Curriculum Vitae ·
May 06 – Present Permanent TAFE teacher, Outdoor Recreation for Blue Mountains College, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW
Oct 05 – Apr 06 Workplace Development Officer, for the Assessment & Curriculum Section of the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services College (NTPFES College)
Responsibilities Include: RTO management, ATQF standards, curriculum development, assessment development, production of learning resources, trainer mentoring, training needs analysis, training and project management.
Jul 05 – Dec 05 Trainer, for Darwin Skills Development Scheme for the delivery of Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAA40104
May 05 – June 05 Art Coordinator, for Tiwi Design, Aboriginal Corporation, Nguiu.
Responsibilities Included: Art education, material purchasing, customer service, packaging and dispatch of artworks and management consultation.
Oct 04 – Apr 05 Curriculum Project Officer for the Curriculum Centre of TAFE NSW, Health Recreation and Fitness Program Area.
Responsibilities Included: Coordinate curriculum projects for the implementation of the latest fitness, community recreation, sport and outdoor recreation training packages. Write and design TAFE modules for outdoor recreation, and develop and coordinate the holistic delivery and assessment of the common core modules. Train staff in the use of holistic assessment events. Develop an assessment validation process / system and implement assessment validation workshops.
Feb 02 – Oct 04 Permanent TAFE Teacher, Outdoor Recreation for Blue Mountains College, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW,
Modules Included: Leadership, Teamwork, Communication, Minimal Impact, Project Management, Management, Cert IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (embedded into CIV), Bushwalking, Navigation & Ski Touring
Responsibilities Included: Programming, timetable design, holistic delivery and assessment design and implementation, module development, staff development, assessment validation, and classroom teaching and wilderness education.
Nov 01 – Jul 02 Managing Director of Dogface Adventures and Australian Outdoor Consulting
Feb 01 – Dec 01 Casual Trainer for TAFE NSW, Outdoor Recreation Cert 3 & 4
Jul 00 – Dec 00 Course Coordinator for Western Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW, Certificate IV in Outdoor Recreation (Leadership)
Responsibilities Included: Coordinate overall management of course, reporting, lesson design, student welfare, supervising casual trainers, training, assessment, evaluation and consultant on the design of the course revision.
Mar 99 – Jun 00 Casual Trainer for TAFE NSW, Outdoor Recreation Cert 2 & 4.
Modules Include: Personal Management, Providing Leadership to Groups, Group Interaction in the Outdoors, Working in Teams, Workplace Trainer 1, Instructing for Physical Skill Acquisition, Conducting Instructional Activities, Minimal Impact Practices
Responsibilities Include: Lesson Design, Training and Assessment.
Dec 97 – Apr 05 Casual Trainer for Outdoor Insights Pty Ltd.
Clients included: Rohen Poliec, Graduate School of Management, UNSW, Lend Lease, Learning by Design, TNT, Westpac, Anderson Consulting, Bras & Things, Sunglasses Hut.
Responsibilities Included: Training and Facilitation of teamwork, leadership and communication courses
Mar 95 – Dec 97 Course Coordinator & University Lecturer Bachelor of Teaching (Adult Vocational Education), Kuwait Naval School Project, for the University of Technology, Sydney.
Responsibilities Included: course design, lesson design, assessment, counseling, course coordination, University representative, report writing, supervision of workplace, consulting to Kuwait Naval School, Australian Business Office and The Kuwait Ministry of Defense on training and development, and lecturing.
Courses Designed and Taught: Principles and Practice of Vocational Teaching 1 & 2, Field Practice 1 & 2, Managing Training, Computer – Based Learning, Language and Interpersonal Skills, Technology and Media, Developing Vocational Education Programs, The Workplace Context of Vocational Education, Learner Assessment in Vocational Education, Interpersonal Skills: Working in an Organisation, Teaching Others to Use Technology
Apr 94 – Mar 95 Assistant Manager & Training and Development Coordinator, InnerSkill, Rozelle Skillshare, Leichhardt Community Youth Association. An organisation dedicated to providing innovative and quality Vocational Training and other opportunities to disadvantaged Job Seekers.
Responsibilities Included: Supervision, mentoring and training of staff. Overall responsibility and coordination of course and training Programs, including; needs analysis, Program design, delivery, assessment and evaluation. Supervision of students on field practice from University of Western Sydney and mentoring students studying Adult Education at UTS
Jan – Mar 94 Acting Manager of InnerSkill
Responsibilities Included: Overall management of organisation, supervision of staff, training and administration
Feb 93 – Jan 94 Training and Development Officer, AETO, An Experiential Pilot Program initiated by InnerSkill. AETO was based on Enterprise Learning, Competency Based Training and Experience Based Learning
Responsibilities Included: Course design, course coordination, training delivery, facilitation, assessment, evaluation and staff development
Jun. 92 – Feb 93 Direct Care Worker for Burnside Homes for Children, Gordon Unit.
Jun 90 – Jun 92 Managing Director & Operations Manager of Adventure Education Pty Ltd. Specialising in Sequential Outdoor, Experiential and Environmental Education Programs.
Responsibilities Included: All areas of the Program from concept, through design and budgeting to coordination and evaluation. Staff selection, training and supervision for a
casual staff body of 70.
May – Jun 90 Educational Consultant to Outdoor Activities Group in the development and implementation of the St. Michael’s Grammar School Program. A multi year personal development, group development and environmental education program for years 6 to 12.
Responsibilities Included: Program design, development of operations manual, briefing notes for staff, and in service training for staff.
Jan – Apr 90 Recreation Officer & Program Coordinator for the Lord Mayor’s Children’s Camp, Portsea Victoria. Programs were 8 days in duration with up to 270 children, and involving 35 – 70 staff.
Responsibilities Include: Overall coordination of Program, staff training and supervision, participant welfare and general problem solving.
1985 – 2000 Trainer, Instructor, Facilitator, Course Designer and Consultant for the following companies:
- Adventure World, Sydney. Providing cross country skiing and snow camping courses.
- Australian Outdoor Consultants, Katoomba. Providing corporate training to corporations.
- British Council, Kuwait. Providing English as a Second Language and University Preparation Programs.
- Chakola – Operation Challenge, Kangaroo Valley. Providing environmental, experiential outdoor activities to schools and corporate organisations.
- Corporate Adventure Training Pty. Ltd, Melbourne. Providing experiential outdoor activities to corporate organizations.
- Corporate Outdoor Activities, Bowral. Providing experiential outdoor activities to corporate organisations.
- Global Learning, Canberra. Providing experiential outdoor activities to corporate organisations.
- Kindamindi, Colo River. Providing environmental, experiential outdoor activities to schools and corporate organisations.
- Mountain Equipment, Sydney. Retail outdoor equipment supplier.
- Paddy Pallin Adventure Travel, Jindabine. Providing cross country skiing and snow camping courses.
- Wilderness Expeditions, Jindabine. Providing cross country skiing and snow camping courses.
- Wilderness Sports, Jindabine. Providing cross country skiing and snow camping courses.
Responsibilities Included: Skills instruction, facilitation of experiential activities, needs analysis, program design, course coordination, training, staff supervision, in-service staff training and evaluation.
