Experience

Site Safe New Zealand Inc

• New Zealand
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Manager

  • May 2017 - Present



WelTec

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate Head of School - Engineering (Trades)

  • Jul 2013 - May 2017



Motor Industry Training Organization (Inc)

• Project Manager (Extractive Review)

  • Feb 2013 - Jul 2013



InfraTrain New Zealand

• Qualifications Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2012

  Lead the Qualifications Unit to ensure overall qualification development/review development targets are met. This includes overall responsibility for the development and maintenance of infrastructure industry unit standards, qualifications, and supporting assessment and learning resources for InfraTrain NZ Ltd.This was achieved by: - Ensuring that InfraTrain fully performs its role as a Standard Setting Body as defined by the Industry Training Act - Ensuring that industry sectors under InfraTrain have fit for purpose qualifications and resources that are developed from an industry and customer perspective and ensure their widespread use and fitness for industry- Continuously looking for ways to introduce flexible learning delivery across all qualifications- Relevant research is undertaken to support InfraTrain industry leadership role and development opportunities are identified and aligned to InfraTrain mission and purpose.



New Zealand Fire Service

• Public Safety
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Training Development Advisor

  • Dec 2002 - Dec 2007

  Key accountabilities: - Responsibility for leading the Wellington based training and development team and coordinating the training design, development, review and amendment, delivery (where appropriate), evaluation, needs analysis and training advice for paid and volunteer Fire Service personnel. This was achieved by: - Leading and managing the training development team in Wellington - Developing and managing relationships with internal trainers and clients- The preparation and management of business unit budgets and business planning processesSuccesses towards achieving organisational outcomes:- Integration of new Training and Progressions System (TAPS) into the career and volunteer sector (team success)- Development of a training delivery evaluation system and associated on-line data collection tools- The development and introduction of the PDU Quality Management System and training development processes which resulted in the successful audit of the PDU GTE accreditation by NZQA (team success)



New Zealand Defence Force

• New Zealand
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Various Placements

  • Jan 1983 - Jan 2003

  - Staff management (managing a team of 6 automotive instructors/tutors)- Automotive apprentice management and administration (14 resident and up to 30 nationally within the NZ Army)- Responsible for the efficient and effective conduct of all automotive section courses - Planning and co-ordination of all external automotive training requirements with external agencies- Internal management of NZ Army automotive workplace assessors nationally.- Financial control – budget preparation and monitoring of all section course budgets- Maintenance of the sections Training Management Plans - Assessing staff and trainee progress- Inventory management and quality control- Problem-solving