Personnel
Paul Ingerton
Operations Manager, Queensland
RNZAF Armament Technician
Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering – Armament
Member Institute of Explosive Engineers
Advanced EOD - RNZAF
EOD Team Supervisors Course RNZAF
Warranted Department of Labour EOD Operator
Occupational Health and Safety Accident Prevention
Transport of Hazardous Substances
St John’s Senior First Aid
OH&S General Induction for Construction Work in QLD
Paul completed 20 years service in the RNZAF and left as a SNCO Armament Technician in 1999. Throughout his career Paul worked predominantly on strike aircraft and associated weapons systems and was the sole armament tradesman involved in the Sky Hawk Aircraft Navigation and Attack System Update. As SNCO in charge Missile Servicing he gained expert knowledge of air to air and air to ground missile systems. Other positions held include SNCO i/c Weapons Preparation and Explosives Storage and SNCO in charge Raumai Air Weapons Range and various Squadron positions. His trade experience along with a 3 year tour with the Royal Australian Navy at NAS Nowra, NSW, have combined to give Paul an in depth knowledge of the storage, handling and disposal of air delivered weapons, land service ammunition, naval service munitions and commercial explosives. He has extensive training and experience in sub-surface UXO search techniques.
After successfully completing an Advanced EOD Course, Paul qualified as a civilian Department of Labour Explosive Inspector (NZ) which enabled him to provide EOD support to civilian authorities for the disposal of obsolete Tri-Service Military Explosive Ordnance (EO) surrendered by members of the Public and disposal of all commercial time expired and defective explosives from civilian manufacturers. This would occasionally necessitate explosive chemical testing and the requisite chemical neutralisation of unstable explosives.
Paul joined Milsearch in February 2004. He has since been involved in numerous projects as an EOD Technician and Site Manager throughout Australia. He has also worked on several overseas projects with Milsearch in PNG and in Lao PDR, including the Sepon Copper and Gold Mine, NamTheun 2 Power Station and construction of Theun-Hinboun transmission lines. He is trained and experienced in geophysical digital data capturing techniques and all aspects of integrated Global Positioning Systems.
As Manager Milsearch operations for Queensland since September 2005, Paul has responsibility for marketing, business development and search operations within that State and also assists on other Milsearch projects beyond Queensland as required. In recent years he has also worked as part of the Milsearch controlled chemical weapons destruction program and supplementary geophysical search programs at Columboola in south western Queensland.
