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Cameron Gurney

Palmerston North,Fitzherbert

Summary

Valued leader and team member, driven to enable output delivery across organisations. Demonstrated success developing and delivering training that meets operational outcomes.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Military Officer

New Zealand Defence Force
11.2022 - Current

Senior Instructor - School of Military Engineering

  • Developed and delivered technical, tactical and promotional coursing.
  • Maintained the Health and Safety outputs for the Unit.
  • Responsible for unit administration and submissions to governance boards for updates and changes to coursing.
  • Evaluation officer for select military engineer courses.
  • Developed high performing small teams enabled to deliver training.
  • Provided technical guidance to Engineer Coursing.
  • Managed budget of $2.6M and maintained fiscal responsibility across coursing requirements for engineer coursing within NZ Army.

Military Officer

New Zealand Defence Force
12.2019 - 09.2021

Operations Officer Collective Training Center

  • Trained personnel to improve performance and attain mission-ready status.
  • Synchronised support across organisations to deliver training to prepare personnel for operations.
  • Delivered training on weapon systems, search and explosive hazards to personnel prior to deployment.
  • Managed Unit outputs to meet direction from Army Head Quarters.
  • Responsible for Quality Assurance for training courses.
  • Worked closely with civilian agencies to coordinate delivery of training.
  • Worked within tight deadlines and restricted resources to deliver optimal training outcomes.

Military Officer

New Zealand Defence Force
01.2016 - 12.2018

Troop Commander - Construction.

  • Responsible for the health, welfare, training discipline and morale of 30 soldiers.
  • Project management of construction tasks within New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and Antarctica.
  • Management of 30 person team working in disaster stricken Fiji post Cyclone Winston in 2015. Facilitated work on schools and government aid buildings.


Combat Engineer

New Zealand Defence Force
07.2011 - 12.2013
  • Training in small team operations focusing on search, bridging, water purification, explosives, and
  • Team building and problem solving.

Education

Military Coursing

Certificate in Carpentry

Universal College of Learning
Palmerston North, NZ
05.2010

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Personnel Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Budget Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Decision Making
  • Team Building
  • Operational Planning

Additional Information

Operational Experience:

- Team Leader. Cyclone Winston response. Fiji 2015.

- Team Leader / Project Manager. Antarctica 2016.

- Training Team Leader. Iraq 2019.

- United Nations Military Observer. Lebanon, Israel, Syria 2021.


Timeline

Military Officer

New Zealand Defence Force
11.2022 - Current

Military Officer

New Zealand Defence Force
12.2019 - 09.2021

Military Officer

New Zealand Defence Force
01.2016 - 12.2018

Combat Engineer

New Zealand Defence Force
07.2011 - 12.2013

Military Coursing

Certificate in Carpentry

Universal College of Learning
Cameron Gurney