Work with other Firefighters to assist with a wide range of emergencies, including structural fires, bushfires, HAZMAT response, and other concerns for public safety.

My main responsibilities involve assessing and managing contaminated land in response to environmental compliance issues. My primary responsibility is to conduct technical soil and groundwater assessments. This involves the development of sampling quality plans, conducting fieldwork, analysing chemical and hydrological data, and producing quality technical reports. Additionally, I support the Principal Environmental Manager in health and safety consulting and internal auditing to allow clients attain ISO accreditation.

As an Environmental Planner, I undertook a variety of tasks including the assessment of complex development applications. In this position, I utilised relevant legislation to provide input into applications that help shape environmental and conservation outcomes for the Gold Coast area. This involved a level of flora and fauna identification, knowledge of appropriate rehabilitation techniques and assessment of ecological site assessments.

As part of the City Development Branch, I was responsible for undertaking a detailed assessment of bushfire hazard constraints and management plans associated with development applications. This position also required technical expertise within the environmental field including ecological site assessment, flora and fauna identification and rehabilitation knowledge, to provide advice and input into applications. In addition to being the primary assessment officer of bushfire management matters, as a senior position, I provided mentoring to a small team of environmental planners. The mentoring provided will assist in the integration of bushfire and environmental assessment considerations under the Gold Coast City Plan, thereby assisting to facilitate development outcomes which are not only safe, but ones which promote positive environmental and conservation outcomes for the City.

As a student environmental constant, I prepared Environmental Constraints Analysis letters that identified the legislative constraints early in the development application process. This allows developers to modify their proposals to demonstrate compliance with the applicable State and Local legislative requirements and streamline the development process. I also gained experience writing Rehabilitation Management Plans where environmental impacts were required to be mitigated.