Councils across NSW & ACT are responsible for maintaining the heritage attributes of their communities. In bringing excellence in public works, IPWEA NSW & ACT has partnered with Artefact Heritage Services to bring a course designed for managing heritage, archaeology to public works and local government engineering professionals.

Projects can be complex due to heritage considerations, this course is designed to give basic training in how heritage fits into rail construction, local government, and public works projects.

Artefact Heritage Services is a team of heritage advisors providing archaeological, cultural heritage management and environmental assessment services across all of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

This course was developed specifically for public works engineers, civil engineers, project managers, or anyone wanting basic understanding of heritage considerations for local government and public works.

 

Outcomes

On completion of this course, participants will:

• Consider how heritage can impact projects
• See the value in heritage and why what they do w.r.t heritage is important
• Will investigate the processes of heritage compliance in projects
• Will learn about types of heritage reports
• Learn about community and agency consultation
• Practice their skills in identifying heritage and object handling
• Learn about the processes of unexpected finds
• Learn about permits and avoiding delays
• Develop strategies for mitigation like adaptive reuse and interpretation
• Know where to find resources, companies and people who can help.

 

Course Facilitator
Alex Gaffikin is the Senior Associate of Interpretation at Heritage Artefact. Heritage Artefact is a leading provider of heritage maintenance and archaeological services. Alex has been in the field of heritage interpretation for over 18 years working at multiple museums and heritage sites across the UK and Australia including the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Historic Royal Palaces, the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum in the UK. At Artefact Heritage she has been exposed to a range of specialisms including Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal archaeology, built heritage.