DENNIS
My name is Dennis Holden and I have been associated with fire services since 1983 when I joined the NSW Rural Fire Service. Since then I have been involved with NSW Fire Brigades, Military Fire Service and also Aviation Fire and Rescue. I moved to Townsville in 2007 where I became involved with mines rescue. I have worked in both hard rock and coal, including open cut and underground. I have been a trainer of emergency services for the best part of a decade and this is where I gain the most personal reward. I enjoy giving my knowledge and life experience to other people and watching them grow in an industry that has been my life.
I am considered to be a technical specialist in most forms of rescue, however my main passion is for Confined Space Rescue and Rope Rescue.
I am also well qualified to perform my role, I have two advanced diplomas (Work Health and Safety and Leadership and Management), One diploma (Quality Auditing), two certificate fours (Firefighting Supervision and Training and Assessing), two certificate threes (Firefighting Operations and Mines Rescue) and a certificate two in firefighting operations.
QUALIFICATIONS
CONFINED SMALL WORKPLACE EMERGENCIES
CONDUCT LOCAL RISK & APPLY INITIAL FIRST AID
CPR/LVR
COURSE IN DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING
DIPLOMA OF QUALITY AUDITING
ENTER & WORK CONFINED SPACE
ISSUE WORK PERMITS
OPERATE & MAINTAIN 4WD VEHICLE
PERFORM INSPECTIONS
PARTICIPATE IN A RESCUE OPERATIONS
WORK PLACE EMERGENCIES
PREPARE EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
MAINTAIN & MONITOR SITE QUALITY STANDARDS
MANAGE AN EMERGENCY CONTROL ORGAISATION
ADVANCE DIPLOMA HEALTH & SAFETY
ADVANCE FIRST AID
BA
CERT I IN ENGINEERING (FIRE EQUIPMENT)
CERT II AFAC FIRE FIGHTING
CERT II SECURITY GUARDING
CERT II PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS
CERT II SURFACE EXTRACTION OPERATIONS
CERT III FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS
CERT III MINES EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RESCUE
CERT III PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS
CERT IV IN PUBLIC SAFETY (FIRE FIGHTING SUPERVISION)
CERT IV CCUPATIONAL SAFETY
MANAGE & MONITOR WORKPLACE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, EQUIPMENT & OTHER RESCOURCES