Michael Bourke
Mooroopna,Australia
Summary
Dedicated land management professional with extensive experience in cultural burns and community engagement. Proven skills in team leadership, surveying, and firefighting techniques, contributing to effective project outcomes and cultural preservation.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Cultural Fire Manager
Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
BARMAH, VIC
02.2024 - Current
- Managed team of 8 conducting Cultural burns
- Land management
- Surveying
- Firefighting and controlled burns
- Cultural burns
- Flood control sandbagging
- Monitoring
- Computer work
- Data collecting etc.
Cultural Burn Planner
Department Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP)
Epsom, Australia
01.2015 - 01.2024
- Cultural burns
- Firefighting and controlled burns
- Coordinated management of land resources to support sustainable practices
- Regularly monitored environmental conditions to ensure ecosystem health
- Surveying
- Flood control sandbagging
- Executed data entry and processing to maintain accurate records for analysis
- Collected data for analysis purposes
Field Service Officer
Parks Victoria
Shepperton, Australia
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Managed land practices to ensure ecological balance and sustainability.
- Executed surveying activities to accurately map and document land features.
- Performed firefighting and controlled burns to manage land and prevent wildfires.
- Flood control sandbagging etc.
Youth Justice
Rumbalara Justice Service
Mooroopna, Australia
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Counselling
- Mentoring
- Client support
- Event planning
- Organize meetings and programs
Site Monitor
Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
- Delivered educational talks to engage audiences
- Cultural practice
- Contributed to cultural heritage unit initiatives to preserve traditions
Education
Graduate Diploma - Cultural Land Water And Sea
Deakin University
Melbourne, VIC12-2018
Certificate IV - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management
La Trobe University
01-2015
Certificate II - painting
Mooroopna Secondary College
01-2001
Skills
- Cultural burns
- Firefighting techniques
- Land management
- Knowledge of cultural practices and beliefs
- Monitoring processes
- Data collection
- Surveying methods
- Researching
- Planning
- Project management
- Event planning
- Community engagement
- Client support
- Time management
- Leading a team
- Team leadership
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Team building
- Continuous improvement
- Communication
- Working in a team
- Cultural awareness
Previous Positions
- Rumbalara Justice Service, 01/01/09, 12/31/10, 1 Rumbalara road, Mooroopna, Vic, 3629, Youth Justice, counselling, mentoring, client support, event planning, organize meetings and programs
- Parks Victoria, 01/01/11, 12/31/14, 40 Drummond Road, Shepperton, Vic, 3630, Field Service Officer, Land management, Surveying, firefighting and controlled burns, Flood control sandbagging
- Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation, Cultural heritage unit, site monitor, education talks, cultural practice
- Department Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP), 01/01/15, 12/31/24, 7 Taylor Street, Epsom Bendigo, Vic, 3551, Cultural Burn Planner, Land management, Surveying, firefighting and controlled burns, Cultural burns, Flood control sandbagging, Monitoring, Computer work, Data collecting
- Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation, Cultural Fire Manager, Managed team of 8 conducting Cultural burns
Licenses And Training
- Victorian Driver’s License
- Heavy Rigid Vehicle License
- Chainsaw License
- Elevated platform License
- Marine (PWC) License
- Skid steer
- Cert 4 Cultural Heritage Management
- Graduate Diploma Cultural Land Water and Sea
- National Cultural Fire Practitioner
Timeline
Cultural Fire Manager
Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
02.2024 - Current
Cultural Burn Planner
Department Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP)
01.2015 - 01.2024
Field Service Officer
Parks Victoria
01.2011 - 01.2014
Youth Justice
Rumbalara Justice Service
01.2009 - 01.2010
Site Monitor
Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
Graduate Diploma - Cultural Land Water And Sea
Deakin University
Certificate IV - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management
La Trobe University
Certificate II - painting
Mooroopna Secondary College