Potential Roles for Graduate Planners
Dani is ringing home. It looks like she'll be working late tonight. She has a report to finish. It's about the State's policy on flood-prone land. People are worried about their property values.
Paul is organising community input into the strategic plan for his district. He has a public meeting to arrange, a press release to write, phone calls to return, a radio interview to prepare for. It's hectic.
Rachel is busy preparing for an appeal case, in which she will be appearing as an expert witness. She is trying to anticipate the questions the lawyers will ask her.
Scott is reading through a letter from a local cycling group. They're unhappy with one aspect of the cycleway proposal he has been working on. He thinks he can solve the problem they mention.
Cate is making travel arrangements for the conference she will be attending in a few weeks. She's looking forward to meeting planners from all over the country, and picking up some new ideas.
James works for a firm of consultants. He is on the phone to a client, discussing the cost of preparing an environmental impact assessment for a proposed five-star resort. In some ways, the site is not ideal.
Bronwyn is employed in the State public service. At the moment, she is drafting an advice note to her Minister on what has turned out to be a politically controversial proposal to "fast track" certain types of development.
Jason is getting out of his car and going over to meet Mr. Pearson, who is a farmer. Mr Pearson wants to sell some of his land for houses. It's a problem. The council wants to limit this kind of very scattered development. But perhaps a compromise is possible in this case.
Nicole, in Canberra, is experimenting with some newly installed software on her computer. It will be helpful in analysing census data and displaying population trends. One of her colleagues is standing behind her, coffee cup in hand, looking at the images coming up on the screen.
Matthew is sitting across the table from the police representative on the local traffic committee. A difference of opinion has revealed itself. This one won't be so easy to sort out.
Tanya has been asked to give a talk at an senior's club on the council's plans for renovating the town's central mall. She must remember to check if there are facilities for her to use a PowerPoint presentation, or an old-fashioned slide projector.
Andrew and his team mates - architects, engineers, and others - are having a celebratory drink. Things are pretty noisy. The firm has just won the contract to design a massive new educational campus and residential district near Bangkok.
Michelle is coordinating a community bus scheme for the outlying settlements in her shire. After a meeting this morning with the various stakeholders, she is feeling more confident that the scheme will get off the ground.