Providing Essential Services to community

West Arnhem Regional Council (WARC) wishes to acknowledge the efforts of Carolas Dai in Minjilang who has excelled in the field of Essential Services.
Commencing as a works assistant in Minjilang in 2017, Carolas expressed an interest in working within the Essential Services area and, after some time, was transferred to be the Assistant Essential Services Officer.
Working along Terry Jackson who is a current ESO, Carolas has learnt all aspects of providing Essential Services in a remote community. 
With Terry’s guidance, he has since excelled and in July 2019, the Senior ESO travelled to Minjilang to conduct a competency assessment which Carolas passed. This assessment is a tool developed by Power and Water Corporation.
As a result, Carolas said he is proud to have gained expertise in Essential Services and sees this as an important role in any remote community which keeps the community running. 
As the first successful indigenous employee to complete this pathway to become a competent ESO, Carolas strives to continue to be a role model to the younger generations and contributes to the development of knowledge in the communities.
Students from Gunbalanya have also showed an interest in his work and indicated that they too can be trained to maintain the Essential Services in their community.  
WARC Project Coordinator Fatima Tjung said Carolas has shown great skill and commitment to his work as well as building really good relationships with other ESOs. 
“He will now be travelling within our communities to provide respite and relief when needed,” Fatima said.
“Carolas is an example of WARC’s commitment to growing our own expertise and empowering the youth in the communities.”