Ken, who works out of Sydney, is a metallurgist who has supplemented his education with an MBA specialising in Human Resources in recent years. He has 25 years of experience in manufacturing in the steel industry, predominantly as an operator and manager of Blast Furnaces in the steel industry. Ken was trained and coached by Dupont consultants in the last 3 years in this role. During this period Ken planned and executed the decommissioning of the Blast Furnace he was managing.

 

Ken also has 5 years of experience managing Occupational Health and Safety in the steel industry. During this time Ken worked with OHS professionals and Dupont Consultants developing the Safety Management System for the site, as well as dealing with implementation issues in the Primary Operations and Engineering Business units. The last project was helping the Maintenance Department make a safe transition to an outsourced maintenance provider.

As a training facilitator and consultant with Dupont Safety Resources Ken has assisted companies in the airline, electrical distribution and aluminium refining industries, predominantly in behavioural safety.

He has developed extensive knowledge / experience in the following areas:

- Culture change in a heavy manufacturing environment.
- Helping individuals, work and management teams to achieve their business goals using Kepner Tregoe and other techniques.
- Behavioural Safety, training programs and consulting.
- Behavioural Safety program customisation and Train the Trainer programs.
- Investigation of incidents and accidents
- Incident investigation training using ICAM
- Heavy Industry hazard knowledge.