b'COMMUNITY FIBREJordan Odwyer Whatmakesthisjobenjoyableformeisbeing able to work outside and the ability to see a lot of different areas as we move around according to job Undergroundallocations. CablingThroughout my journey with The Group, I have gainedvariousqualificationsincludingconfined spaceaccreditationandcivilsmanualhandling Engineer through our Brimsdown training centre. I joined Kelly Group about 2O nce we started working on the years ago as a Civils Engineer workingonourOpenreachfield,itwasnicetobeableto contract before joining the Community Fibre contract as a Test Rod and Rope Engineer 6relyourteamespeciallyAdam months ago. Sargentwhohasbeenahuge support for us. SinceIjoinedKellyGroup,Igainedalotof experience and understanding of whats involved with a network build projecttheres a lot more involved than people realise. Were lucky to havewe overcome challenges, we learn new things with a smaller project team which is great because weeach subduct we pull through, which keeps this job know each other very well and always have eachinteresting. others back when we come across tough situations. My training experience at Brimsdown was great. WhatmakesthiscontractdifferenttomyThey provide you with all the necessary knowledge experience working on different contracts, is beingyou need, to be able to start your career successfully. able to set a goal for myself. Once we get the pre- I think it is great that Kelly Group always provides planned map, I am able to set small daily targets forthe training that you need to be successful in your myself and it motivates me throughout the week. career and progress within the business. Luke Greenfield - UndergroundO ur team in the office is good as AsaTestRodandRopeEngineer,mygold, whenever we need support, responsibilitiesincludeliftingpitlids,Cablingthey are always available and do subductingwiththecorrectsizeofcable thatsrequiredaswellasroping.Fortheir best to help us.instance, today we will rod and rope fromEngineer Becauseweareasmallerproject,allengineers point A to point B and subduct accordingknow each other very well and we all try to help to a premade plan for the network. Rod andeach other out.roping mean, using a cobra cable and roding from one section, creating a path throughout the duct,I joined Kelly Group approximately 4 years ago asSince I joined Kelly Group, I gained a wide range of to then get the rope through and pull cables in. Subpart of our civil gang then moved over to a contractexperience and accreditations which I am proud of ducting means the process of tying the cable towhere I completed civils jobs for flats rather than onand the Community Fibre contract is an excellent the rope, which helps us to pull it through to themain roads and finally joined the Community Fibrecontract to work on.outside. Were the first in line who gets everythingcontract 6 months ago with Jordanmy little ready for our blowing team who are then followedbrother. Weve been working together since before by the splicing team. we joined Kelly Groupand I tsgreattobeabletowork together and deliver our assigned jobs to the highest standard.I like working within this role because each week is differentit heavily depends on the location we are working at. On a good week, when conditions are ideal underground, we could pull in 2000-3000 metres of subduct. However, when conditions are poorunderground,asateam,weneedtofind solutions to be able to pull those subducts through. What makes this job enjoyable is being able to overcomechallenges.Eachweekiseventful,as The Networker Winter 2022 11.'