1 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:08,240 My name's Harvey. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,080 I'm the head of department for the technology faculty up 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,000 at Western Cape College in Weipa, 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,400 as well as an industrial technology and design teacher. 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,280 I decided to become an ITD teacher 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,920 about a year after I finished my apprenticeship as a joiner. 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:21,880 I love working on the tools, 8 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,560 but I wanted a little bit more variety in the day to day role. 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,560 Comparing from teaching down south to teaching up in Weipa, 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,920 you are part of the community and the students do want to know you 11 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,560 as a person and not just someone who is there for six hours a day. 12 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,920 They're serving you at the shops, are serving at the tackle shop. 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:41,800 They want to know what you're doing. 14 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,640 It's a lot more personal, and yeah, they want to know you for you 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,880 and they want you to know them for them as well. 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,800 You're part of community. You're part of the town. 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,360 The things that you get to do 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,320 is stuff that people come up and do on their holidays and it's in your backyard. 19 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,040 And you find secret spots like this.