Warwick Lugton Email & Phone Number

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

As the General Manager - Training and Capability at Disaster Relief Australia (DRA), I lead the Training Department, Capability & Innovation Hub, and the DRA Leadership & Fellowship Program. My role involves enhancing operational and business capabilities, fostering innovation, and overseeing our staff and volunteers' training and professional development..

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

• Supervised a team of 50 trainer/assessors while serving as a member of a three-person training operations management team under the National Training Manager.
• Improved communication within a remote workforce by developing and implementing a Strategic Modernisation Plan that decentralised and simplified equipment management, and streamlined equipment upgrades and document.
• Created, implemented and revised training packages, including tactical medical programs for Australian police units and the security industry, resulting in increased survivability for officers, and increased market.
• Monitored training logistic requirements and delivery to continually identify improvement opportunities and innovative solutions.
• Managed reassignment of training delivery in cases of staff health or other emergencies, meeting the requirement to always deliver for clients.
• Created solutions for complex and time-sensitive logistic problems related to training personnel or essential equipment.

Perth, Australia

• Mentored ten Special Forces Patrol First Aiders, including all medical training, requalification, up-skilling and performance appraisal during a three-year high tempo period, during multiple operational deployments.
• Selected to represent the Australian Defence Force on Special Operations deployments to Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Netherlands, Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates.
• Provided subject matter expertise to multinational mission planning stakeholders often with complex and diplomatically sensitive goals, for national and international operations on medical evacuation (strategic and.
• Performed Needs-Gap analysis of prolonged field care communications capability. Subsequently created concept design based on adapting currently available equipment, and a second long-term concept utilising emerging.
• Mentored 15 junior medical staff, gave guidance on international medical preparation of small forces at short notice, intelligence gathering for medical planning in the developing world, training methodology, best.
• Conducted Occupational Health and Safety planning for high-risk training activities with Australia to adhere to WH&S guidelines.

Darwin, Australia