ET-PERTH Conference Underway! (1 of 5)

Gary S. Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us)
Wed, 6 Apr 1994 07:39:35 -0500


The following is a repost of an article that was transmitted via the
NATIVE-L list in February. I will follow it with a series of articles
received from the LISTSERV site mentioned herein. Please note that,
as of the time of writing, this conference has already begun. You will,
therefore, need to subscribe immediately if you want to take part in the
conference electronically. My apologies for the short notice.

See the instructions in the "Facilitator Announcement" article (in
section 4 of my digests) for instructions on how to address speakers
at the conference.

NOTE: YOU HAVE ONLY ONE REMAINING DAY TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO THE SPEAKERS.

Forwarded message:
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 21:39 -0100
Subject: Computer Conf. on Technology Transfer in Remote Communities
Message-ID: <9402202139.87288@MICFORUM.KI.SE>

Computer Conf. on Technology Transfer in Remote Communities
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The Institute for Environmental Science (Murdoch Univ., Australia), in
cooperation with the UNESCO Microbial Resources Center (Karolinska
Inst., Sweden) and the Biofocus Foundation, invites you to participate
in the electronic extension of the Australian National Conference on
"Technology Transfer in Remote Communities" (Murdoch Univ., Perth, 6-7
April). This computer conference is organized under the aegis of the
International Conference on Ecotechnology for Sustainable Development
(ECOTECH'94, Jan-Oct 1994).

Via the electronic mailing list "ET-PERTH", abstracts of papers will be
available from 14th March. The computer conference is aimed at
encouraging a global discussion related to the technology transfer in
remote communities and to facilitate information exchange on similiar
experiences from other parts of the world.

The Perth Meeting concerns health improvement, infrastructure
development and employment have been key goals behind Aboriginal
development policies of self-determination and empowerment. Associated
with these elements of community development has been the transfer of
technologies to and from Aboriginal society. Earlier conferences, such
as the 1985 CSIRO "Science and Technology for Aboriginal Development"
and the 1988 Murdoch University "Science and Technology for Remote
Communities" have similarly presented information of their time on
issues, like - has there been a concern with sustainable development
and what contribution has been made ?.

The 1994 meeting will focus on case studies of community
development projects involving transfer of science and technology and
will seek to understand their outcomes. While in 1988 numerous
innovative technologies were presented for potential application, the
1994 meeting will concentrate on experiences, problems and benefits
that have occurred with the implementation of programmes and
innovations.

To join the computer conference, send an e-mail to
LISTSERV@SEARN.SUNET.SE with the message:
SUBSCRIBE ET-PERTH (your name, organization)

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via email:
Organizers: Prof. Goen Ho ho@essun1.murdoch.edu.au
Mr. Eng-Leong Foo eng-leong_foo_mircen-ki@micforum.ki.se

Via Post/phone/fax:
Martin Anda or Dr. Kuruvilla Mathew
Remote Area Developments Group
Institute for Environmental Sciences
Murdock University, Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: 09-360 6123/ 360 2896 Fax: 09-310 4997

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Following is a listing of articles I have received thus far from the
ET-PERTH mailing list (the number at the left indicates which of the
sections I'm sending contains each article - "1" designates this section):

1 Test - Technology Tranfer in Remote | Sat, 12 Mar
1 Opening Address (G Ho) ET-PERTH Tec | Tue, 15 Mar
1 ET-PERTH 2.7 Abstract, Villiage Hyr | Wed, 16 Mar
1 0.0 ET-PERTH Program | Thu, 17 Mar
1 ET-PERTH ABSTRACT 1.7: Kowanyama Wa | Fri, 18 Mar
1 ET-PERTH ABS 2.1: Community Radio - | Fri, 25 Mar
1 ET-PERTH PAPER 5.4: ABORIGINAL ESSE | Fri, 25 Mar

2 ET-PERTH 3.2 PAPER: The Improvement | Sun, 27 Mar
2 ET-PERTH 4.4 PAPER: Australian Acac | Sun, 27 Mar
2 ET-PERTH 1.4 PAPER: Appropriate Low | Sun, 27 Mar
2 ET-PERTH 6.4 PAPER: A Remote Area A | Tue, 29 Mar

3 ET-PERTH 3.1 Abstract: Housing for | Tue, 29 Mar
3 ET-PERTH 5.7 PAPER: Teaching Scien | Tue, 29 Mar
3 ET-PERTH 1.5 SUMMARY:On-site Bacter | Fri, 1 Apr
3 ET-PERTH 1.10 ABS: From The South T | Fri, 1 Apr
3 ET-PERTH 3.4 PAPER: EARTH TECHNOLOG | Fri, 1 Apr

4 ET-PERTH 2.2 PAP: Rural Electrifica | Fri, 1 Apr
4 ET-PERTH Facilator Announcement. | Mon, 4 Apr

5 ET-PERTH 3.3 PAPER: Design Issues E | Mon, 4 Apr
5 ET-PERTH 2.4 PAPER: Renewable Energ | Mon, 4 Apr
5 ET-PERTH 3.8 INTRO: Housing in the | Tue, 5 Apr
5 ET-PERTH 3.3, 3.4 COMMENT: Housing | Wed, 6 Apr
5 ET-PERTH 3.3 COMMENT: Design Issues | Wed, 6 Apr

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 15:13:11 +0800
Subject: Test - Technology Tranfer in Remote Communities,

Conference - Technology Transfer in Remote Communities. Murdoch
University Australia.

Hello subscribers,

This is firstly a test to ensure that we are able to correctly post
information and that it arrives to you in the correct form.

Secondly, my name is Allen Gianatti and I will be acting as facilitator
for the electronic part of the conference.

As you know any messages sent to ET-PERTH@SEARN.SUNET.SE will be
distributed to everyone. Therefore if you have a message that does not
need to be distributed to everyone or is an inquiry that does not need to
be specifically sent to Prof. Goen Ho et al, ie information on
Environmental Science courses at Murdoch University, then Please email
them to me. I will then ensure they are forwarded to the relevant people.

If this message did not reach you correctly, or you have a question(s)
please feel to contact me.

Regards

Allen Gianatti

gianatti@cleo.murdoch.edu.au

Phone. Australia 09 2744729 International +61+9+2744729

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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 16:50:05 WST
Subject: Opening Address (G Ho) ET-PERTH Technology Transfer in Remote

Technology Transfer in Remote Communities.

Welcome and Opening Address
By
Goen Ho
Chairman of Conference Organizing Committee

I would like to welcome all computer conference participants to the
electronic media component of the Conference on 'Technology Transfer in
Remote Communities'.

The conference will comprise of six sections:
1. Water and Wastewater.
2. Energy and Communication.
3. Housing and Infrastructure.
4. Land Management.
5. Employment, Training and Enterprise.
6. Administration of Technology.

Details of papers to be presented are contained in the Conference Program.
The program will be sent shortly.

Papers will be posted as they become available. These will be posted in two
forms (A = abstract only; F = full paper). Please go through the papers of
interest to you, and please participate by providing comments, questions
and suggestions.

Allen Gianatti, gianatti@cleo.murdoch.edu.au, will act as facilitator.
Please do not hesitate to contact him if you have any query or difficulty.

The face-to-face conference will be held at Murdoch University, Perth,
Western Australia on 6 & 7 April 1994. We will post your comments,
questions and suggestions at the face-to-face conference, and Allen will
relay comments and replies from authors and other participants into the
electronic network.

If you wish to attend the face-to-face conference
please contact Allen, or Martin Anda, Conference coordinator
Telephone 61 +9 +360 2896
Fax 61 +9 +310 4997

The face-to-face conference will begin on April 5 with a pre-conference
bush tucker meal and screening of the film 'Exile and the Kingdom'.

We will officially open an Ecotechnology Park at Murdoch University on
April 7. The park is on 1.7 ha of land at Murdoch University and is
for the display of environmentally friendly technologies.

Best wishes and I trust that we will have a great electronic conference!

Goen Ho
Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150, Australia
email: ho@essun1.murdoch.edu.au
Phone: Australia (09) 360 2167 (International +61 + 9 +360 2167)
Fax: Australia (09) 310 4997 (International +61 + 9 +310 4997)

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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 23:27:15 +0800
Subject: ET-PERTH 2.7 Abstract, Villiage Hyrdo Project, Sri Lanka

Setting up and Sustaining Village Hydro Projects:

Some Community Experiences in Matara District

ABSTRACT

Decentralised village electrification in Sri Lanka is still at a new and,
to a certain extent, experimental stage. A generally applicable modus
operandi for the implementation of small hydro installations is being
developed. The setting up of isolated micro hydro units, especially where
the extension of the national grid is not feasible, is now being
acknowledged as an appropriate way of providing power to a significant
number of remote villages.

This study looks at the "extraordinary" or "idiosyncratic" aspects of
village power production and supply and their implications. It focuses on
some approaches which have been adopted or recommended to ensure the
viability of such projects. The issues and ideas highlighted are based on
observations and conclusions made on the first four community hydropower
projects implemented in Sri Lanka, particularly the project in Pathavita.
All four projects were initiated by village innovators.

A Study by the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)
33 1/1, Queens Road, Colombo 3 Sri Lanka
Phone: 503786, 586504 Fax: 502850
September 1993

Conference Abstract Number 2.7

Conference Program
Poster Presentation - Energy and Communication.

Facilitator: (Allen Gianatti) gianatti@cleo.murdoch.edu.au

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 12:54:15 +0800
Subject: 0.0 ET-PERTH Program

This is a copy of the face to face conference program.

The abstracts will be posted as soon as they are available. When
commenting on an abstract / paper please include the reference number at
the beginning of the subject. (Reference numbers are located after the
item in this program).

Use Courier 10 for correct setting out

Conference on Technology Transfer in Remote Communities
Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, April 6 & 7, 1994

Program - Face to face conference

Suggested times: 3 minute introduction by chairperson
12-15 minutes by each speaker
15-20 minute questions and discussion or community
representative
7 minute summary by chairperson

Tuesday, April 5:
6.00 pm ESCR Registration
Pre-conference "bush tucker" BBQ

8.30 pm ECL1 Film: Exile and the Kingdom
Presented by Director Frank Rikjovec

Wednesday, April 6:
8.00 am ECL1 Registration and coffee

8.30 am Opening Ceremony
Chairperson: Fred Spring, Aboriginal Housing Board
Welcome by the Vice Chancellor:
Prof. Peter J. Boyce
Occasional talk by Karlkininy ATSIC Chairperson:
Mr Eric Haywood
Inaugural address by:
Miss Lois O'Donoghue, CBE, AM
Keynote address by:
Dr Bruce Walker, Director
Centre for Appropriate Technology, Alice Springs

9.30 am ECL1 Morning tea - viewing poster presentations
and exhibits

10.15 am Session 1 Water Supply & Waste Disposal
ECL1 Chairperson: Joan Winch, Marr Mooditj Foundation

The Importance of Addressing the Water-Related
Infrustructural Needs of Remote ATSI
Communities
with Appropriate Technological Solutions Which
are Acceptable to the Community Inhabitants
and
to the Authorities Responsible for Environmental
Health in Such Communities
Ian Ferrier
Qld Dept of Primary Industries - Water
Resources,
Brisbane (1.1)

Appropriate Wastewater Treatment - A case study
using wetlands
John S. Simpson
Qld Dept of Primary Industries - Water
Resources,
Brisbane (1.2)

Environmental Sanitation of Medium-sized Housing
Colonies in Kerala - A discussion of emerging
appropriate technologies
G R Kurup & M M Thomas
Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, India
(1.3)

Appropriate Low Cost Modular Septic Tank for
Rural Areas
Prof Madya Ir. Nik Fuaad Nik Abllah
School of Housing, Universiti Sains Malaysia
(1.4)

On-site Bacteriological Test Kit for Drinking
Water
Tanya Gawthorne
Remote Area Developments Group, Murdoch
University (1.5)

Posters:
Wastewater Reuse Options in Remote Communities
Kuruvilla Mathew
Remote Area Developments Group, Murdoch
University (1.6)
Kowanyama Water Quality Survey
John D. Meaney
Aboriginal & Islander State Tripartite Forum,
Cairns (1.7)
Solar Powered Desalination for Remote
Communities
Don Harrison
Remote Area Developments Group, Murdoch
University (1.8)
Fact or Fiction: Reclaimed Water Re-Use Hazards
Reino Karvinen
Durrant & Waite, Perth (1.9)

11.30 am Session 2 Energy and Communications
ECL1 Chairperson: Wayne Barker, Kimberley Aboriginal
Health Prom

Community Radio - A Vehicle for Social and
Technological Change in Rural and Remote
Australia
David M Barlow
Albury-Wodonga Campus, La Trobe University (2.1)

Rural Electrification and Community Development
Christopher Irons & Paul Bryce
APACE, Sydney (2.2)

An Investigation of Energy Options for the
Remote Aboriginal Community of Wirrimanu, WA
Dorothy Remmer
Murdoch University Energy Research Institute
(2.3)

Renewable Energy Promotion in WA: Transfer of
RAPS to rural WA
Nigel Wilmot
Dept of Primary Industries & Energy (MUERI)
(2.4)

Posters:
Small Scale Solar Thermal Technology
Dr David Mills
University of Sydney (2.6)
Setting Up and Sustaining Village Hydro Projects
- Some community experiences in Matara District
of Sri Lanka
Lahiru Perera
Intermediate Technology Development Group, Sri
Lanka (2.7)

Origin & Future Options of Electricity Supplies
to Remote Aboriginal Communities
John Collins
Village Power Supplies, SECWA Remote Areas
Branch, Perth (2.8)

12.30 pm Refectory Lunch

1.30 pm Session 3 Housing and Infrastructure
ECL1 Chairperson: Marian Kickett, Aboriginal Housing
Board

Housing for Health: The Pipalyatjara Project
Paul Pholeros, Stephi Rainow, Paul Torzillo
Health Habitat, Sydney (3.1)

The Improvement of Conditions in the Slum:
Relevance of appropriate technology and training
methods
M M Thomas
Regional Housing Development Centre, Trivandrum,
India (3.2)

Design Issues Effecting the Application of
Health Hardware in Some Kimberley
Aboriginal
Community Housing
Richard Machell
Northern Building Consultants, Broome (3.3)

Earth Technologies as Appropriate Tools for
Self-Reliance
Ramon Davis
Aboriginal Coordinating Council, Cairns (3.4)

Posters:
Hot Boxes and the Solar Paint Myth
Kurt Seeman
Centre for Appropriate Technology, Alice Springs
(3.5)
'Guitar' House
Mick Leo
Austral-Asian-Pacific Buildings, Brisbane (3.6)
'Guitar Ply-Tents'
Mick Leo
Austral-Asian-Pacific Buildings, Brisbane (3.7)
Housing in the Torres Strait Region: Towards a
Self Help Approach
Paul Haar
Paul Haar Architect (3.8)

3.00 pm ECL1 Afternoon Tea - viewing poster presentations
and exhibits

3.30 pm Session 4 Land Management
ECL1 Chairperson: Kim Orchard, Aust. Nature Conserv.
Agency

Research and Development of Potential
Horticultural Enterprise Opportunities for
Pilbara
Aboriginal Communities
Peter McGlew
Pundulmurra College, South Hedland (4.1)

Enrichland Polyculture Systems in Australian
Aboriginal Communities - A Sustainable
Independent
Economic Future
Vic Cherikoff
Bush Tucker Supply Australia, Sydney (4.2)

Indigenous Land and Resource Management and
Self-Determination
Viv Sinnamon
Aboriginal Land and Natural Resource
Management
Office, Kowanyama (4.3)

Australian Acacias for Human Food
C E Harwood and G J Morse
Australian Tree Seed Centre, CSIRO, Canberra
(4.4)

Posters:
Water Harvesting and Pastoralism in Turkana
District, Kenya
Michael Penburthy
Remote Area Developments Group, Murdoch
University (4.5)
The Nature of Remote Sites: Design Parameters
Gil Hardwick
Permaculture Association of WA (4.6)

5.00pm Workshop discussion
Chairperson: Community representative

6.30 pm Refectory Conference Dinner

8.00 pm ECL1 Film: Milli Milli
Presented by Director Wayne Barker

Thursday, April 7

8.00 am MUERI Inspection of DPIE Solar House with Nigel Wilmot

8.30 am ETDC Inauguration of Environmental Technology Display
Centre
Senator Peter Cook

9.30 am ETDC Morning tea
Inspection of exhibits

11.00 am Session 5 Employment, Training & Enterprise
ECL1 Chairperson: Pat Dudgeon, Centre Aboriginal
Studies, Curtin University.

Program for Aboriginals in Natural and Cultural
Resource Management
Kim Orchard & Steve Szabo
Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra
(5.1)

Technology Transfer in the Kimberley EHW
Training Programme
Helen Wright
Kimberley Health, Kununurra (5.2)

The Aboriginal Technical Worker Programme
Mara West, Aboriginal Services Bureau, Dept of
Training, Perth
Ron Talbot, Centre for Appropriate Technology,
Alice Springs (5.3)

Aboriginal Essential Service Maintenance Worker
Training
Alan Stewart
Dept of Employment, Education & Training, Perth
(5.4)

Posters:
Training Course for Water and Sewerage
Operators
Norm White, Brian Davis
Qld Dept of Primary Industries - Water
Resources, Brisbane (5.5)
Off Campus Teacher Education Programme
Peter Gilbert
Cairns College of TAFE (5.6)

12.30 pm Refectory Lunch

1.30 pm Session 6 The Administration of Technology
ECL1 Chairperson: Brian Wyatt, Aboriginal Affairs
Planning Authority

The Application of Appropriate Technology to
Outstation Development Throughout the Cape York
Peninsula
Mark Moran
CAT Cairns Inc.

Audit of Water Supplies Serving 15 Outer Island
Communities in the Torres Straits and
Associated Economic Analysis Highlighting the
Benefits of Adequate Maintenance Regimes for
such Supplies
Ian Ferrier
Qld Dept of Primary Industries - Water
Resources, Brisbane (6.2)

Planning with Yugal Mangi
Gay English
NT Dept of Lands, Housing and Local Government,
Darwin (6.3)

A Remote Area Appropriate Technology
Corporation: Where Next ?
John Vines and Sam Garrett-Jones
Australian Science and Technology Council,
Canberra (6.4)

Posters:
Appropriate Methodology for Technology Transfer
Duval Zambrano
Intermediate Technology Development Group, Peru
(6.5)
Aboriginal Botanical Knowledge - Questions
relating to the protection of intellectual
property rights and technology
transfer
Arpad Kalotas
Remote Area Developments Group, Murdoch (6.6) University

3.00 pm ECL1 Afternoon tea - viewing poster presentations
and exhibits

3.30 pm Concluding address and final remarks
Chairpersons: ATSIC new WA Zone Commissioner
(to be confirmed)
Mr Teddy Biljabu
Mrs Glenys Sibosado
Mr Guy Parker

Key: (refer to map for locations)

ESCR Environmental Science Common Room
ECL1 Economics, Commerce & Law Lecture Theatre One
ETDC Environmental Technology Display Centre
MUERI Murdoch University Energy Research Institute

Copyright of the papers is with the authors, and with Murdoch University
for the publication of preprints and proceedings of the conference.

Allen Gianatti
Facilator for Electronic Conference part of Conference on Technology
Transfer in Remote Communities
Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, April 6 & 7, 1994

Voice 09 274 4729
Email: gianatti@cleo.murdoch.edu.au

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Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 14:11:52 +0800
Subject: ET-PERTH PAPER 5.4: ABORIGINAL ESSENTIAL SERVICE MAINTENANCE ...

A PROPOSED PILOT AUSTRALIAN VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATE COURSE FOR REMOTE
COMMUNITIES. (PROPOSED) ABORIGINAL ESSENTIAL SERVICE MAINTENANCE WORKER
TRAINING Paper 5.4

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRESS OF A PROPOSAL BEING DEVELOPED JOINTLY
BY THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS PLANNING AUTHORITY AND THE
COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING (1993-1994).

CONTACTS:

ALAN STEWART
DEET WA GPO BOX 9880 PERTH WA 6001
TEL 09 429 3886
FAX 09 429 3869

GREG ROWSE
AAPA PO BOX 628 WEST PERTH WA 6005
TEL 09 483 1222
FAX 09 321 0990

ABORIGINAL ESSENTIAL SERVICE MAINTENANCE WORKER TRAINING (PROPOSED).

1. In June 1993 the Commissioner of Aboriginal Planning in WA proposed that
a joint State/Commonwealth team be established to investigate a number of
Aboriginal employment and training issues in WA. The Commonwealth agreed
and a project was established in July 1993 under the title "The Development
of an Aboriginal Employment Outlook for WA".

2. One of the tasks set for the project was to investigate the employment
and training potential that essential service maintenance presents on
remote Aboriginal communities and the associated resourcing implications.

BACKGROUND

3. The 1986/87 Aboriginal Communities Development Program (ACDP) was a 5
year State/Federal funding agreement under which the WA government assumed
responsibility for the provision of funds for essential service maintenance
on 48 designated communities (referred to as "the list of 48" - see
Attachment 1)

4. Following the 1992 expiry date of that agreement the State retained
funding responsibility for the maintenance of essential services on the 48
communities and the SECWA and the WA Water Authority (WAWA) were contracted
to deliver the service.

5. SECWA and WAWA have found it progressively difficult to provide the same
level of service year by year given a fixed budget and increasing costs. A
less regular maintenance program increases the likelihood of a major
breakdown and the subsequent risk to the health and safety of people living
in the communities. From a purely funding point of view repair and
replacement costs would be very high. Both issues are addressed if
communities themselves perform the daily routine operation and maintenance
of power, water and waste water services.

DEVELOPING THE TRAINING PROPOSAL

6. In the past training for Aboriginal communities has not always
demonstrated that the training delivered has been retained. Generally
individuals received no accreditation and there was no contribution to the
establishment of a community based career structure which might encourage
and assist in the transfer and retention of skills.

7. Therefore this project has adopted accreditation, community based
careers and paid employment as key principles for the eventual outcome.

8. With the support and cooperation of SECWA and WAWA a draft duty
statement was defined which described all the maintenance functions
necessary to ensure the reliability and safety of essential services. From
this duty statement the broad elements of a training package were derived
and it became clear that a "new" occupation was being defined the duties of
which are presently being delivered by a number of existing trades
(electrical, metal and building and construction).

9. This fact together with the coincidental emergence of the Australian
Vocational Certificate and the search for suitable AVC pilot trials led to
the convening of a large reference group to develop the idea further. This
group now includes the three Industry Education and Training Councils with
coverage of the electrical, metals and engineering, and building and
construction trades, the responsible funding agencies, SECWA and WAWA and
representatives from the some of the 48 communities concerned (see
Attachments 2 and 3). From this reference group a smaller Industry Working
Group has been formed which has responsibility for carriage of the project.

(The Industry Working Group meets 25/3/94, 22/4/94, 27/5/94. Once pilot
sites have been agreed seminars will be held with participating communities
to work through the many issues to be managed.)

10. The tasks for this reference group are to define a duty statement,
draft a curriculum, achieve its accreditation, and agree on the best method
of delivering the training. These goals must satisfy the various
industrial and educational parties, the accreditation authorities and most
importantly meet the communities desire for community based accredited
training, appropriate delivery methods, paid employment and access to
further higher trade training and qualifications.

11. The training must also deliver the fundamental requirement - ie
competent operators who will ensure reliable and safe essential services.

CONSULTATION
12. Apart from the invitation to all 48 communities to be involved in the
development of this idea, consultation has included discussion and
involvement of other groups and projects which might have a complementary,
sequential or dependant relationship with this one. The final product will
impact on a wide range of issues for remote communities from essential
service management and environmental health at one end to economic
development and independence at the other.

13. Links have been identified or established with the following:
* School based vocational training at years 11 and 12 - WA.
* Remote Area Works Supervisor training - (proposed) Northern Territory.
* Centre for Appropriate Technology - Northern Territory.
* Environmental Health Worker course - Pundulmurra College WA.
* Local government authorities/Health Department of WA working group.
* Agricultural/aquacultural development possibilities - P&A IETC WA.

14. STATUS/TIMETABLE
Draft curriculum complete 11/3/94
Accreditation application/process commenced March 94
Pilot site identification April 94
Training provider selection April/May 94
On the job supervisor selection/training April/May 94
Participant selection May 94
Commence pilot July 94

End of Paper

[ This series of papers, also available by means of the ET-PERTH LISTSERV
(et-perth@searn.sunet.se), will be continued in the following four
articles. --Gary ]