• Chartered Professional Engineer specialising in industrial electrical and instrumentation systems
• More than 20 years experience working with electrical installations in flammable atmospheres
• 7 years as the electrical engineer responsible for systems on a methanol plant
• 4 years with a UK consulting firm working on cogeneration design and construction
• 10 years independent contractor/consultant - projects include:
– Butane storage facility
– Petrochemical blending installation
– Evaluation of safety integrity of monitoring and control on LPG pipeline
– Area classification of several installations including transformer paint shop and board painting lines.
• Instructor on a range of electrical engineering courses at NZCE, National Diploma and National Certificate level
• Prepared and presented a number of courses for the hazardous areas competency unit standards
• Prepared and presented courses on measurement & control system project management and control systems safety integrity assessment