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Environmental Policy Officer – Maritime Emergency Management

Krista Webb — Tue, 02 May 2023 03:17:32 +0000

The role of an Environmental Policy Officer has two key focuses – providing technical advice and interpretation of marine pollution policy and legislation, and working in the prevention, preparedness and response to marine pollution incidents. A good working relationship with other Queensland, Australian and inter-state government agencies is important for the role.

The Transport Operations Marine Pollution Act 1995 regulates ship-sourced pollution in Queensland, with rules covering pollutants such as oil, chemical, sewage and waste which may be on board a ship or boat. Many of these rules come from international laws, and some apply from a small tinny all the way up to an international cruise ship or bulk carrier.

Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) is the response agency for maritime environmental emergencies under the Queensland Coastal Contingency Action Plan, and a response partner under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies. Whilst thankfully major ship groundings and oil spills are uncommon, training and practicing is very important to be ready to respond.

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Melanie Trent

Krista Webb — Tue, 02 May 2023 03:15:44 +0000

I have always loved nature and wildlife and studied environmental management with the thought of becoming a park ranger. During uni I volunteered with national parks, but my graduate position was as an Environmental Officer in compliance (pollution and land clearing) with local government.

I found I really enjoyed interpreting legislation and compliance and took a leap moving to Cairns for a role in environmental licencing and compliance. I volunteered with the State Emergency Service for several years and developed an interest in emergency management.

In 2009, I attended the Moreton Island oil spill response, and then undertook some oil spill training. Learning how marine pollution is dealt with on a national and international scale, I thought ‘wow, what a cool job.’

Ten years later, I am now in my dream job as an Environmental Policy Officer for the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) in Queensland, working with a mix of legislation and marine pollution response.

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Environmental Marine Advisor

Krista Webb — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:54:01 +0000

An environmental marine officer or advisor within the marine field is a person that predominantly gives advice to other sections of the organisation on any type of environmental management or matters.

This could be in the form of what environmental controls may be needed to use in construction jobs, give advice on design and planning of delivery of marine infrastructure such as pontoons, boat ramps, jetties), acquiring environmental permits and approvals according to legislation, and making sure that the organisation follows best-practice environmental protocols when doing business.

This may be in the form of doing audits, reports, implementing management plans or helping out on site.

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Viviana Gamboa Pickering

Stephanie Morris — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:52:42 +0000

Ever since my family and I can remember, I was always chasing after anything alive that moved and was running around in nature. I had this insatiable urge to be close to animals and would watch them for hours. Not being allowed to have pets while growing up fuelled my desire even more to find a career with animals and the environment.

My selection of subjects through school was done to best align with taking natural sciences and ecology in university, and then the same for getting a job. From year 10, I commenced looking for work experience in anything I could that would align with my loves for being in nature and observing animals.

I did contract jobs for universities working on marine research stations for a few years and eventually I ended up working for the Queensland Government. My various roles have taken me all around the state, and now after 17 years, I find I still love working in the marine safety field. Doing what you love – not too shabby!

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Grower Relationship Manager

Krista Webb — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 01:09:17 +0000

The role of the Grower Relationship Manager works closely with buyers, growers and receival sites to ensure smooth and efficient delivery and out-turn of grain. This role also also works with road transport providers to schedule grain deliveries to sites.

A key part of this position is working with buyers to get pricing for growers and analysis of domestic and international commodity markets to ensure prices are competitive for growers.

The Grower Relationships Manager generates and assesses quality data of grain onsite to ensure that it meets stringent export specifications, and manages the onsite weighbridge and sampling staff.

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National Safety Manager

Krista Webb — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:06:29 +0000

The role of a Safety Manager is to drive the Zero Harm values across the business by developing and executing strategic and operational plans, managing and driving behavioural safety change, and day to day support and advice to a variety of stakeholders.

This role will walk around work sites, talk with workers, build culture within the workplace, develop safety skills, leadership skills and uphold the high values of the business.

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Leah Stapleton

Krista Webb — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:03:31 +0000

My first role after leaving school was with a Transport company in NSW. This introduced me into the world of Transport and Logistics and subsequently started my career.

In between then and now, I’ve managed a fast-paced restaurant, renovated a couple of houses, moved to the other end of the country, started a family, and started my career with Qube.

Working for Qube for the past 8+ years has been remarkable and during that time I’ve had the opportunity to learn and be involved in a vast number of projects and operations.

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Data Scientist

Krista Webb — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:38:44 +0000

A Data Scientist is someone who works to make sense out of data to better understand the world around us.

As it is, companies produce an in-consumable amount of data, so a data scientist is tasked with understanding and relaying that information to others.

Think of it as a language interpreter. An interpreter sits between two people, and relays information between them in a way they can understand. A data scientist sits between data and people, trying to relay whatever information is in the data in a way that people can understand. There are many types of data scientists, ranging from very technical to more generalist roles.

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National Health, Safety & Environment Advisor

Krista Webb — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:23:14 +0000

This role is responsible for assisting in the development and execution of Safety, Health and Environmental strategic and operational plans, managing and driving behavioural safety change across the business, and day to day support and advice to a variety of stakeholder’s.

Part of the HSE role is coordinating a consistent approach to Health, Safety and Environmental risk management across Australian sites, as well as assisting in ensuring sites comply with HSE standards and legal obligations.

The National HSE Advisor leads, mentors and coaches site HSE Advisors, through regular site visits to ensure that the Safety Health and Environmental Management System is being implemented effectively on site.

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Elena Rusca

Stephanie Morris — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:21:22 +0000

After I finished High School, I started TAFE looking to complete a certificate in Business. Unfortunately, I did not manage to finish this qualification due to my mum passing, and me needing to begin full-time work to help my dad out financially.

I began working in an Administration role in Brisbane, also working part time in Hospitality. I then moved to a Customer Service role for a Transport company and during my time there progressed into other roles such as Service Quality, Rehabilitation Co-Ordinator and was a Health and Safety Representative.

This started my interest in Health & Safety and Injury Management. I commenced a role as QLD Injury Management Coordinator with a Labour Hire Company. The role later became redundant which then gave me the opportunity to evaluate where I wanted to be, which was in Health and Safety. Although I couldn’t find the role I wanted, I found the pathway to the industry I wanted to be in. This pathway opened many other pathways, and opportunities to network with people which then lead to my journey commencing with Qube as a HSE Advisor.

I worked with Qube on a mining operation in Central QLD, before then being given the opportunity to travel to Esperance, Western Australia with Qube. What was supposed to be a 3 month project, turned out to be a relocation to Perth to manage the Health and Safety for 2 sites and later a step up to the role that I’m currently in, which is National HSE Advisor.

Over the past 6 years at Qube, I have had the honour of not only expanding my experience and knowledge in Health and Safety, but also continuing to learn how each every day, the Transport and Logistics industry ties in with many other industries, such as Mining, Port Operations, and Forestry to name a few.

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