Riley Large
Townsville,QLD
Summary
Experienced terrestrial and marine field-based guide and technician with a proven track record in team leadership and management. Demonstrated expertise in various technical roles across Australia, showcasing exceptional interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Proficient as a master of Coxswain-sized vessels, including barges, power cats, ribs, fiberglass monohulls, and polycrafts. Extensive experience maintaining remote campsites, lodges, and trails while providing guidance and catering services to customers. Additionally, served as a scuba guide and surface watch for recreational scuba diving throughout the region. Complemented by a degree in marine science, well-equipped to excel in a field-based technical role.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supervisor for the Water Sports and Marine Department
Orpheus Island Lodge
01.2023 - Current
- Management, maintenance and operation of all resort vessels via enforcing: correct pre-start procedures, boat inductions and training for new staff, monthly checks, maintaining 50-hour services across all motors, performing regular safety drills on all vessels
- Running and organising daily and private tours for up to 28 guests, tour options including: scuba charters, snorkel charters, fishing charters, Hinchinbrook Island hiking tours, educational low tide walks, educational nature walks
- Lead a team of 5 staff, running regular training and upskilling of the team to ensure a high level of professionalism, scheduling staff timetables to match skill sets with appropriate tours, maintaining team moral
- High level of lateral thinking, required to keep up with the demand of tours from customers
- Time management and organisational skills
- Management and leadership experience
- Experience as master of all manner of coxswain grade vessels including, barges, motor cats, ribs, centre console fiberglass boats, poly-crafts, and amphibious vehicles
- Experience in training new skippers
- Experience driving vessels in near coastal waters in particular the Palm Islands, Lucinda, and Townsville regions
Deck Hand and Scuba Instructor
Kalinda - Affordable Charters
01.2020 - 12.2023
- Operated as trip coordinator for liveaboard operations of up to 2 weeks long for up to 24 guests
- General deckhand duty such as cleaning, maintenance, mooring and anchoring the boat
- Night watch between reefs
- Dive deck operation
- Guiding dives for guests of all experience levels
- Managing free diving and snorkelling teams
- Ensuring the individual needs of clients, i.e., dietaries, medical conditions and mental states are all catered for in a professional manner
Hiking Guide & Trainer
Tasmanian Walking Company
01.2020 - 12.2023
- Guiding groups of up to 12 clients along the Overland Track (6 days), Three Capes Adventure trips (3 days) and Bay of Fires (4 days) track
- Cooking and providing 3 meals a day for up to 26 people
- General maintenance of eco lodges
- Responsible for the safety and wellbeing of clients on hiking and kayaking trips
- Administration work pre and post-trips for ensuring client safety and dietary requirements are met
- Completing trip reports including incident reports, camp provisioning, and maintenance reports
- Hut-hosting duties on the Overland track managing the hut for incoming and outgoing groups
- Application of appropriate first aid when required and organisation and execution of evacuation of ill/injured clients
- Planning and organising groups and accounting for dietaries, medical requirements, and supplying emotional support to clients where required
Instructor and Deck Hand
Yongala Dive Company
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Responsible for the safety of divers with a wide range of skill levels
- Extensive work with compressors and dive equipment
- General deck hand work, lines, mooring, guest management
- Planned dives based around client’s skill sets, experience, mental, and physical requirements
- Tailoring dive plans to account for dive courses and experience levels
Electromagnetic Surveying Field Assistant
Independence Group NL (IGO)
01.2019 - 12.2020
- Fly in fly out (FIFO) out - Perth to Kalgoorlie
- Operated in remote, mobile, three-man, exploration camp (3 weeks on 1 week off roster)
- Operation and mobilisation of electromagnetic surveying equipment including Fluxgate & High Temperature Squid sensors
- Operation and ongoing maintenance of 4WD vehicles, quad bikes, and side by side all-terrain vehicles working in uncleared bush
- Supply runs and general support for other remote camps
- Assisted logistics coordinator in the Kalgoorlie Operations Base in preparing vehicles for incoming field crews (cleaning, maintenance, packing, collection of parts and gear)
- General camp duties included mobile camp set ups, operation, and servicing of camp generators, carting and maintenance of water tanks, ordering food, and camp cooking
- Participation in emergency and first aid incidents
Mountain Guide in Patagonia
Pure Exploration and El Chalten Mountain Guides
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Worked in search and rescue training and experience
- Guided groups through some of Patagonia’s wildest regions, including the Heumul circuit, the Viedma Icecap, and up to 2 weeklong bush bashing expeditions
- Camp cleaning and cooking duties for 12-man camps
Education
Bachelor of Marine Science - Minoring in Journalism Communications
James Cook University
Skills
- Customer service
- Team building
- Training and mentoring
- Mechanically minded
- Staff management
- Proactive problem solving
- Goal oriented
- Decision-making
Certification
- Coxswain grade 1
- Long range operator certificate of proficiency (VHF)
- Dive Instructor (PADI)
- HTLAID015, HTLAID010, HTLAID011, HTLAID009
- PADI specialties: Deep, Self-Reliant, Enriched Air Diver, Wreck Diver
- Recreation boating licence
- 4WD safety training certificate
- Quad bike and side by side safety training certificate
- NZOIA qualified climbing guide
- NZOIA qualified hiking guide
- Responsible Serving of Alcohol certificate
- Advanced resuscitation and O2 provider
- Blue Card for working with children (requires renewal)
Timeline
Supervisor for the Water Sports and Marine Department
Orpheus Island Lodge
01.2023 - Current
Instructor and Deck Hand
Yongala Dive Company
01.2022 - 12.2022
Deck Hand and Scuba Instructor
Kalinda - Affordable Charters
01.2020 - 12.2023
Hiking Guide & Trainer
Tasmanian Walking Company
01.2020 - 12.2023
Electromagnetic Surveying Field Assistant
Independence Group NL (IGO)
01.2019 - 12.2020
Mountain Guide in Patagonia
Pure Exploration and El Chalten Mountain Guides
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Coxswain grade 1
- Long range operator certificate of proficiency (VHF)
- Dive Instructor (PADI)
- HTLAID015, HTLAID010, HTLAID011, HTLAID009
- PADI specialties: Deep, Self-Reliant, Enriched Air Diver, Wreck Diver
- Recreation boating licence
- 4WD safety training certificate
- Quad bike and side by side safety training certificate
- NZOIA qualified climbing guide
- NZOIA qualified hiking guide
- Responsible Serving of Alcohol certificate
- Advanced resuscitation and O2 provider
- Blue Card for working with children (requires renewal)
Bachelor of Marine Science - Minoring in Journalism Communications
James Cook University
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