It's that easy.

[tyggerjai]

Not only am I now an unemployed student (kinda), by the 22nd of January, I'll be an unemployed dogger!

Enrolled at the VUT Werribee TAFE campus, doggers course from 11th Jan, at the paltry cost of $300 odd. Doggers ticket is the first step towards riggers. Then I go back to do the riggers, having got my concession card (apparently, it makes the riggers much, much cheaper). Huzzah!

So, off to centrelink now to get my concession card, and make someone's day by explaining that I don't actually want money from them, but if they wanted to contribute towards my retraining costs, that'd be lovely.

Not that I'm expecting anything, but the concession card will help. Even if it will feel wierd, being technically unemployed.

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Comments

[meleah.livejournal.com]

for the mystified among us.. what's a dogger?

[tyggerjai.livejournal.com]

Ah.

"Slinging and load movement using lifting gear and/or cranes and hoists", basically. The person responsible for loading cranes/hoists, making sure the load is safe, etc. I'm still not sure what the parctical difference between a dogger and a rigger is, except that you have to have your doggers ticket bfore you can get your riggers.

Mmmm, rigger's license. Mmmm, licensed rigger.

Um. I don't even know why, except that hopefully at some point Circus Oz will need a rigger (as they do, from time to time). Long held dream, though, and good honest work. And a lot of theatre stuff does use riggers.

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[tyggerjai.livejournal.com]

The difference, apparently, is that riggers can also rig lifting gear, hence the name.

And I remember the attraction. Something to do with beds suspended from the roof on chains....

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[vaingloriesque.livejournal.com]

I've been feeling guilty because I haven't got around to rejigging your resume yet. It got busy. And a totally spectacular resume by me would have no doubt increased your chances of employment exponentially.

However, this training course sounds interesting... I have no idea what a dogger or rigger is, tho...

[tyggerjai.livejournal.com]

Well, the only thing that's going to increase my chances of employment is looking for a job. Since I haven't bothered, I don't think the CV matters much, at the moment :)

See my response to Leah. It's a crane thing.

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[vaingloriesque.livejournal.com]

And a totally spectacular resume by me would have no doubt increased your chances of employment exponentially.

Hm... I should really have put a smiley face after this. I'm not that good.

See my response to Leah.

I really should have read the comments first... interesting.