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Paths opened for wine industry jobs
Driver ‘falls’ from car, fails test A 60-year-old Mornington man was allegedly so affected by alcohol he almost fell from the car when stopped by police near Main Street, Mornington, shortly after 10.20pm on Saturday 16 April,. Police said the man’s breath alcohol concentration was .255, more than five times the legal limit. The man will have to pay more than $1000 to get his vehicle(right) back and face the Magistrate’s Court at a later date.
Dromana drinking HIGHWAY Patrol officers caught a drink driver four times over the limit at a random breath testing site in Dromana on Easter Saturday 16 April. A Honda CRV with two adults and two children inside was seen pulling over just before a roadside testing site on the Nepean Highway, around 5.30pm. Police allege the female passenger swapped seats with the male driver and then drove toward the testing site. A preliminary breath test was conducted on the original driver, who returned a positive reading. He was taken to a nearby police station, where he returned an evidentiary breath test of 0.205. The 39-year-old Thomastown man had his licence suspended immediately and his vehicle will be impounded. The impound was part of the statewide Operation Compass during the high-risk Easter holiday. Police targeted impaired driving, speed, distraction, and fatigue in high-risk areas throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Slow learner A LEARNER driver who had his vehicle impounded in February was stopped by police on Hodgins Road, Hastings on Monday 28 March and had a second vehicle impounded for licence infringements. In the latest incident, police in the Hastings divisional van spotted the driver’s unroadworthy vehicle with two rear bald tyres, and further inquiries revealed the driver was an unlicensed learner who was accompanied by a P-plater. Under the Road Safety Act, a learner permit holder without a fully licenced accompanied passenger can have their vehicle impounded. Further inquiries revealed the driver’s other vehicle was impounded the previous month by
Somerville Highway Patrol. The vehicle was towed at a cost of $895 and a date set with the Frankston Magistrates Court.
Witnesses sought POLICE are seeking witnesses to an alleged assault at the Dunns Road, Mornington dog park about 2.15 pm on Saturday 25 September 2021, after receiving new information. Police allege a man followed another man and his mother around the dog park while filming on his phone. It is alleged a verbal altercation occurred, which resulted in one man knocking the phone out of the other man’s hand. Police are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to contact Mornington Police on 5970 4900 quoting reference number 210318592.
STUDENTS are being encouraged to consider following a career path into the Mornington Peninsula’s $200 million a year wine industry. The industry group Mornington Peninsula Wine is working with members of a learning and employment network on “active vocational pathways” for students from the region’s 29 schools to work in the peninsula’s wine industry. The move is designed to help overcome labour shortages in the wine industry. Partnering with the Frankston and peninsula local learning and employment network (FMPLLEN), schools and students can take Vocational Education and Training Certificate (VET) courses in horticulture, viticulture or winemaking. The courses include “hands-on” experience with peninsula wineries and vineyards and are aligned with changes being made to the state’s senior secondary certificate. “A growing demand for agricultural graduates, restrictions on travel and access to skilled visa holders since the start of the pandemic, ongoing economic uncertainty, and a four per cent unemployment rate, has placed an intense strain on the wine industry’s labour market, as it has on many other agricultural industries,” Mornington Peninsula Wine CEO Olivia Barrie said. She said the wine sector nationally directly and indirectly employed nearly 164,000 people “yet relies heavily
on seasonal workers, including skilled international contractors to support the annual wine grape harvest and ongoing production needs”. Barrie said Mornington Peninsula Wine’s effort to increase the intake of students to the industry included an awareness campaign for schools and career counsellors. “The sector is experiencing labour and skills shortages, which is keenly felt across viticulture and vineyard management and more widely across winery, business and logistics also. Industry engagement and structured workplace learning manager at FMPLLEN, Angela Byatt, said the program aimed to connect schools and students with industry. “The state government’s focus on applied vocational learning pairs perfectly with this initiative and we know the schools and students are especially grateful for actual connections they are making in our community,” she said. “This type of partnership empowers students with the confidence to explore wine and viticulture as a career option, and to network with the right people who might one day be a future employer, mentor or colleague.” Launched in March, two vocational placements have already been made and several work experience students have participated in the grape harvest at various wineries in recent weeks. Fore details call FMPLLEN on 8679 3422. Keith Platt
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