Training & Development Manager (including Safety & Environment)

To combine qualifications, experience and practical skills in the key areas of training, quality and continuous improvement, career counselling, organisational expertise, workplace health and safety, with a genuine commitment to doing a job well

+10 years mining and employee development experience.
Worked in multi-national locations.
Tertiary qualified in Applied Science, Organizational Psychology and Education.
Experienced general HR practitioner.
Accountabilities include:- Recruitment, Inductions, Safety Training, Career Planning, Trade Training Workshop Management, Personnel Management & Counselling, Indigenous Development and Mentoring, Safety Monitoring & Auditing, QA, Training Registration, Project Supervision.
Trained and experienced in auditing to quality assurance standards in Training and Safety.
Qualified Trainer and Assessor.
Trained Safety Officer and Work Rehabilitation Officer.
Flexible and proactive in the work environment.

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE – Industrial Chemistry- 1970 (Q.U.T. Queensland Aust.)
DIPLOMA in EDUCATION – 1971 (U. of Q. Queensland Aust)
BACHELOR OF ARTS – Organisational Psychology – 2000 (J.C.U. Queensland Aust.)
POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION – 2001 (J.C.U. Queensland Aust.)
DIPLOMA in TRAINING and ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS – 2001 – (A.S.C.M New South Wales Aust.)

Workplace Health & Safety Officer (Queensland - Australia)
Workplace Rehabilitation Officer (Queenslnd - Australia)
Registered Secondry School Teacher (Queenslnd - Australia)

MANAGEMENT
• Accountable for ensuring company safety and health policies were adhered to and followed by employees and supervisors.
• Managed Trainee, Apprentice, Graduate and Employee development plans.
• Coordinated all phases from promotion of opportunities to graduation of participants in specialist training programs for indigenous recruits as part of company lease agreements.
• Promoted and encouraged Continuous Improvement as part of KPI evaluations for team members.
• Forecast and managed annual and project budgets.
• Assumed departmental representative role on company management committees for Safety, Training, KRA/KPI and Competency design.
• Chairperson of community management committee for Government Technical College and Mine Site International School.