Robin Cavanagh Email & Phone Number

Australia

Sourcing contract work in the Broadcast and communications industry both in Australia and overseas. Work on projects from concept to completion. Drafting of floor layouts and technical drawings for any size installation. Supervising installation projects, training installers on correct proceedures and upgrading their skill levels. Hands on installation.

Adelaide, Melbourne And Sydney Australia

Construction and Installation of Transmitter Equipment Racks for the Site Standardization Project at 15 transmitter sites in South Australia, a further 11 sites in Victoria, 5 sites in NSW and 4 sites in Queensland so far.

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

Maintain Optical Fibre feeds from Games Venues to Broadcast Operations Centre for duration of the Games.

South East Queensland

Upgrading Satellite Receiver Equipment at 14 transmitter sites around South East Queensland

ABC Southbank Brisbane

Installation of temporary training facilities and permanent CAR equipment and cabling to upgrade Main TV Studio for integration of new Robotic Cameras

Everleigh, Sydney

Construction and Installation of 6 pair of fly away cases for 'The Bunker' NRL

Homebush, Sydney, NSW

Installation of five AM Radio Transmitters, Program Input Equipment racks and equipment, wiring of all to Telemetry equipment for relocation of 2GB and 2CH transmitters for integration with reconfigured 2KY transmitter building at Homebush.

Queensland, Australia

Installation of all TV and Radio Transmitter Broadcast Equipment throughout Australia. Involved in the DTV conversion and Restack projects.

Installation supervisor of upgrading television facilities in ABC Hobart, ABC Ultimo, ABC relocation of temporary television news facilities to TEN Mt. Coo-tha, Brisbane

Hong Kong

CAD Design of Television Studio Equipment and Wiring, onsite in both Hong Kong and Mumbai, India

Great Barrier Island, New Zealand And Murwillumbah, NSW

Rig facilities for the show then work for the duration as Night Time Engineer for all the facilities carrying out repairs where necessary.

Mt. Coo-tha, Brisbane, Queensland

Upgrading of all facilities from analogue to digital signal modifying each area as building remodeling work progressed. Directing installers in wiring of larger facilities, hands on wiring of main digital central apparatus room racks and audio suites.

Sydney And Buderim

Construct Program Input Equipment racks for radio and television transmitter sites.

East Timor

Implement installation of radio transmission equipment, studios and links then write an deliver training to on air staff in Bahasa Indonesian.

Bald Hills And Charleville, Queensland - Wiluna, WA

Construct, transport and install in remote Australia, 2 transmit and 2 receive de-mountable huts containing all the equipment required in the most electromagnetically quiet fashion possible.

Sydney, NSW

Co-ordinate implementation of design from planning engineers to installers and construct facilities.

Design Technical layout and Install all facilities.

Sydney, Australia

Put together a team of 13 installers then working with project engineers, design, construct and install the first Pay TV station in Australia.

Indonesia, Sumatra, Java, Bali And Lombok

Working on an AUSAID Project for the Indonesian Bureau of Meterology putting 45 sites of a 400 site satellite network. Being able to speak Bahasa Indonesian allowed me to organise my local crews to work remotely, then later to plan and deliver a five day training course with handbooks I compiled in Bahasa Indonesian, in three of the five regional.

Telecommunications Technician, Telecommunications

Electrical Engineering

Education record

Activities and Societies: Rowing, Small Bore Rifle Club, Army Cadets, Backstage Lighting Crew