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Name: Miranda
Role Title: Veterinary Microbiologist
Location: Department of Primary Industries
Attwood
Description of Work Undertaken:
As a microbiologist Miranda’s work covers two main areas, diagnostics and research. The diagnostic component requires her to test samples submitted through vets for specific diseases and report her findings. Miranda has previously worked with the diagnosis of diseases in pigs, poultry and cattle but is presently working with diagnosing mosquito-borne diseases. This role requires Miranda to be accurate and thorough and allows her the opportunity to work closely with vets to improve the health of livestock within Victoria.
These projects also require Miranda to be persistent and have strong problem solving skills. In this part of her work she spends time in the field as well as using the most recent technology.
Course studied
Tertiary/post secondary
Miranda completed a Bachelor of Science and majored in aquaculture, minored in microbiology and completed an additional Honours year of research in microbiology. She has also undertaken a Graduate Diploma of Food Science.
Advice to students
Students up to year 10
If you find something in science that interests you, spend time to find more information about it.
VCE Students
The science principles learned in high school are the basis of the information you’ll encounter at TAFE or university, so study as if you want to retain the information for a life time, not just until the end of the exam.
Tertiary students
Volunteer!!!!! By volunteering you expose yourself to ideas and people that you may not find in the classroom. You also increase the opportunity to find areas of science you may never have considered exploring before.
What careers have other graduates from your course entered?
Research Assistant at University of Sydney, working on pearl boats in Broome, teaching English in Japan, working in Pathology Laboratories, and continued further education to become teachers.
Landcare Education, DPI Creswick
Bacchus Marsh Grammar year 10
Geography students on a field tripThe Landcare Education Program provides three main services:
School Programs and Field trips
Meets VELS and VCE requirements, focussing on hands-on learning in a natural resource management/Landcare context. Programs can be tailored to suit a school’s needs and levels, with facilities including walking trails, wetlands and a seed bank on site.
Teacher Professional Learning
Sessions are advertised periodically, run in conjunction with LandLearn or presented at statewide conferences, such as the GTAV conference. Sessions highlight hands-on Landcare activities with VELS/VCE links.
Curriculum Resources
There are resources available for teachers to purchase and others are free. The Catchment Caravan, a series of Landcare themed resource tubs, is available for loan through the Ballarat library.
Contact
Jim Mead, Landcare Education Officer
jim.mead@dpi.vic.gov.au,
www.alphaville.com.au,
phone 0408 547 760
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