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 84 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members older than 85 years  will be assessed every 12 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. 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 (jeremy.wallace@iinet.net.au) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you. The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisiste 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. 

Fellow Beekeepers,, You will be pleased to know that we have a lot of full frames of honey.  As a consequence we need to extract our honey and get ready for the spring flow. We are hoping that we can get enough starters to do the extraction next Friday 27th commencing at 1pm.  There are about 40+ frames to be tackled.  We are thinking we will do what we can and stop about 4pm to clean up and possibly enjoy a cold beer. Could you please indicate if you can join us by "getting a ticket".  Of course this is a free event. We look froward to seeing you  Stephen Keenihan On behalf of the Bee Leadership Team  

The weather is finally changing to warmer temperatures and we feel that we are ready to attempt a return to outdoor Cooking activities at SCMS. Our very own "Pizza-King" Simon Benwell will lead your Kitchen Team once more to deliver a sumptuous pizza event! Depending on evening temperatures, we might still have to set-up the meal indoors, but you will get some quick starters (yes, Richard!) followed by plenty of Simon's delicious pizzas plus a nice dessert to finish the meal. And, of course, partners and spouses are very welcome to come along! Cost for food will be $18 with beer and wine at standard prices.   To help us gauge demand, we require pre-payment with your registration.  You will be able to get a credit towards a future event if you cancel at least 1 day before the event, please send an email to wernerribul@mac.com . No-shows on the day will forfeit their ticket fee. I hope you will be able to join us. Best regards, Werner.

Clare Collins received her degree in Speech and Hearing in Perth and has worked in the north west of WA, England, Europe, and the United States for the Australian cochlear implant company, Cochlear.  As a mobile screening officer for Expert Hearing Care, she will be giving a presentation on how hearing works and how to protect it, as well as demonstrating the variety of hearing aids, headsets and custom protective devices that are available.  Following the talk, members will be able to complete their own 5 minute hearing screening.  Expert Hearing Care is accredited by the Government to provide free hearing tests and hearing aids to pensioners under the Hearing Services Program.

GRENACHE PROJECT 2020 The night will be an opportunity to immerse yourself in the fascinating world of Barossa grenache, as you sample six wines from the 2020 “Grenache Project”. The Grenache Project presents six wines, made by six winemakers, from one Barossa vineyard in an experiment designed to explore the influence of winemaking on the terroir of a single Barossa Grenache vineyard. The minimum number of attendees will be 12 for the night to proceed (full credit will be offererd if cancelled).  If we get the usual ~20 attendees we'll also add in a couple of additional grenache's to compare. We look forward to seeing you. Stephen & Chris

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 - 11am) so you must be able to commit to both sessions before purchasing a ticket. Each Phase will be approximately a two 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 the Woodworking Team Lead, 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. 

For our October Members luncheon, our Kitchen deputy team lead Michael Henderson and the participants of the 2023 SCMS Cooking Course will cook a full menu comprised of their favourite cooking course dishes for our shed members.  The team will cook for us salmon in filo pastry with fresh asian flavours of coriander, mint and lime and apple crumble with ice cream for dessert. This will be a chance to show off their newly acquired cooking skills to all of us. Please join us to support their efforts. Cost for food will be $18 with beer and wine at standard prices.   As usual, we require pre-payment with your registration.  You will be able to get a credit towards a future event if you cancel at least 1 day before the event, please send an email to wernerribul@mac.com . No-shows on the day will forfeit their ticket fee. I hope you will be able to join us. Best regards, Werner.

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. 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 (jeremy.wallace@iinet.net.au) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you. The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisiste 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. 

Due to the Perth Royal Show delaying normal proceedings our very next Beer and Bullshit event on Wednesday 11th October. The presenter for this meeting is our very own member, Dr Jaap Poll, who will be providing a very interesting presentation on Climate Change.  Jaap has provided the following outline of his presentaion: Title: The Geologic Facts about Climate Change - (climate change is real – with or without people)   One of the original founders and current member of our Showgrounds Mens Shed, Dr Jaap Poll is a Geoscientist and worked in the oil industry on all continents before settling in Australia in 1969, first with Shell followed by Woodside in the 70’s. Jaap has lived in Perth since 1980 with a short 2 year break in PNG as CEO of OilSearch.    Jaap has been active in the climate change debate over the past two decades. Climate has been changing ever since earth started to develop an atmosphere a few billion years ago - you would have thought that all educated people know this - including climate scientists. The geologic record shows that earth has been warmer and ice free for most of its time with much higher CO2 levels than today, even during its colder periods. The record also shows that CO2 is not the temperature driver. With changing temperatures CO2 slowly follows, not the other way around.   …. and yet the world is obsessed with zero carbon at horrendous cost to mankind As per usual, folowing the talk, there will be loads of time for questions, fellowship and the opportunity to socialise with your fellow Sheddies. So come along, be educated, inquisitive, engaged and be social by enjoying the company of your fellow Sheddies at this Sundowner. Best regards Peter Panek President

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. 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 (jeremy.wallace@iinet.net.au) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you. The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisiste 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. 

Now that the Perth Royal Show  is over it is time to attend to other important matters. With increasing intensity of the sun and UV light at this time of year it is appropriate to think of taking care of our skin. If you haven't had a skin check this year I would encourage you to do so. Our Health and Wellness  Co-ordinator Michael Hart, has arranged for up to 20 Members to have skin checks performed by a "skin doctor". It will take about 10 minutes and will be done in the Shed Photography Room. This is being funded by a grant from Men'S Shed Australia. You can book here.  There are only 20 spots, so First in Best (un)dressed!! Michael will contact each person who has booked and arrange a date and time that suits.