To maintain your Blue Dot Woodworking Accreditation you will need to, you will need to undertake a Verification of Competency (VOC) Assessment as follows. Woodworking members aged under 75 years will be assessed every 24 months Woodworking members aged 75 to 80 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members aged 80 to 90 years will be assessed every 12 months Woodworking members older than 90 years  will be assessed every 6 months You will be assigned a simple task which shouldn’t take more than about 30 minutes. This is not a test of your craftsmanship; it is simply a demonstration that you can competently use the machinery unsupervised without endangering yourself or others.  You can book your VOC Assessment by clicking on your preferred VOC Assessment date below. The Rostered Supervisor for the day will oversee your assessment and he will either deem you "competent" or refer you to a Trainer for further assessment or training. If you choose not to do the VOC Assessment,  you will no longer be able to use the Machine Room equipment unsupervised.

All Members who intend to be part of the Woodworking Group will need to complete this Power Tools Induction Training. There is a once off Cost of $10 for this Training Course, which can be paid when you purchase a ticket. Note: Members are required to complete the 'Yellow Dot' Shed Introduction session before taking part in a Red Dot training session. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Training Session.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise the Red Dot coordinator, Jeremy Wallace, on 0406927650 (SMS please), or email (jeremywallace5@outlook.com) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you have trouble booking please contact Jeremy by SMS. The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisite to booking the Blue Dot Woodwork Machinery Course. Once you have completed this Training, your Membership Badge will updated to show a Red Dot and enable you to undertake any projects in the Main Workshop that utilise only Power Tools. 

All members are welcome to join our Art Group and explore their own artistic talents, try a new medium, have a go or just watch, chat and learn a little as other members experiment and create. No previous experience is necessary. We are a very informal group with a range of talents and abilities but just having a go - absolute beginners to "old" masters!

We are scheduled to prepare another Homeless meal in cooperation with Matilda Bay Rotary Club. Now that Summer has well & truly taken hold, we will be cooking a more fresh and healthy menu for our Homeless meals, depending on the type of produce that will be dropped off by MBRC. Anybody is welcome to drop by our kitchen and say 'Hello' to our team. Best regards, Geoff.

Woodworking Machinery Induction (Blue Dot) – Phases 1 & 2 All Members who wish to use the woodworking machinery in the Machine Room will need to complete Phase 1 & Phase 2 of the Woodworking Machinery Induction Training. Please Note that Members must have completed the Red Dot course before enrolling in this Blue Dot course? This Course will be conducted in two Phases over two consecutive weeks (9am - 12pm) so you must be able to commit to both sessions before purchasing a ticket. Each Phase will be approximately a three hour duration. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Session. The Cost of this course (for both Phases) is $20.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise Michael Cahill on 0459062090 as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you cancel or are a “no show” on the day you will lose your $20 fee so please, only book if you can commit to the two consecutive weeks. Payments can be made online by secure credit card.  Once you have completed both phases of the Woodworking Machinery Induction your Membership Badge will be updated to replace the Red Dot with a Blue Dot.  This will reflect that you have completed all the necessary Woodworking Training and are ready to undertake any Woodworking projects in the Shed. 

Hello Cooking Class Sheddies Our next cooking class falls on St. Patrick's day. What better excuse for some Irish food and a drop of Guiness if you wish. I hope you will join me for the next class on Tuesday 17 March at 9am. We will eat what we cook and lunch will be at about 12.30pm. We will have a guest cook Chris Black (who has strong Irish roots) who will help us make pork steak with an apple cider and mustard sauce. This will be served with creamy mashed potatoes (of course) and vegetables.  I will introduce the dessert which will be spiced apple cake with lashings of warm custard.  So, as you see, apples are the ingredient of the day ! A fixed cost of $25 per person will apply to each class to cover ingredients. Beer and wine will be available for purchase on the day. Please purchase your ticket in advance. As always, I look forward to seeing you on the day. All the best Michael Henderson

Thank you for booking your next adventure! You will hand-fly the simulator, operate the engines, see how the navigation systems work, all under close supervision with your guide (instructor). We can only take one person at a time in a pilot’s seat, but we do have 2 passenger seats if you would like to “bring a friend”, or two. To book, please email flightsim.lead@msclaremont.tidymail.co. This system does not generate a notification to the Flight Sim Group, so please send an email to this address to reconfirm your booking. If the times that we have scheduled do not suit you, or are already booked, please send us an email anyway, and we will do our best to accommodate you. Subject to the availability of a simulator guide (instructor), we can operate  Mon – Fri  8.30am – 4.30pm.

To maintain your Blue Dot Woodworking Accreditation you will need to, you will need to undertake a Verification of Competency (VOC) Assessment as follows. Woodworking members aged under 75 years will be assessed every 24 months Woodworking members aged 75 to 80 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members aged 80 to 90 years will be assessed every 12 months Woodworking members older than 90 years  will be assessed every 6 months You will be assigned a simple task which shouldn’t take more than about 30 minutes. This is not a test of your craftsmanship; it is simply a demonstration that you can competently use the machinery unsupervised without endangering yourself or others.  You can book your VOC Assessment by clicking on your preferred VOC Assessment date below. The Rostered Supervisor for the day will oversee your assessment and he will either deem you "competent" or refer you to a Trainer for further assessment or training. If you choose not to do the VOC Assessment,  you will no longer be able to use the Machine Room equipment unsupervised.

Do you want to learn how to design cnc projects and cut them on the cnc router? John Hassell will be running a two part introductory course for those interested in CNC routing. This course will give you some insight into cnc routing in woodworking projects. The course will be run over two consecutive Saturday morning sessionsfrom 9:00 am to noon in the Shed Meeting Room. The first Saturday session on the 14th March  will be an introduction to VCarve Pro, the CAD software used to design cnc projects. The second Saturday session on the 21st March will be a practical session on the cnc  router. In the first session we will work through a simple design project in VCarve Pro step by step, and in the second session we will look at how to set up and machine a project on the cnc machine. To participate in this course you will need:- 1. Reasonable computer literacy. 2. A Windows laptop computer with a mouse to bring to the sessions. 3. A functioning copy of VCarve Pro Trial Edition installed on your laptop. This can be downloaded at:- https://www.vectric.com/free-trial/  You want VCarve Pro, not Desktop. Download as a guest. Sorry, VCarve Pro will not run on an Apple computer. 3. When you install the software it will ask you what cnc machine you are using. The Shed has a Pro V6 AR6 manufactured by Axiom. The course is free, but you will need to take a ticket as we limit numbers to the first 10 persons. See you there. John Hassell CNC Router and Laser Group  

Steve Rodgers  is  running  his  famous  Beekeeping  seminar .

Talk by Lawson Dickson about the Leeuwin Offshorte Adventure Foundation. Lawson is the CEO of this Foundation. Lawson will speak to us about the work of the Foundation and the recovery work undertaken after the unfortunate collission between a container ship and the Leeuwin whilst it was moored in Fremantle Harbour. Come along and discover one of WA's great NFP Foundations and the work they do with WA children.

Please note this is a closed charity event for the Western Suburbs View Club only.