{"id":141101,"date":"2016-04-07T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=141101"},"modified":"2020-10-19T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T03:18:08","slug":"pallet-team-knocks-up-a-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/04\/07\/pallet-team-knocks-up-a-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Pallet Team Knocks Up A Record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four of Gumnut Place’s champion pallet-building team show off a small portion of their record-breaking effort: Phillip Marten, Andrew Wesener, Bob Spicer and Kyle West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 7, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week the pallet-building team in the wood workshop at Murgon’s Gumnut Place set an unusual record.<\/p>\n

In a single work day (with time off for lunch and tea breaks), six pallet builders and a forklift driver managed to build and stack 290 hardwood pallets – or roughly one complete wooden pallet every 86 seconds.<\/p>\n

The workers were filling a standing order for one of Gumnut Place’s clients, the Murgon tannery.<\/p>\n

What makes their feat even more remarkable is that all of the workers have disabilities.<\/p>\n

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Gumnut Place is an Australian Disability Enterprise which was established in 1986 by a group of families and friends of people with a disability in response to their needs. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It is located at 22 Gore Street, and over the past 30 years has grown not only as a competitive local business providing quality products and services, but also in size.<\/p>\n

It now provides supported employment and training opportunities for up to 20 South Burnett residents with permanent disabilities.<\/p>\n

South Burnett CTC started managing Gumnut Place in 2008 at the request of the former Murgon Shire Council, and it now has five distinct business units:<\/p>\n