CONTRACT RESEARCH AND TRAIING COURSE CO-ORDINATION
2011 Australian Government, AusAID, ALA(Australian Leadership Awards) Fellowships Program
- Leadership training in food safety and quality for Shanghai Ocean University (SOU), Dalian Ocean University, China and Nha Trang University, Vietnam.
2011 Department of Fisheries Papua New Guinea
- Codex HACCP and documentation.
- Food Safety Auditor training, internal and external auditing.
2006 - present State Government of Tasmania
- Producing National Food Safety Auditor Training Course.
- Co-ordination of Bivalve Mollusc Food Safety Auditor Training.
2006 Australian Government, AusAID, ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program
- ISO 22 000 Food Safety Standards workshop, Jakarta, ASEAN - Australia fish and fish products safety project - attended by 10 ASEAN countries.
2005 Texas Agricultural University, USA
- Curriculum development for Fisheries post-harvest degree course for universities in Indonesia.
2004 Wescott Foods, South Australia
- Investigation into market potential for seafood product.
2003 - 2007 Sydney Fish Market
- Development of a quality index for Australian Seafoods: Atlantic salmon.
2002 Van Dieman Aquaculture Limited, Tashimi Limited, Tasmania
- Seafood product development.
1991 - 2004 Seafood Processing and Handling Traineeships, various, Tasmania
- Instructor for on and off-the job training (equivalent 400 hours per year) in retailing, handling and processing, hygiene and sanitation, food safety program for major seafood processing plants such as Tassal.
2000 Sydney Fish Market, New South Wales
- HACCP Seafood bridging course for food managers.
2000 Fish Trade International Limited
- Investigation into the viability of utilising processed tuna waste to produce a stable alginate bait product that can be used successfully for the commercial pot and trap industries.
1999 Sydney Fish Market, New South Wales
- Co-ordinator in HACCP training for fishers.
1997 Fishing Industry Training Board of Tasmania
- Live Fish Transportation Workshop.
Fishing Industry Training Board of Tasmania
- Sashimi Quality Fish Handling Workshop.
Fishing Industry Training Board of Tasmania
- 'Catch a Career' - Seafood Processing Training Course.
Tassal Pty. Limited, Tasmania
- Aquaculture Farm Hygiene Training Course.
1996 Fishing Industry Training Board of Tasmania
- Sashimi Handling Workshop.
1995 Atlantis Seafoods, Sorell, Tasmania
- Short course training in Quality Control and Hygiene.
1994 Clarence River Fisherman Co-ops, New South Wales
- Prototype development of value-added products from mollusc and crustaceans.
1993 South Pacific Commission,Noumea, New Caledonia
- Preparation of Seafood Handling Training Manual for the trainers in the Pacific region.
1993 Tasmanian Smoke House, Deloraine, Tasmania,
- Short course training in Quality Control and Hygiene and Sanitation.
1992 OK Tedi Mining, Papua New Guinea
- Feasibility study of the development of Bony Bream fishery in Papua New Guinea.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Utilization of seafood waste from Tasmanian fisheries - on going.
- Prototype development of seafood product from underutilized species caught from bycatch - 2016
- Prototype development of products from the species Lodna (Mollotus villosus) from the Icelandic fisheries. - 2013
- *Investigating the factors influencing fishery product stability using liquid smoke – 2011 (Collaboration with Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- Investigating the factors influencing the consumer choices of oyster consumption – 2006
- *Study on extraction and properties of collagen from skin of Oreochromis niloticus - 2011 (Collaboraion with Zhongkai Agriculture University)
- *Study of the dynamic changes of the microorganisms and main physiochemical indicators of Yangjiang fermented soyabean – 2011 (Collaboraion with Zhongkai Agriculture University)
- Sensory assessment of Sydney Fish Market’s development seafood concentrates in food grade seafood stock - 2010.
- Prototype development of dried scallop for Asian markets – 2008
- Prototype development of new species of dried jelly fish for Asian markets – 2002
- Utilisation of natural herbs for the control of Listeriosis in cold smoked fish - 2002
- Comparative study between China and Australia, the quality control for Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) aquaculture – 2002
- Comparative study of export control of quality of fisheries product in China and Australia – 2002
- HACCP based quality assurancein Papua New Guinea - 1998
- The transportation of live finfish- 1996
- Investigation into causes of textural deterioration in Oreosomatidsdue to the freezing process - 1993