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January 19-25, 2017 Dubbo Photo News IN BRIEF
Trucking company to carry city’s message TRANSFORCE will promote Dubbo to key markets, becoming the fourth trucking company to work with the local council to help raise awareness of the city. They join Rod Pilon Transport, Thompsons Brothers Transport and Robert Holmes Transport who promote the city through space on the curtains of one of their fleet vehicles. Transforce was a regional winner at the 2016 NSW Business Chamber Awards.
Emergency support for Wellington
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WELLINGTON Soliders’ Memorial Club will receive $250,000 for an emergency centre upgrade including a back-up generator and upgrades to the electrical system to allow the Club to provide aroundthe-clock accommodation during emergencies such as bushfires, storms or floods. Member for Dubbo Troy Grant said the investment through the Clubgrants Category 3 program 2016/17 for emergency relief infrastructure will help improve emergency readiness and responsiveness.
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MADE IN DUBBO
A family trade that’s built to last By NATALIE HOLMES WHEN a trade is passed from father to sons and on to another generation, it’s a set of skills that has a solid foundation. That’s the case in the Green family, where sons Jason and Matthew learned their knowledge of welding fabrication from their dad Max (while mum Coral did the books). In turn, Jason’s son Wade is now being taught the family business. “I learned from my father,” Jason says from his eclectic shed in Dubbo which houses everything from car parts to chicken tractors, decorative lighting and even a pet snake. “He was actually a barber, but when it was quiet at the shop, he started building security grills out the back.” Cutting hair and welding metal are not usually skills that go together, but Jason said it was an interest that gradually took over more of Max’s days.
“He started doing gates and hand railings, he actually built the fencing along the main street (of Dubbo).” Jason picked up what he knows from his dad when he was just a boy, and it’s all he’s ever known. “I’ve always done it,” he said. “Dad taught me and I watched and learnt from him. Dad showed me what to do, and everything was hands-on. It’s 100 per cent the best way to learn. I’ve been doing this all my life.” Jason was fortunate to be able to build on his skills, rather than achieve a formal qualification. “I was lucky,” he said. “I still haven’t got a trade but I have learned hard facing, blacksmithing and welding cast iron, aluminium and other metals. My brother Matthew did his apprenticeship training with my father too, and what we learned was better than any classroom.” Designed, engineered and built on site, their wares are more
than mass-produced items, they are custom-built to the client’s requirements. Young Wade was hanging around his dad’s workshop from the age of just six. “I was always there. I would just go to work with him,” he said. “I loved steel growing up, I was always around it. Instead of being born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I was born with a welding torch in my hand. There is nothing like the banging of the hammer, the grinder grinding and the welders’ welding. It’s in my blood.” To gain his qualification in the industry, Wade is about to commence his second year at TAFE, where he is studying Fabrication Engineering. Jason explained that it’s more of a necessity to gain certification today than it was when he was training. However, he believes that practical knowledge is just as important as it always was.
It’s time to fly the flag
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“He’s doing what I do while getting the certificate,” he said. To succeed in the industry, you need to be strong, patient, creative and good at maths. The father and son team will build anything – big or small – and list chicken tractors, horse floats and lawn mower repairs along with their custom-built cages. They have a good working relationship, with Wade treated just like any other employee. “He doesn’t get it any easier, I still expect him to do the right thing.” At the same time, Jason is keen to show Wade the tricks of the trade. “If you do it well, you do it once. There are some things that you don’t get out of a book.” Jason is set to revive his father’s original company, Dubbo Wrought Iron, along with the business he currently runs with Wade’s help, Alcatraz Cages and Animal Systems.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jan 19: Javier Perez de Cuellar, former UN Secretary-General, 97. Michael Crawford, UK actor-singer, 75. Dolly Parton, US singer-actress, 71. Katey Sagal, US actress, 63. Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player, 51. Luc Longley, basketball player, 48. Natalie Cook, Australian beach volleyballer, 42. Jan 20: Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, US astronaut, 87. Tom Baker, British actor of Dr Who fame, 83. Paul Stanley, of rock band KISS, 65. Sophie, Countess of Wessex, wife of Prince Edward, 52. Gary Barlow, UK singer of Take That fame, 46. Brendan Fevola, AFL player, 36. Luke Burgess, rugby league player, 30. Jan 21: Jack Nicklaus, US golfer, 77. Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor, 76. Billy Ocean, US singer, 67. Geena Davis, US actress, 61. Charlotte Ross, US actress, 49. Rove McManus, TV/ radio show host (pictured), 43. Emma Bunton, UK singer, “Baby Spice”, 41. Al Baxter, rugby union player, 40. Matt Unicomb, basketballer, 32. Jan 22: Piper Laurie, US actress, 85. John Hurt, English actor, 77. Linda Blair, US actress, 58. Damian Walshe-Howling, actor, Underbelly, 46. Abi Tucker, actress, singer, 44. Cameron McConville, V8 Supercar driver, 43. Matthew Newton, actor, 40. Orianthi Panagaris, musician, 32. Jan 23: Bill Hayden, former governor-general, 84. Rutger Hauer, Dutch-born actor, 73. Richard Dean Anderson, played TV’s original MacGyver, 67. Robin Zander, US singer of Cheap Trick fame, 64. Princess Caroline of Monaco, 60. Richard Roxburgh, actor, 55. Mariska Hargitay, US actress of ER fame, 53. Tiffani Thiessen, US actress of Beverly Hills 90210 fame, 43. Rebekah Elmaloglou, actress, 43. Robbie Farah, rugby league footballer, 33. Jan 24: Neil Diamond, US singer, 76. Helen Morse, actress, 70. Jenny Kee, fashion designer, 70. Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress, 58. Jimeoin (McKeown), Northern Irish comedian, 51. Mischa Barton, US actress, 31. Callan McAuliffe, actor, 22. Jan 25: Ros Kelly, former Labor politician, 69. Kay Cottee, sailor, 63. Xavi, Spanish soccer player, 37. Alicia Keys, US singer, 36. Eric Abetz, Liberal Party Senator, 59.