Craig WILSON

Dedicated construction and manual trades professional with extensive experience in hands-on roles and training capacities, including a significant tenure at Master Builders ACT as a short course and high-risk workplace trainer/assessor. Demonstrated a strong commitment to safety and exceptional customer service through various projects, including landscaping, retaining walls, fencing, and structural installations. Leadership abilities developed through volunteer work with ACTSES and NSWSES, serving as Unit Training Officer/Coordinator, showcasing proficiency in managing emergency situations. Equipped with robust problem-solving skills, a proactive approach to learning, and effective communication, poised to drive team success while advancing organizational goals.

• NSW Heavy Rigid driver's licence
• NSW Maritime Boat Driver's Licence
• Cert II Medical First Response (Senior / remote First Aid, Advanced Resuscitation, Administer oxygen)
• Workplace Health and Safety Representative
• OHS for Supervisors/ Frontline Managers
• WWVP check (NSW and ACT)
• OH&S Induction White Card
• Silica card
• Asbestos card
• Skid steer and front-end loader tickets
• EWP
• HRWL- Forklift, EWP>11m, Dogging, Intermediate Rigging, Basic Scaffold, Materials Hoist
• Confined Space Certification
• Work Safely at Heights certification
• EWP, Pole-top and Ground Rescue (electrocution)
• NSW Road Traffic Authority Traffic Controller (Blue Card)
• Fall trees manually (advanced)
• Operate communication systems
• Operate and recover a 4x4 vehicle
• Basic Wildfire Awareness
• Work Safely around Aircraft
• Electrical Hazard Awareness for Emergency Personnel
• Test and Tag (Electrical).

• 2005- Present: Training Officer/Senior Team Member, ACT and NSW State Emergency Service
• As a training officer with ACTSES, I showed initiative and invested extra effort in training and preparing team members for their General Rescue Assessment by;
• Developing a formal training program
• Putting in extra effort out of hours
• Utilising highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Being able to engender enthusiasm and motivation amongst trainees.
• This resulted in very strong results in circumstances where, due to the extra training, the trainees easily passed the full assessment and were commended on the skills and underpinning knowledge shown compared with other teams assessed at the same time.
• I have consistently showed natural problem-solving skills as illustrated by having to deal with the collapse of a tree onto a house during the June 2007 storms and floods in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, where there was some uncertainty within the team as how to deal with the situation; I took on a team leadership role in addressing the problem; I was able to develop and implement a fast, effective and most importantly, safe solution that had not occurred to other team members.
• Throughout my career, both paid and volunteer, there has been an ongoing focus on training and safety, both designed to enhance my skills and knowledge as well as those around me. The many and varied roles have enabled me to become very diverse in what I am capable of achieving, which keeps me wanting more.