of Formwork including

- Framing-setting out heights for suffits, going off framing plans.

- Decking-laying deck but also all types of Formwork and grades including stairs, edgeboards, hobbs, columns, off form.

- Stripping-completing safe methods of stripping using correct techniques and using PPE (gloves,breathing aparatus) where applicable.

Whilst keeping and attention to detail and in a timely manner.

I began my apprenitceship here, we were a modular construction company building transportable buildings and transporting them around Australia.

During my time here I gained a vast array of experience including:

- Completing my Cert III in Carpentry

- Working in commercial construction following strict safety guidelines

- Developing skills in the transport industry as a oversize pilot and interstate driving.

- Setting out sites

- Working in with mobile cranes dogging loads

- Entrusted to work interstate alone delivering and handing over projects