After completing high school in QLD i joined the Australian Army in 1979 and completed 10 years in the ADF at Swanbourne Barracks in WA and Watsonia Barracks in Melbourne as part of the Army Signals Corps.
After getting married to a Newcastle girl i moved to the hunter valley and obtained a position with SNP Security as a control room operator. After becoming the control room/monitoring centre manager shifted to the service manager organizing Technicians and service calls.
I then changes positions again within SNP Security to Customer Service/Sales and was able to work in the position as leading sales person with the Newcastle Branch. This included managing large accounts such as Newcastle University and Ausgrid. SNP Security is now Sapio Pty Ltd and was owned by Telstra.
A control room manager for SNP Security in Newcastle monitoring alarms, camera systems and supervision of control room staff including rostering and staff health and safety.
SNP Security in Newcastle Grade 1 Monitoring centre monitored and maintained approx 8000 alarms in the Newcastle, Hunter Valley and Northern NSW.