Partner Profile

Garry Eglinton

Garry is a Fire Officer of 20 years experience, responsible for the safety of multiple fire teams and the public at operational incidents and in the workplace. He is one of the most experienced high risk facility incident and emergency practitioners in the country. In charge of several stations including the Port of Adelaide, with specific responsibility for Shipping and Oil Spill containment and Shift Training Officer, State Headquarters for South Australia; Garry left the service in 1995 as a Command Training Officer.

Garry was an OHS consultant to industry in South Australia with the Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry, traveling extensively around the State delivering Occupational Health and Safety training courses and advising management on HSE matters. He was recognised as a Consultant to Industry by the South Australian State Workcover Authority. Garry’s qualifications include GIFireE, MAITD, Dip Firefighting Mgt. and is a recipient of the Australian Service Medal.

As a Safety Adviser, Emergency Response Co-ordinator, Principal Security and ER Adviser for 8 years Garry has been involved in integration of HSE and security between Corporate, Offshore and Onshore installations in Australia and overseas with Woodside Energy Ltd., an International Oil and Gas Company based in Perth, Western Australia, and Australia’s largest resource project. He is also recognised for his efforts as Chair – National Steering Committee OMIR Competency Standards Project; and as a member, Curriculum Review Committee Post Grad Studies ECU – Emergency Mgt.

Alf Standen

Alf is an educator and trainer with over 30 years experience and is recognised as one of the most effective Vocational Education and Training practitioners in Australia. He is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship (1982), and a former TAFE lecturer who joined the Western Australian state training authority as a research officer to the Minister’s Industrial Training Advisory Council. Promoted through various positions over 8 years, he became Manager Training Development, responsible for all regulated training development in Western Australia.

As the Western Australian State representative to the national Competency Based Training Working Party for 6 years, he significantly influenced the development of Australia’s Competency Based Training national framework. Alf was instrumental in helping shape the national competency standards agenda and developing the competency standards model still in use nationally. His understanding and ability in the practical application of competency based training and assessment is widely respected.

Since establishing his initial consultancy in 1993, Alf has been involved in a significant variety of training and assessment projects including the development of national competency standards and assessment systems in the building and construction, light manufacturing, manufactured mineral products, automotive and process manufacturing industries. Alf has also undertaken the development of a variety of recognition of prior learning (RPL) and recognition of current competence (RCC) systems.

A team member in the development of the first Chemical, Hydrocarbons and Oil Refining national training package (PMA98) and the subsequent revision (PMA02), Alf became team leader for the national OMIR Competency Standards project. He has undertaken projects for international oil and gas organisations including Woodside Energy Ltd, ConocoPhillips Pty Ltd and Apache Energy Ltd and was a member of the Australian hydrocarbons industry delegation to Aberdeen in 2002, examining relationships between UK and Australian competency standards.

Together Garry and Alf provide a formidable range of skills, knowledge and experience in the development, review and implementation of incident response and emergency management systems and the linking of competency standards to the roles played by personnel in those areas.