By Alesha Capone
A Point Cook school has helped to supply hospital workers with much-needed face shields during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alamanda K-9 College is home to two industry-standard 3D printers, so when Brisbane-based company 3D One Australia put out a call for anyone with a 3D printer to help make the parts needed for face shields, Alamanda stepped up to help.
Lachlan Thompson, a technology technician at the college, has so far printed 150 parts and sent them back to Brisbane, where they have been used to make face shields for hospital staff.
“We are making some more [face shield parts] we can send out to the community, if need be,” Mr Thompson said.
“I’m super-stoked we’re able to help out and it’s only going to take one of the face shields doing its job to make it worthwhile.”
Mr Thompson said that, using other technology equipment at the college, he had also been able to make complete face shields for staff at the school.
“We’ve made some for the front-of-house staff, school nurses and IT technicians,” he said.
“The smile on their face, and the realisation we’ve got the capacity to do that, is amazing”
Mr Thompson said his role at Alamanda included training college staff on how to use educational technology.
He has also been sitting in on digital technology and community classes, while the college’s students have been learning remotely from home.
Mr Thompson said he had passed the 3D One Australia face shield design onto students, who have been able to use 3D printers at home, to create face-shields for their family members.
By Alesha Capone
