Description
Requirements: NOTE; any corded power tools will need a current safety tag. Personal protection is very important. Participants are to wear robust work clothes such as trousers and shirts and substantial enclosed footwear. See link to course outline below for tools required.
Work Health and Safety: Before participating in your first session you will need to read and acknowledge the course specific Work Health and Safety document. This can be read via the link below and signed in class: WHS Induction – Handy Persons
A draft course outline, tools list, lesson notes etc. appear at: https://habilispractice.weebly.com/
Activities undertaken during the semester include:
- Construct a simulated timber framed plasterboard wall/ceiling section.
- Fit hooks, brackets etc, to the above work piece with hollow-wall fixings and also practice masonry drilling and fixing.
- Repair damaged plasterboard.
- Complete simple sheet metalworking tasks like cutting, drilling, screwing and riveting.
- Discuss applications of various adhesives.
- Discuss “wet” building skills like concrete, mortar and tiling.
- Complete a simple wall tiling exercise on the work piece.
- Discuss basic reticulation principles and practice assembling “poly” pipe items.
- Undertake a small woodworking project to consolidate the hand skills.
- Discuss and apply finishes such as paints, varnish or oils.
Some projects completed:
Class Project:
Home project:
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John Paskulich is our Tutor and is certainly one of the most experienced “Mr Fixits” and enthusiastic, likeable persons – just like all our other Tutors at Kalamunda Community Learning Centre!
What is more important is that John understands that this is all new for most participants and they will make mistakes – some very funny but that is all part of being there and having a go at the vast range of materials, tools and instructions he provides.
Attending his Handyperson Course is made easy with a step-by-step process each week with demonstrations, coaching and learning via a buddy system to make quick progress and can spark the opportunity to complete personal projects that utilise the main skills you need to develop.
John has a Handyman skillset that has been honed over the past 50 years. His experience has been via long stints at Telecom and as a TAFE lecturer plus has supervised a couple of home builds as an owner builder. His positive attitude is 24/7 and you quickly develop a healthy respect for his experience and ready to listen and help attitude. You would not doubt that he could fix almost anything except maybe a broken heart – we can leave that to James Taylor and his song “Handyman”.
The Handyperson Course runs over two terms and is supported with incredible and easily accessible resources located on his website. At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking I can’t learn all of this but somehow you do learn a lot and with more practice, you will be amazed!
Brian Lawler sem 1 2024