John Preston (Operations Manager / Health and Safety Professional / Trainer)
Overview
Trainer / Consultant (16 years training experience), worked in various industries in both New Zealand and Australia, scope of work performed, business management, operations, supervision, training, construction, plant installation, commissioning, maintenance, mining and quarrying operations. Extensive experience in high risk industries, management, production and processing, steel industries; metalliferous mining, gold, nickel, iron ore, oil and gas facilities, electrical transmission, distribution (lines and sub-stations), civil brown and green fields sites. Extensive experience development and implementation of quality systems, and training programs, delivery and facilitation of training packages.
Management experience, senior management roles in New Zealand and Australia, health and safety implementation in green and brown fields sites.
General Training Experience
Deliver and preparation of course material for National Certificate in Business training. Hold Diploma Front Line Management, Australian Certificate in Workplace assessment and training, New Zealand practicing electrical license, unit standard for assessor 4098, and 11281. Delivery of unit standards training packages on the NZQA framework to level 6 standards.
Since returning to New Zealand over 8 years ago, significant involvement in the training at New Zealand Steel, Glenbrook, Waikato North Head, and Taharoa Iron Sands. New Zealand Steel, delivery of their full suite of isolation packages, Isolation leader Level 1, 2, 3, Authorised Person, Protected person, and Inductions. Confined Space and Gas Testing, Safe Systems of Work. I have also worked with the Risk Reduction Committees to help improve the training on many of these packages, specifically, Isolation Leader Level 2 Isolation Leader module, confined space refresher, and SSW training.
Held various Senior Management positions, looking after the stewardship and profitability of companies. Implementing green fields’ sites and profitability of organisations in New Zealand and Australia. Involvement in process improvement for Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Western Australia) isolation procedures and training.
Performed off-shore training for ACT Safety Ltd with Goodman Fielder Fiji, risk management, and permit to work systems. Facilitated the work group committee formed to amalgamate Goodman Fielder permit to work systems for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the pacific islands.
Focus
A high level of safety commitment and leadership, has a hands-on approach to all tasks, and like to lead from the top to guide and mentor those who follow the same work ethics. In industries, mistakes are costly; my goal has always been to get each person home each night. Flexible and adaptable, with broad range of skills, able to adapt easily and with accuracy to any task.