Tonight I'm celebrating and stress free for a while. I completed the rest of my TAFE assignments and can breathe easy until the end of the week when there may be one more. I'm hoping there isn't but there's still one module to go until I complete the course and I guess there'll be some sort of assignment at the end of it. I'm not sure if I've answered all the questions satisfactorily or not but I'm feeling pretty good about it so I won't worry any more. This course is pass/fail and the criteria is to give it your best shot which is what I've done.
It's certainly been beneficial as far as work goes. I've had a substantial weekly wage increase (though it's still coming, hoping for this week), but at the same time the expectations have increased for my output. I'm responsible for a few more things, for example, street stalls and itinerant vendors are my baby now, to approve or deny as I see fit. Usually it's a case of finding a date for the street stalls that doesn't clash with another community group, so it's not that big a deal. And I don't think any have ever been denied! It's also alot easier to sign off on them myself and send the approvals straight out. I know exactly where I'm up to so it made sense.
Later down the track I'll be approving minor developments like car ports and gazebos. Since most of them come in kit form with very straight-forward plans I don't anticipate many problems with that either.
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