Bushfire Report

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


10.3 Appendix 3: Qualifications and experience of the author
This appendix to demonstrate that the author is an “appropriately qualified and experienced
consultant with appropriate and proven technical expertise in the preparation of bushfire hazard
assessment reports and management plans” (Sunshine Coast Regional Council, 2014b).
Author: Adrian Hansen
Relevant qualifications:
   • Master of Environmental Management (with Distinction)
   • Graduate Diploma in Design for Bushfire Prone Areas
   • Diploma in Community Natural Resource Management
   • Certificate IV Applied Environmental Management
   • Certificate II in Bush Regeneration (with Distinction)
Relevant certifications:
    •  FPAA Accredited Practitioner Level 3 in Bushfire Planning and Design.
       (See FPAA website (http://www.fpaa.com.au/bpad.aspx) for details of the certification)
Other relevant qualifications
   • Certificate II in Public Safety (Fire fighting Operations)
   • Certificate in Bushfire Management
   • Certificates in Fire Fighting - Advanced skills & Crew leadership
   • Certificate in Property Fire Management Planning
   • Certificate in Fire and Biodiversity Monitoring
   • Certificate in Regional Ecosystems Frameworks
   • Bachelor of Applied Science (Majors in botany and ecology)
Relevant experience:
    •    12 years experience preparing bushfire risk assessments and bushfire risk management
         plans (Plans have included individual lots, sub-divisions, eco-cabins developments, schools
         etc including both deemed to satisfy and alternate solutions)
    •    13 years experience in bush fire fighting
    •    13 years experience in bushfire ecology (includes fire and biodiversity monitoring and
         ecological fire management plans for conservation areas)
    •    14 years experience in natural resource management, ecology, ecological restoration,
         environmental management planning etc




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a house at 411 Black Pinch Rd, Cootharaba   December 2021

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