Hi, I’m
Andrew Duff
Caboolture,QLD
Summary
A multi-skilled community and environmental worker, with positive experience working with customers and clients. Attained a high level of interpersonal skills as a Scout Leader, a disability support worker, a school grounds person, a local government ecologist, and a retail nursery assistant. Recognised for the ability to provide emotional and physical support to young people, clients, and staff. An exceptional communicator, with cultural and disability awareness and sensitivity.
Overview
25
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Caboolture Scout Group
Adult Leader
01.2016 - Current
Job overview
- Planned and implemented outdoor educational activities for 20+ youth.
- Supported youth to develop interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Managed difficult behaviours of youth.
- Programmed and implemented overnight and multi-day camps.
- Trained in leadership, mentoring, bushwalking, bushcraft, camping, and archery.
Narangba Nursery
Nursery Assistant
11.2021 - 06.2022
Job overview
- Advised over 5 customers per day on plant selection and landscape design
- Improved day-to-day running of busy retail nursery
- Performed potting, up potting, and general plant maintenance.
Bus Chaperone
04.2018 - 11.2021
Job overview
- Pelican Buses, Caboolture
- Assisted school-aged clients on and off school buses
- Supported up to 10 clients on a bus to and from Caboolture Special School
- Managed myriad needs of clients with disabilities
- Managed challenging student behaviours on the bus.
Moreton Bay Regional Council, MBRC
Senior Environmental Officer
01.2009 - 01.2013
Job overview
- Drafted management plans for natural reserves
- Developed information products - reports, tables, charts, maps
- Worked with various stakeholders – managers, Councillors, public
- Produced information products to inform MBRC’s Planning Scheme.
Pine Rivers Sire Council / MBRC
Environmental Officer
01.2008 - 01.2009
Job overview
- Applied spatial ecology to local government issues
- Urban and environmental planning
- Researched and worked autonomously
- Developed effective time management.
Redcliffe City Council
GIS Technical Officer
01.2007 - 01.2008
Job overview
- Honed GIS Skills using ESRI’s ArcMap
- Spatial data analysis
Sunday Creek Environmental Education Centre, Qld
Unit Support Officer
01.2003 - 01.2005
Job overview
- Assisted operations of an Environmental Education Centre
- Supported overnight wilderness treks for high school students.
Cascade Place, Cerebral Palsy League, CPLRedcliffe
Lifestyle Support Worker
01.1999 - 01.2001
Job overview
- Supported clients with a disability in an adult day centre
- Assisted clients attain valued social roles.
Education
University of Central QueenslandAdelaide, SA
Masters from Applied Positive Psychology
2023
University of TasmaniaHobart, TAS
Certificate in Creative Arts & Health
05.2022
Scout Association of AustraliaQueensland
Certificate of Adult Leadership (Scout Section)
2021
University of New EnglandArmidale, NSW
Bachelor of Environmental Science
04.2008
Skills
- Scout Leadership
- Supporting people with disabilities
- Risk assessment
- Environmental education
- Permaculture Design
- MS Office suite
- Web design
- Natural resource & habitat evaluation
- Image manipulation and graphic design
- GIS and spatial analysis (ESRI ArcGIS)
Certification
Provide First Aid, 02/2020
Permaculture Design Certificate Northey Street City Farm, 1998
Queensland Manual Driver's Licence
Working With Children Blue Card
Hobbies
- Scouting
- Traditional Turkish archery
- Medieval re-enactment
- Didgeridoo playing
- Sustainable gardening
- Making and doing in all dimensions
Timeline
Nursery Assistant
Narangba Nursery
11.2021 - 06.2022
Bus Chaperone
04.2018 - 11.2021
Adult Leader
Caboolture Scout Group
01.2016 - Current
Senior Environmental Officer
Moreton Bay Regional Council, MBRC
01.2009 - 01.2013
Environmental Officer
Pine Rivers Sire Council / MBRC
01.2008 - 01.2009
GIS Technical Officer
Redcliffe City Council
01.2007 - 01.2008
Unit Support Officer
Sunday Creek Environmental Education Centre
01.2003 - 01.2005
Lifestyle Support Worker
Cascade Place, Cerebral Palsy League, CPL
01.1999 - 01.2001
University of Central Queensland
Masters from Applied Positive Psychology
University of Tasmania
Certificate in Creative Arts & Health
Scout Association of Australia
Certificate of Adult Leadership (Scout Section)
University of New England
Bachelor of Environmental Science
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