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16 May 2007
Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training School
The Trade Training School is conducted by qualified tradesmen from the Australian Defence Force. The course is designed to provide students with the skills to gain future employment.
Australia has deployed an ADF Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), consisting of a combined arms team, to the Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan as part of Operation SLIPPER. The RTF is in partnership with the Netherlands Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and forms part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force.
The RTF has a clearly defined role to work on reconstruction, improvement of provincial infrastructure and community based projects. The RTF also provides trade training to the local population and military engineering training to the Afghan National Army. This type of assistance is designed to benefit the people of Uruzgan Province well into the future and form building blocks of a stable and prosperous community.
The RTF contains around 380 ADF personnel from predominately Queensland-based units. It includes elements to provide command, security, engineering, and administrative support and is equipped with Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMV), Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs) and armoured engineer plant equipment.
Australia's contribution to ISAF is an important component of the Australian Government's commitment to assist Afghanistan achieve a stable and secure future.
| 20070505adf8161479_043 Corporal Richard Saxby demonstrates how to use an electric drill to the intermediate course students at the Trade Training School, conducted by qualified tradesmen from the Australian Defence Force. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_061 Sapper Brendan Yule watches as student Abdulah works on a piece of timber. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_068 Sapper Brendan Yule with local Afgan student Sago Wali. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_102 Commander of Australian Forces in the Middle East, Brigadier Gerard Fogarty watches Afghan instructor Dawod Cha teach Sago Wali how to saw a piece of timber. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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