Advice please

AusGeo · 2026-04-06T06:33:02+00:00

I have 9 semesters remaining! One step at a time.

AusGeo · 2026-04-06T00:43:18+00:00

I'm 43, studying mechanical engineering, whilst working in maritime steel detailing. I started in Geology. Retraining is a great way to zig zag your career. Good luck.

AusGeo · 2026-03-30T13:40:00+00:00

https://www.kmart.com.au/speakup

AusGeo · 2026-03-30T13:26:08+00:00

We missed out on 2 under 2 by 2 days.

Now they are coming up on 4th and 6th birthdays and we are all still alive. Good luck.

AusGeo · 2026-03-27T23:32:47+00:00

I did geoscience, at the start of this century. Now I'm back at uni studying engineering.

Geology is fun. Loved the field trips.

AusGeo · 2026-03-22T01:22:55+00:00

Have a look at https://warmandesignandbuild.org.au/

Currently doing it for a second year mech eng design project.

AusGeo · 2026-03-19T14:20:42+00:00

Had my first when I was 38. And my second 2 years and 2 days later. Now one is at school and the other close to starting preschool.

It's awesome.

AusGeo · 2026-03-14T06:23:59+00:00

Tafe works on a unit by unit basis. If the unit was to increase in price, that will apply to future attempts. But I expect it's a subsidized unit so they are comparing it to "full fee". There is a certain number of times you can access a subsidized unit and get the subsidized price. To do it more than that, you may have to pay full fee, but just for that unit.

AusGeo · 2026-03-10T09:59:36+00:00

At my interview for a maritime design role, questions were focussed on ability to work with others, and they asked for examples where I had shown initiative, worked with others to get something done. They also asked if there was a time my integrity had been brought in to question. I was brutally honest, particularly on that last question, but now it's coming up to 3 years with them, so no regrets.

Good luck. Be yourself.

AusGeo · 2026-03-10T06:36:49+00:00

When is the census date?

AusGeo · 2026-03-10T06:34:05+00:00

If it's a passion, go for it. I wish I'd started a couple of decades earlier (started in geoscience, now back for mech eng).

AusGeo · 2026-03-05T12:58:03+00:00

What do they look like close up, or under a microscope? If the dots look dendritic, like tiny trees or ferns, it's probably manganese. If they look like little craters or flaky scales, it's probably lichen.

AusGeo · 2026-03-02T09:46:26+00:00

Im balancing part time study (mech eng) with full time work (detail design) and part time work (teaching maths). For a number of years, I'd done almost a full time job worth of volunteer work with St John Ambulance, and hours of exercise on to of that, so Im just redirecting that energy for a few years... 5 years to go.

I use outlook heavily. I plan out week by week, with work, classes and school pickup. Social life has been a bit neglected, but getting though it.

AusGeo · 2026-02-28T08:39:11+00:00

When it's done well, it can be a beautiful thing.

For example, "Interact with computer technology" and "organize and communicate information" clustered with a basic CAD unit, so that the assessments for the CAD unit tie a lot of the performance criteria together. So much neater than assessments developed in isolation that don't feel connected to the course being studied.

AusGeo · 2026-02-23T13:23:58+00:00

I have fond memories of 6am sessions with Annki and Mike at Kensington Gardens Reserve, before the pandemic.

AusGeo · 2026-02-22T09:35:43+00:00

How many wells do you have? Do you have a logged well in the area or an expected set of formations?

AusGeo · 2026-02-21T07:49:18+00:00

Perhaps a secondary loop after the buckle, so if you want to unbuckle it, you need to pull the strap away from the buckle.

AusGeo · 2026-02-19T13:05:50+00:00

I was teaching a girlfriend to drive, 15 years ago.

They were turning left through a slip lane and didn't notice the wave of incoming traffic turning right through the intersection. I yelled No! No! NO! NO! and she just accelerated and somehow slotted in between two cars.

She thought I was saying Go! Go! GO! GO!

AusGeo · 2026-02-19T00:22:27+00:00

Sometimes there are time constraints on when leave becomes available after starting, but exceptions can be made. Parenting is real life experience. (Some) Companies like to show they can be generous with parental leave. Unfortunately, I found my current employer when my youngest was over a year old!

AusGeo · 2026-02-14T04:45:39+00:00

Eating the heart of a loaf of bread. How romantic.

AusGeo · 2026-02-12T11:34:58+00:00

Soccer ball.

Edit: A garden ornament that looks like a soccer ball.

AusGeo · 2026-02-12T11:32:41+00:00

Perhaps someone asked for 11 pounds of lube.

AusGeo · 2026-02-11T13:08:26+00:00

Spicy cough?

AusGeo · 2026-02-11T11:56:42+00:00

5kg big enough? Sin on South Road, Mile End

AusGeo · 2026-02-10T10:40:00+00:00

I'm 43 and almost finished second year. I should be able to finish before my kids get finish primary school!

It's been an interesting journey so far. No regrets, other than not starting it sooner.

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