Staff Profile
Doug Senior |
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Doug Senior has been a Timber Machining lecturer at the TiTC for the last 8 years.e establishment and operation of face, and edge fingerjointers, and both rotary and vertical laminators. A Diploma in Wood Processing Technology led directly to employment as Timber Machining tutor with Waiariki Institute of Technology. After 8 years Doug is now Senior Lecturer in Timber Machining and Remanufacturing at Waiariki’s Waipa Campus. His current professional development is in Online Learning and upskilling in CNC equipment. Future training for Wood Processing in NZ is going to include elements of both of these fields.
Qualifications
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2002 |
National Certificate in Wood Processing Technology Level 5 |
NZQA |
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2002 |
Certificate Adult Learning |
NZQA |
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2002 |
Assessors Certificate |
NZQA |
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1998 |
Timber machining Advance Trade Exam |
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1997 |
Timber machining Trade Exam |
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1997 |
National Certificate in Solid Wood Level 4 |
Employment History
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2008 - Present |
Senior Lecturer |
Waiariki Institute of Technology |
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2001 - 2007 |
Lecturer - Wood Processing |
Waiariki Institute of Technology |
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1993 - 2001 |
Contractor/ Timber Machinist Crighton Building Supplies, Levin |
Operated various finger jointers and laminators in this time |
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1973-1990 |
Began as worker finished as Contracts Manager |
Redpath International, insulation and cool storage company, Levin. |
Current member of - Timber Machining Educational Association. Doug regularly attends the anuual TMEA Conference has done so from 2003 to 2008.
Current Research - Studies in Face Grinding of Solid Profile Cutters (2007/2008)
Conference Presentations - Wood Processing Educational Pathways (2006); New Qualifications Review, TMEA (2005)
