Beau Quirk - Graduate 2010

Name: Beau. Quirk 

School: Narrabri High School 

Which organisation do you work & where is it located
I work with the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC which is located at the Australian Cotton Research Institute half way between Narrabri and Wee Waa.


Who do you work with / supervised by: I work with David Larsen who is the coordinator of the Tech Resource Centre. 


What have you been doing: I have been updating old hard copy documents into electronic versions which can be accessed on the new Cotton CRC website.


What sparked the interest in applying for the traineeship: I have always enjoyed working with computers, and saw this as a great opportunity to learn more as we hardly use them at school.


What you like about it: Besides, getting a day off school it is a good way of obtaining new knowledge about some of the programs that are in use to create websites.


Plans for the future: I do not know what I want to do when I leave school but I do know that I am very interested in the latest technology and would like to work with computers.


Subjects at school and TAFE: I currently study Geography, Photography, Modern & Ancient History and English. As part of my traineeship I am also at Narrabri TAFE studying Information Technology.


What are you personal interests:
Obviously I like computers and I am a keen photographer. I enjoy watching tennis and listening to music. 

 
Beau on the Cotton CRC website