Daniel Heffernan

• B Category QHI, with A Category theory completed.
• Planning, briefing, executing, assessing and debriefing flight training events for Pilots, Aviation Warfare Officers and Sensor Operators during their Operational Flying Training conversion on the MH-60R Seahawk.
• Conduct roles as a Flight Authorising Officer, ensuring aircrew's adherence to rules, regulations and sound airmanship principles.
• Lead Auditor for Patriot Excalibur (PEX) requiring monthly reporting, audits and tracking of aircrew currencies and training deficiencies.
• Continuously assessed student progress through formative assessments and adjusted instructional technique accordingly to maximize learning potential.
• Facilitated professional development workshops for aircrew students, staff and Instructors, with a requirement to stay current on aviation/educational best practices and incorporating new strategies into ground and airborne instruction.
• Presenter/Facilitator for Non-Technical Skills (formerly Crew Resource Management)
• Presenter/Facilitator for Aviation Risk Management

• D Category QHI, with C Category upgrade.
• Planning, briefing, executing, assessing and debriefing flight training events for Pilots undergoing their initial helicopter conversion training.
• Conducted role as a Flight Authorising Officer, ensuring aircrew's adherence to rules, regulations and sound airmanship principles were applied.
• Continuously assessed student progress through formative assessments and adjusted instruction accordingly to maximize learning potential.
• Presenter/Facilitator for Non-Technical Skills (formerly Crew Resource Management)
• Presenter/Facilitator for Aviation Risk Management

• Monitored, planned and conducted Aviation incidents investigations, incorporating a wholistic approach to ensure prevention of future occurrences or to minimise impacts of predictable events.
• Prepared detailed reports summarizing findings from safety investigations, audits, and inspections to facilitate decision-making by senior leadership.
• Revised Squadron aviation emergency response plans to effectively handle critical situations while ensuring safety to Squadron personnel, equipment and property.
• Routinely conducted monthly Squadron safety meetings.

Conducted Operational deployments as part of Flight 2, 816 Squadron;

• HMAS Warramunga - South China Sea, 3 international exercises
• HMAS Newcastle - 6 month Middle Eastern Regional deployment; anti terrorism, anti drug smuggling, anti piracy patrols and operations with USN 6th Fleet IVO of Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
• HMAS Arunta - International exercises, South China Sea.

• Conducted duties as a D and C Category MH-60R pilot, including formation flying, day/night winching, day/night load lifting, day/night over water wet winching, day/night live boat transfers to a moving vessel, Instrument Flying, cross country navigation, unaided night flying and day/night embarked operations to Naval Warships.
• Performed to a high standard during MH-60R conversion with the USN in Jacksonville, Florida.
• Assisted the MH-60R Operations Officer in writing the daily and weekly flying schedules to include all required training, assessment and currency events for MH-60R aircrew.
• communicated effectively with a variety of external agencies to ensure resources were allocated appropriately for all training and operational flight events.
• Established formal business rules to ensure a consistent and repeatable battle rhythm for Squadron Operations.

• Conducted duties as a D and C Cat AS350BA/B429 pilot at 723 Squadron, including formation flying, day winching, load lifting, over water wet winching, live boat transfers to a moving vessel, SAR exercises, cross country navigation and unaided night flying.

• New Entry Officers Course -HMAS Creswell (2008)
• Basic Flight Training School (CT4B) - Tamworth (2009)
• 2nd Flight Training School (PC-9) - RAAF Base Pearce (2010)