cassian humphreys d.o.b 5/8/68 - naturaculture · advanced climbing / rigging systems 1997:...

Compiled by Cassian Humphreys Arboricultural Consultant & Vegetation Manager

CURRICULUM VITAE

CASSIAN HUMPHREYS

D.O.B 5/8/68


Personal Details

Name: Cassian Humphreys

Age: 44 Years

D.B.O: 05/08/68

Height: 5’11

Weight: 80 kgs

Home address: 41 Macgregor Tce Bardon 4065

Telephone: 0061 (0)7 33683637

Mobile: 0061 (0)408 928 822

Current: 'C' class driver’s licence.


Employment Details (Combined Horticulture and Arboricultural experienc e – 28 years.)

May 2012 to Current – Self Employed

Director and Senior Arboricultural Consultant of Naturaculture Ltd

• Not-for-profit Vegetation Management Company • www.naturaculture.com.au • Specialising in sustainable management of ancient, veteran trees and their

associates • Management of S. E. Qld Vegetation

March 2011 to May 2012– Self Employed

Director and Senior Arboricultural Consultant of Naturaculture

• Consulting/reporting on the ETS/Energex VTA Program • Specialising in sustainable management of ancient and veteran trees • Management of S. E. Qld Vegetation

November 04 to March 2011 – Employee - Eastern Tree Service Head Consulting Arborist/Arboricultural Manager and co-founder of the Tree Care Division (evolved into) ETS Environmental Services

Role involved the development of the Tree Care division, covering the Tree Care Business Management System and Educational Package.

Worked as a contractual manager, consultant and utility arborist, carrying out tree care/vegetation management-related operations (concerning veteran trees) and writing technical reports – specialising in tree mechanics assessment.

My most major projects to date are the development and management of:

• The Tree Culture Courses for vegetation managers • ETS VTA Program a tree hazard assessment project (the aim to reduce electrical

outages on power line networks) for trees in urban/rural utility environments – clients Energex (Brisbane) & Integral Energy (Sydney).

• ETS VTA Induction/mentoring program for Cert 4/5 Arborists working on the program. I also ran Tree Care crews carrying out works on the program.

• ETS VTA Program for the Office of Australian War Graves at Bomana war cemetery Papua New Guinea (tree assessment & crown works).

• ETS VTA Program project for Main Roads – Road Tek Mount Glorious Road Mt Glorious S.E. Qld.


Employment Details (Continued) March 03 – 22nd November 04:

Worked as an Arboricultural Consultant for commercial and domestic clientele following a Vegetation Management Review for Ergon Energy (carried out for the then Vegetation Management Officer Ashley Thomson). November 02 – To March 03:

Worked in Devon Britain as a contract tree climber carrying out crown works on trees, as well as a part time crowd controller.

Jan 02 - November 02:

Worked as a sub contract tree climbing arborist/part time crowd controller.

July 30/2001 – Dec 28/01:

Employed by Maroochy shire council as Tree Maintenance Co-ordinator.

July 01 - June 02:

Part time crowd control / part time sub contract tree climbing services.

June 93 - July 01: Self employed - Director of ‘Tree Care’.

• Contractual Arboricultural business • Crown maintenance of trees (AS/4373 1996) • Tree removals • Training – tree climbing & aerial rescue (for local government

– TCC, BCC, Pine Rivers SC) • Education (educational service for clients)

Govt. Clientele: Toowoomba City Council David Edwards 4688 6540

Brisbane City Council Keith Foster 34034974

Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens Curator - Ross McKinnon 3403 2531

Established a wide range of domestic clientele and carried out contracts for the EPA.


Employment Details (Continued)

Oct 92 – May 93: Subcontractor to Wichman, Frankfurt , Germany Worked for Acer Wood tree services in Britain carrying out crown maintenance and tree removals in West Germany.

Contracted to Schmoll Landscape Company, Berlin and

Potsdam, East Germany Carried out crown maintenance on trees in 500 year old cemetery with a team of 8 tree surgeons.

Jan 92 – Sept 92: Jensen Urban Forestry, Loganholme, Brisbane Tree Surgeon- Assisted with major tree transplantation. Worked for Adam Tom, currently running The Tree Doctor Brisbane.

Oct 91 – Jan 92: Tree Surgeon for Gold Coast City Council Arborist – Joe Hance, Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast

June 91 - Oct’91: Contracted to Schmoll Landscape Company, Berlin, East Germany

Working for Mark Harrison of Acer Wood Service, Berkshire, England.

Sub-contractor-Tree surgeon.

Sept 89 – Aug 90: Basingstoke and Deane, Borough Council, Basingstoke, Berkshire, England. Groundsman / Tree surgeon.

Jan 89 – Sept 89: Chainsaw operator working on windblown timber. Pine plantation, Bracknell, Berkshire, England.

July 87 – Dec 88: Horticulture employee with private horticultural business

Torquay, Devon, England.

Oct 84-Apr 86: East Devon Golf Course, Budleigh, Salterton, Devon, England Assistant Greenkeeper


QUALIFICATIONS: Seminars and Courses of Study.

2012: (August) SE QLD Local Authorities Information Session: Tree Reports, Arborists Reports, Local Legislation 2012: (March) Trees & Development: The Roots to Best Practice 2011: (November) QCAT seminar on tree dispute resolution – Carman Caroll Re: Tree dispute resolution laws 2010: (May) ISAAC Conference Adelaide – attended workshops – Balancing Soil Biology Dr Elaine Ingham (USA) & Wind Dynamic Loading on Trees – Ken James (Aus)

2010: (March) Trees and Development Sites the Roots to Best Practice Terra Ark (Aus) – David Evans 2010: (March) QTRA (Quantified Tree Risk Assessment) seminar licensed user upgrade – David Evans – Arbor centre 2009 (May) ISAAC Conference Newcastle

2009: (January) Australian Diploma in Arboriculture – level 5 - AQF

2008: Up by Roots James Urban 2 day seminar run by Enspec – Healthy trees and Soils in the Built Environment

2008: Introductory Seminar the Soil Food Web – Dr Elaine Ingham/ABCT

2008: Tree logic Sustainable Tree Management Seminar

2008: QTRA (Quantified Tree Risk Assessment) Seminar licensed User No – 1372

2008: Energex General Contractor Induction (Refresher)

2007: Blue Card – No – 0766178

2007: Advanced tree climbing and aerial rescue with Arborclimber Director and International tree climbing competitor – Brett Hamlin – Practised the Belayed Tree Climbing System

2007: Qualified instructor – Cert 4 Trainer/Assessor – TAA4014

2006: Jeremy Barrell (Barrell Tree Care U.K.) 2 Day workshop run by Enspec. Tree A-Z (formerly SULE) Report writing for consulting arborists and trees on construction sites, May 2006.


Qualifications: Seminars and Courses of Study Continued –

2005: Tree Logic seminar with Key Note speakers – Jill D. Pokorny presenting the Urban Tree Risk Management Community Guide, USDA Forest Service. And David Evans of the Arbor Centre UK presenting Quantified Tree Risk Assessment.

2004: Prof Claus Mattheck 2 day seminar – VTA and bio mechanics of tree root systems. Run by Peter Blank of IML Australia. I developed a full summary and report of the seminar, the report was published in the Australian Arbor Age. 2000: Claus Mattheck seminar – The Body Language of Trees. Run by

the Australian Institute of Applied Science.

1998: Arbormaster workshop Arbor Institute, Brisbane. Advanced climbing / rigging systems

1997: Arbormaster training workshop Ken Palmer, Maine, USA Arbor Institute, Brisbane. Latest in climbing techniques and equipment

1993: Instructional skills course Ithaca TAFE, Brisbane.

1992: Bridging studies to British Diploma in Arboriculture Merrist Wood College, Guilford, England.

1990-1991: National Certificate in Horticulture ARB, full time course Merrist Wood College, England equivalent to Cert 4 under Australian Qualifications Framework

.

1986-1987: National Certificate in Horticulture Amenity Horticulture full time course Cannington College, Somerset, England

1985: City and Guilds Phase One, Horticulture Bicton College, Devon, England.


TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Since 1993 I have a history of training and education with a number of SE Qld Councils and Utility companies.

Current Courses Include:

4 Theory courses on the science of trees (specialist)

4 Current theory courses – Tree Culture Course & A Course in Tree Mechanics VTA (Visual Tree Assessment – Australia), An Introduction to the Tree System.

4 Practical Arboricultural skills -

4 Current practical skills course covers – Complex Tree Climbing RTF-3031A & Aerial Rescue RTF-3702A (delivered in association with Interlink Training)

Theory Course - Developing (Edition 5) and running the Tree Culture Course from Mount Cootha Botanic Gardens. The course content being focused on the work of plant-cultural scientists and authors, Dr Alex Shigo, Prof. Dr. Claus Mattheck and Dr Elaine Ingham. I ran courses internally for ETS and people involved in arboricultural/horticultural and allied professions, courses being targeted for tree managers. The 2 day Tree Culture Course I have run over 50 times since 2004. Most recent course An Introduction to the Tree System I ran for the QAA 2010.

Current practical skills course – Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue I run for Eastern Tree Service depots throughout Qld (since 2004). I have run this course numerous times in the past for councils – BCC, PRSC, TCC and Bundamba Tafe.

INDUSTRY RELATED GROUPS

Queensland Arboriculture Association (QAA) – A member since 1995 (and current member). I was the Public Relations Officer and member of the Executive Committee, 1995-1998.

In 1995 I was on the Curriculum Develop Advisory Committee (CEDAC) for reviewing teaching material for the Australian Qualifications Framework.

A founding (and current) member of the Australian Chapter of ISA (International Society of Arboriculture), I attended the 2006, 2008, 2009 & 2010 ISAAC conferences held in Geelong, Brisbane, Newcastle and Adelaide.

A founder Member of the Veteran Tree Group Australia

Training & education continued -


SPECIALISATION – Notable Career Development

As a tree mechanics assessor/educator (VTA - Visual Tree Assessment) I co-developed the ETS/Energex VTA Program which ran from 2007-2012 – the program was recently suspended since we completed tree appraisals over the Energex Network (Brisbane to Tin Can Bay). At the 2009 Newcastle ISAAC conference the VTA Program was publically credited to me (for technical development) on behalf of ETS by Energex Guest speakers Matthew Palmer and Paul Blackmore.

Since 1999 I have written numerous technical reports/articles which were published in the Australian Arbor Age .

As a part of my development of a Target Pruning Manual (based on the work of Dr. Alex Shigo) for ETS, I created the Target Pruning Poster in 2008 which achieved over 80 sales Australia/NZ wide. The poster is a significant educational tool for staff training (note – the manual was also published as an AAA article).

ETS Target Pruning Poster

The Target Pruning Manual was reviewed by Judy Shigo – daughter of Dr. Alex Shigo

the father of Arboriculture


Notable Career Achievements Continued – Following the November 16th storm I requested and gained a commission from Energex to gather data on tree failures and veteran trees of the storm. The trees on the feeders hit by the storm in the Gap I had previously inspected for Energex using the ETS VTA data collection system as a means to observe and record their mechanical status. As a result of 90 hours in the field (immediately after the storm and during the storm clean up) I gained significant insight into the urban forest surrounding the Gap. With over 1200 photographs taken the report is a summary of my observations in relation to storm damaged trees and veteran trees of the storm (a total of 136 hours to complete the project). I re-appraised all trees that I had scheduled for work in my original inspection in mid 2007 ref - Risk Category Energex Maintenance Instruction MI-019. With data collection as well as reassess the trees adjacent to powerlines I incorporated the random meander method, I appraised parks, streets and domestic gardens where visible from the street or where I was invited by members of the public. The report was published as an AAA article, I also developed a power point presentation on the storm data which was run for BCC and the QAA (Qld Arboricultural Association).

Past articles (2008 to current samples can be viewed under Education on Naturaculture our not-for-profit arboricultural web site www.naturaculture.com.au)

Since working on the ETS/Energex VTA Program and assessing numerous Gum tree populations throughout S.E. Qld I observed and recorded a range of unusual symptoms relating to VTA. These where recorded in past Energex reports and AAA articles.

The most significant of which involves a serious disorder affecting gum trees. The disorder named Canker Syndrome causes gum tree decline, death and mechanical failure. This follows three+ years of data gathered by me for Energex. Following my 3rd update report and the involvement of an Australian pathologist a research project proposal concerning the syndrome has been put to the Queensland government for funding. The report can be viewed under the Education link to Naturaculture.


REFEREES: - Matthew Palmer – Utility Arborist

Vegetation Policy Manager Energex Mobile – 0438 720 235

Ross McKinnon

Curator Mt Cootha Botanic Gardens Ph: 07 3403 2531

Brett Hamblin – Arborist

Arboricultural Trainer – International climbing competitor Mobile – 0488 050 648

Kurt Quambusch – Editor

Australian Arbor Age Ph – 1300 764 688

Robert D’Addario CPA Ph – 07 54996050

Peter Bishop – Consulting Arborist

Arboricultural Consultant/Educator Mobile – 0437 043 324

Scott Mackenzie

Senior Environmental Officer Integral Energy Mobile – 0432 753 571 Ashley Thomson ETS General Manager Northern Mobile – 0400 186 707

Sam Cowie - Arborist

Arboricultural Consultant – Expert Witness Ph: 07 54867164 Jan Allen Terra Ark – Consulting Arborists Mobile – 0412 529 946


Qualifications – Scans

Merrist Wood NCH Hort (ARB) – 1990/1 – Equivalent Cert 4 Arb – AQF


Merrist Wood Cover Letter - NCH Hort (ARB)


AQF Cert 4 Training and Assessment – 2007


AQF Cert 5 Hort Training Diploma Hort (ARB) – 2009


Hort Training Diploma Hort (ARB) – 2009 Hort Training Diploma Hort

Cover letter


Hort Training Diploma Hort (ARB) – 2009 Units of competency


Certificate of attendance QTRA current licensed user No 1372 (on-going license 2008 to current)

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