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On Friday 23^rd July 2010 schools involved in the Knox Innovation, Opportunity, and Sustainability Centre (KIOSC) program were given the opportunity to learn about careers in science and laboratory skills through an industry tour to BlueScope Steel.

More than 40 Year 10 students and teachers from Boronia Heights College, Fairhills High School, Rowville Secondary College, Scoresby Secondary College, Wantirna College and Waverley Christian School visited BlueScope Steel’s plant and manufacturing facility in Hastings.

Students were taken on a guided tour of BlueScope Steel, including the hot strip mill and the science laboratories. Young Industry Ambassadors also spoke to students about their work in Environmental Science and Occupational Hygiene.

The tour was coordinated by Outer Eastern Local Learning Employment Network and funded by the ‘Careers in Manufacturing’ program.

For more information regarding the CiM Program contact Bianca Spence at Outer Eastern LLEN, bspence@oellen.org.au

Roxburgh College students on CiM tour 28th July 2010

More KIOSC visits

Bianca Spence, Project Officer with the Outer Eastern LLEN has forwarded more positive feedback from school visits to manufacturers.

Students from Fairhills in Bayswater toured the Kraft premises.

Other students from KIOSC schools visited NotePrinting Australia on Friday 13th August. Bianca received the following note from one of the schools. "The boy who went on the NotePrinting excursion was so animated when he returned and told me that he had had the best day ever. He was so full of what he'd seen that I sent him to talk to the Visual Communication Teacher and his class so that they could ask him questions while it was still fresh in his mind"

Gisborne Secondary College Tour

Gisborne Secondary College CiM Qantas-Kangan tour

Following a tour of the Qantas maintenance base and Kangan TAFE Steve Winzar emailed the CiM Project Officer, Judith Graham, the following:-

"Hi Judith

This is just a line to thank you for organising the tour for Gisborne Secondary Colege to see Qantas' workshops and Kangan's Boeing 737.

The VET Engineering boys had a great time- one lad pronouncing to one of the Kangan instructors "without doubt the best school excursion he'd ever been on".

I'm sure their turn at the controls of the 737 will be a memory for life.

A significant number of these lads are keen to apply for Apprenticeships with Qantas or at least seriously consider A Pre-App course with Kangan.

My colleague, Paul Calleja (an ex-Qantas structures tradesman), also in attendance, added his own experiences and memories to the boys' day out.

All in all a very successful day. I've attached some photos taken by Alex Darcy.

Your questionnaires will be in the mail tomorrow afternoon.

Regards and thanks,

Steve Winzar"