New Ceylon Campus does transport to a T
 Ceylon Campus staff (from left): Fran Laforgia, Tom Russell, Barry Hodder, Peter Axton, Kevin Le Poidevin, Rosemary Johnston, John Foster. Absent: Graeme Pitts, Brian Gnaden. Tea and Ceylon go together, but at the Ceylon Campus – outpost to the Box Hill Institute empire the T there is in Transport – in a big way.
The Ceylon Campus specialises in courses in transport and distribution, which can include, warehousing, earthmoving, driver training, rigging, dogging and forklift driving. In other words, the big heavy stuff, as well as licensed vehicle testing.
For the uninitiated, the Ceylon Campus, which was officially opened late in 2003 can be found at 30-32 Ceylon Street, Nunawading.
Kevin Le Poidevin, coordinator for the Centre for Automotive Transport and Engineering, said the students at the campus ranged from 18 up to 78 years of age.
Forklift driving was very popular as “anyone going into the warehouse industry or trying to break into it was at a severe disadvantage if they didn’t have a forklift licence”, he said.
The Ceylon Campus also licensed people to drive B-Double trucks, earthmoving and mining equipment.
Licensed Vehicle Tester coordinator Peter Axton looks after students who are based all over Victoria, southern NSW and on the borders with South Australia.
The training is offered via distance education and allows mechanics to be qualified as roadworthy testers.
15 June 2004
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