A new employee has been hired at QAC (Queensland Aerospace College) who will be instructing the basic courses and is also the quality manager. His name is Gary and he came to stay at the unit this week. He was teaching during the day and so Dad and I got to talk with him in the evenings when Dad wasn't working. We got along really well and it's always nice to meet new people who work for the company. We love that Dad is working for a small company with such a family feel to it. It sort of reminds us of when Dad first started working for Wardair.
I thought that I was going to have very little to write about this week as most of the time was taken up with Dad teaching (six days this week) and me knitting and going for walks. But then.......Dad came home from work on Thursday and told me to get ready right away to get in the car right then. I was confused as to the urgency of the request. When I got in the car, he filled me in. There had been a theft at the hotel where Dad teaches - one of Dad's company's laptop computers and five of their ipads had been stolen - and Dad had to go and make a police report at the police station. The computers are left in the conference room overnight as it's a hassle to have to set them up each morning. The conference manager of the hotel was unlocking the door to the conference room in the morning when she got in and leaving it open so that it was available for whenever Dad and the guys got there. Sometime between when she opened it early in the morning and when Dad got there at 9am, the items were taken. Judy, the conference manager, told Dad that in all her 17 years of working for the hotel, they had never had anything taken out of the conference rooms, and she was quite distressed about it. Dad and I went to the police station and spent about an hour and a half being questioned about the incident and waiting while the constable wrote it up. QAC will be able to claim the items on their insurance, but it sure was a hassle to make the police report and for Dad's boss to make the insurance claim. Dad thinks it was a crime of opportunity as the conference rooms are on the third floor where there are no guest rooms and QAC were the only ones who were using the conference rooms at the time.
On Friday, I went to talk with the administration person at the local primary school. Since we are going to be in Melbourne so much with Dad's teaching, I thought I would like to volunteer in the primary classes at that school. I miss teaching and this will let me keep my finger in education. The school is also within walking distance from the unit which is handy since Dad will have the car during the day. When I spoke to the woman at the school, she told me that I needed my 'working with children' card which requires a police check. I told her that I was a registered teacher in Queensland and that I also had my 'blue card' from Queensland which is a 'working with children' card. However, each state requires you to get a card from their state even though the police check is national. I went onto the website that the woman at the school said I needed to go on to apply for the card and wrote an email to the contact address given. I needed to find out how I would fill out the form as it asked for my Victoria address so that they could do the police check, but since my name wouldn't be associated with the company unit, I didn't know whether or not I could just put my HB address in and they would then do the check, but give me a Victorian card. I have not received a reply from that email, so I might have to give them a call this coming week so that things are in place for next time we are in Melbourne.
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