High School STEM girls activity day at Launceston airport.
As part of the STEM learning day students were given a personalised tour of the airport and its operations as well as creating their own airplane which took flight in the Departures Hall under the iconic Miss Flinders.
As part of the STEM learning day students were given a personalised tour of the airport and its operations as well as creating their own airplane which took flight in the Departures Hall under the iconic Miss Flinders.
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00:00 My name's Olga, I'm the National Coordinator for Pool Aeronautics, which is the STEM outreach
00:07 program for the Royal Aeronautical Society. Today we're here with grade 8 and 9 students
00:13 and we're sharing with them just how exciting the aerospace and aviation industry is.
00:18 We've been hearing from guest speakers from around Tasmania and the aviation industry
00:22 are typically dominated by men, to learn about potential careers in this industry.
00:29 And we got to hear about different parts of the aviation industry, so not necessarily
00:33 just being a commercial pilot, but also being like a paramedic or the Royal Flying Doctor
00:40 Service or even being on a board for the legislation and committees.
00:45 On the tour we spoke to a pilot and some of the mechanics and engineers who work on the
00:52 planes regularly and they told us a bit of their day to day life and how they got into
00:59 the aviation industry to begin with. I found it interesting to see that there wasn't
01:07 necessarily one set pathway to get into aviation. It made me realise that I can utilise my future
01:14 medical skills in something other than a hospital.
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