Prime Ministers Work for the Dole Achievement Awards 2002 - Best Supervisor
Winner Best Supervisor - Troy Gibbons
Finalist Best Supervisor - Julie Simons
Finalist Best Supervisor - Harold Johnson
Award: Winner Best Supervisor
Name: Troy Gibbons, Kimberley TAS
From left to right: The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Minister For Employment and Workplace Relations, Mr Troy Gibbons, Winner Best Supervisor, Work for the Dole Achievement Awards 2002, Senator Richard Colbeck, Senator for Tasmania, The Hon Mal Brough MP, Minister for Employment Services
Description
Mr Troy Gibbons has won the Best Supervisor award at the Prime Minister’s Work for the Dole Achievement Awards for 2002. The award recognises the contribution he has made to unemployed people in Latrobe, Tasmania, as well as his achievements in helping to provide quality services and facilities to the local community.
Troy’s team undertook environmental works associated with the protection, maintenance and rehabilitation of riparian areas within the Mersey catchment.
Troy assisted participants with job search activities and course selection for those who received Training Credits. He counselled participants for personal and family problems and instilled in them respect for and commitment to the environment.
Troy educated his team in natural resource management. In their own time, Troy and his team cut firewood for elderly members for the community and removed trees and rubbish from properties where occupants were unable to do so.
Work for the Dole supervisors manage activities to ensure that participants acquire a variety of work skills and gain experience in how to work as part of a team as well as independently. This helps unemployed people get the most out of their Work for the Dole placements. Work for the Dole participants also receive a Training Credit to the value of $800 to pursue further training and a Passport to Employment to help them gain paid employment.
Award: Finalist Best Supervisor
Name: Julie Simons, Lakes Entrance VIC
From left to right: The Hon Peter McGauran MP, Member for Gippsland (VIC)
Ms Julie Simons, Finalist Best Supervisor, Work for the Dole Achievement Awards 2002
The Hon Mal Brough MP, Minister for Employment Services
Description
Julie Simons has won a finalist award in the Best Supervisor category at the Prime Minister’s Work for the Dole Achievement Awards for 2002. The award recognises the contribution she has made to unemployed people in The Lakes Entrance, Victoria, as well as her achievements in helping to provide quality services and facilities to the local community.
There were two aspects to the Surf’s Up 2 Work for the Dole activity, that Julie supervised: landscaping and fencing areas surrounding the newly constructed lifesaving clubhouse and constructing an observation tower which overlooks Main Beach and Eastern Beach. Participants received training and support from the Building Studies Department of the East Gippsland Institute of TAFE and received a Certificate III in General Building. Julie studied along with the participants and received a restricted scaffolding certificate which helped the team complete the observation deck.
Julie gave all participants a sense of ownership of their work and promoted the benefits of volunteer work. Some participants have joined the lifesaving club as volunteers to patrol the beaches, while one other volunteers his signwriting skills to the club. Others continue to apply new skills to build carports and doghouses for friends and family.
Work for the Dole supervisors manage activities to ensure that participants acquire a variety of work skills and gain experience in how to work as part of a team as well as independently. This helps unemployed people get the most out of their Work for the Dole placements. Work for the Dole participants also receive a Training Credit to the value of $800 to pursue further training and a Passport to Employment to help them gain paid employment.
Award: Finalist Best Supervisor
Name: Harold Johnson, Runaway Bay QLD
From left to right: The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Minister For Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr Harold Johnson, Finalist Best Supervisor, Work for the Dole Achievement Awards 2002
The Hon Steven Ciobo MP, Member for Moncrieff (QLD), The Hon Mal Brough MP, Minister for Employment Services
Description
Harold Johnson has won a finalist award in the Best Supervisor category at the Prime Minister’s Work for the Dole Achievement Awards for 2002. The award recognises the contribution he has made to unemployed people in Worongary, Queensland, as well as his achievements in helping to provide quality services and facilities to the local community.
Harold is a voluntary curator at the 14th Light Horse Heritage Centre in Worongary in Queensland. His team gained work experience in restoring the heritage-listed sheds and a two-bedroom cottage which serves as the museum, and constructing fences and gardens with disabled access. The participants Harold supervised also managed to grow a garden of Flanders Poppies, which do not normally grow in the Queensland environment.
Harold went beyond his supervisory role and offered transport to and from the activity for participants. His wife, Billie, also became involved and provided home-made lunches for the team.
Harold encouraged participants to be involved in other community activities, which has benefited them personally and their local communities.
Work for the Dole supervisors manage activities to ensure that participants acquire a variety of work skills and gain experience in how to work as part of a team as well as independently. This helps unemployed people get the most out of their Work for the Dole placements. Work for the Dole participants also receive a Training Credit to the value of $800 to pursue further training and a Passport to Employment to help them gain paid employment.