Appendix D - Bushfire Management Plan

Curriculum Vitae Les Hawkes, Senior Associate - The Consultancy Bureau Pty Ltd

1977-1978 Fire Protection Officer for Queensland

Achievements

o Responsible for management to ensure the effective protection of all state forests from fire.

+ Extensive work in pioneering helicopter hazard reduction burning of both native forests
and exotic plantations.

o Developing and running Fire Schools for all Field Officers in Queensland.

1970-1977 Various management positions in the Queensland Forest Service

« Forester in Charge of Native Forest Management Esk Gatton Crows Nest.
« Forester in Charge of Jimna SF. including Native Forest Management of Conondale
Range.

Consultancy Experience

Human Resource Management

¢ Up-sizing and down-sizing of workforces, for example:-
- Increases in plantation establishment, staff from 50 to 120.
- Shut down of Rainforest logging and complete review of all positions in North
Queensland and report on down-sizing.
- Implementation of performance management systems from 1982 - 1992.
- Development of the Queensland wide forestry extension program including budgets,
staff position descriptions, recruitment and placement.

Human Resource Development

« Developing training course and providing Fire Training Schools for Queensland wide Fire
Prevention staff.
« Produced training videos for Farm Forestry, manuals for Farm Forestry, quarterly

corporate publication and computer based Tree Selection System with accompanying book
version for Farm Forestry activities.

Organisational Structures and Functions
@ 1976 Department of Forestry Restructure

@ 1982 Review of roles / responsibilities and reporting systems for Queensland Wide Sub-
Districts.

 

 

 

 

 

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