9: Blade Technician – “keep this planet safe”

Episode 9 of the The Careers for Net Zero Podcast podcast, hosted by Careers for Net Zero, titled "9: Blade Technician – “keep this planet safe”" was published on February 26, 2024 and runs 25 minutes.

February 26, 2024 ·25m · The Careers for Net Zero Podcast

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Summary

The next Careers for Net Zero Podcast episode features Blade Technician champion, Darren Smith. In the final episode of the Careers for Net Zero Podcast’s limited series, Darren, Anita and Holly spoke about 100m long surfboards, travelling to waterfalls, forests, deserts, the outback and the coast all around Australia and the world, and taking safety and quality seriously. As Darren so eloquently says, “you only get to fall once.” He walks us through the training that on- and off-shore Blade Technicians need to undertake, including safely escaping from water and getting on and off helicopters and giant cherry pickers. He explores in a bit more detail the continuing professional development opportunities provided by the Global Wind Organisation: https://www.globalwindsafety.org/. And Anita gets us excited about undertaking the tailored Blade Tech Certificate III in Engineering - Composites Trade at Federation University: https://study.federation.edu.au/course/DJBC. Learn more about Darren by reading his champion profile: https://careersfornetzero.org.au/champions/blade-technician Learn more about Blade Technicians by reading the career profile: https://careersfornetzero.org.au/careers/blade-technician/ Careers for Net Zero showcases the many career opportunities that will help deliver an equitable, prosperous and net zero emissions Australia. Careers for Net Zero is a joint initiative of the Clean Energy Council and Energy Efficiency Council, with the support of Ai Group, Australian Power Institute, Boundless Earth and Engineers Australia. Learn more at careersfornetzero.org.au. The intro music was provided by ⁠⁠TimTaj⁠⁠.

Episode Description

The next Careers for Net Zero Podcast episode features Blade Technician champion, Darren Smith.

In the final episode of the Careers for Net Zero Podcast’s limited series, Darren, Anita and Holly spoke about 100m long surfboards, travelling to waterfalls, forests, deserts, the outback and the coast all around Australia and the world, and taking safety and quality seriously.

As Darren so eloquently says, “you only get to fall once.” He walks us through the training that on- and off-shore Blade Technicians need to undertake, including safely escaping from water and getting on and off helicopters and giant cherry pickers.

He explores in a bit more detail the continuing professional development opportunities provided by the Global Wind Organisation: https://www.globalwindsafety.org/. And Anita gets us excited about undertaking the tailored Blade Tech Certificate III in Engineering - Composites Trade at Federation University: https://study.federation.edu.au/course/DJBC.

Learn more about Darren by reading his champion profile:

https://careersfornetzero.org.au/champions/blade-technician

Learn more about Blade Technicians by reading the career profile: https://careersfornetzero.org.au/careers/blade-technician/

Careers for Net Zero showcases the many career opportunities that will help deliver an equitable, prosperous and net zero emissions Australia.

Careers for Net Zero is a joint initiative of the Clean Energy Council and Energy Efficiency Council, with the support of Ai Group, Australian Power Institute, Boundless Earth and Engineers Australia.

Learn more at careersfornetzero.org.au.

The intro music was provided by ⁠⁠TimTaj⁠⁠.

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