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Pre-Departure August - September |
As Expeditioners will be living in as small isolated community in Antarctica for several months all expeditioners are required to attend Trade, Professional and community training courses. The training is designed to help develop the station group into cohesive communities. Expeditioners are expected to adopt roles roles outside their normal trade or profession to support the expedition community, eg. post-officer,boat handling,nursing and anaesthetics assistants, hairdressing, hydroponics and gymnasium instructors. |
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Nursing Royal Hobart Hospital
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Power Generation The Australian Antrctic Division (Kingston) has two alternator sets and a control room for training in power-generation control systems, fire alarms and fire suppression systems |
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Mark
synchronising onto the grid |
Genset
#2 |
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Hagglund Driver Training |
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First Aid (Workplace level II) Australian Red Coss |
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Mark and
John acting out a few senarios |
Chris and
Clinton |
Refrigeration Claremont TAFE for a refresher course and CFC recovery accreditation |
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Ken
checking out Johns handywork |
Pumping
down and evacuating the units |
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Fire Training Tasfire Caimbridge Intensive training on fire-fighting, confined space, breathing apparatus involving live fire senarios |
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Fire
Hagglund |
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Acting out
a few senarios |
Using the
foam branch on the fuel fire |
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Mark (Fire
Chief) looks on, whilst Ian works the pump |
Breathing
Appartus crew rescue the driver |
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Hairdressing TAS TAFE |
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Mark as
a wiling guinea pig |
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Hydroponics Hydroponics on the stations is provided as a voluntary recreational persuit for all expeditioners that has positive benifits for all participants of the station. It is thought the benifits of working in a warm and brightly lit room surrounded by greenery provides psychological benifit, particular for expeditioners over winter. In addition the produce grown by the facility supplements stored supplies with fresh supplies. |
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