Education

Associate Diploma Metallurgy 1981 Sydney Technical Collage 

NATA Signatory for Chemistry and Mechanical Testing for ADI Garden Island Laboratory 

ROSPA Level 2 and Level 3

Positions

1978-1982 Foundry Metallurgist Quality Castings  

1983-1995 Failure investigation Metallurgist and Electron Microscopist 

Worked for fifteen years in the Australian Defence Industries 

In that time worked as an electron microscopist and was a NATA signatory in Mechanical Testing and Chemistry  ISO17025 

1995 Director Playfix Pty Ltd  

1999 Director Solar G Pty Ltd  

2002 Director PlayTest Pty Ltd 

2002 NATA Signatory for Drop testing to AS4422 Acousto-Scan 

2005 ROSPA Level 2 Level 3 

2005 FIFA test institute for Acousto Scan 

2007  Director/Owner Acousto Scan Pty Ltd  

2007 FIFA test institute for Acousto Scan round robin testing 

2009 FIFA test institute for Acousto Scan round robin testing

Summar of Experience with Synthetic Sports Surfaces

Owner of Acousto-scan Pty Ltd  NATA accredited Laboratory to ISO17025 

FIFA test institute and testing of Sports Surfaces since 1995 

FIH and IRB testing 

Attended all Round Robins for  FIFA 

Various testing of round robins for FIH and FIFA, ISSS, and other Laboratories 

Ball Drop, Ball roll, CFH 

15 Years experience testing playgrounds and synthetic surfaces. 

Impact testing of Child Care Centres for Critical Fall height AS4422 in Australia

Publications

Publications relating to the impact properties of Playground surfaces CFH 

2003 "Defining the Problem in Playgrounds" IPWEA 

2005 "New Playground Standard Starts AS4685:"IPWEA 

2006 "How Playground have improved" IPWEA 

2007 "Playground Softfall Issues"IPWEA 

2007 "Beware the Internal Fall Height"IPWEA 

2007 "Bark Mulch Sharps" IPWEA 

2008 "How to make Playgrounds Safer"IPWEA

Participation in Relevant Standards Organisations

Member of Standard Committee CS005 for AS4422 and AS4685 Playgrounds and Impact Testing Standards Australia