Tilman has 30 years of hands-on experience in the Australian and International mining industry - as trained mining engineer, Mine Superintendent, Health and Safety Manager for a mine contractor, Principal Advisor Risk Management and Assurance for a large mining company, educator, researcher, and 15 years as Senior Inspector of Mines, in Queensland.

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He has also led several significant mining research projects addressing key safety and health challenges of the sector, particularly around tyre and rim safety.

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His forte lies in developing and implementing programmes in Health & Safety, risk management training and education, catastrophic risk management, accident investigation, business improvement, providing expert witness advice, auditing and quality assurance in this country as well as overseas operations.

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He is particularly passionate about safety education, and in recent years has authored and successfully delivered a range of risk management education and training workshops and programs for Australian and international clients, particularly in India.

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Tilmans’ education includes a BE Mining Engineering (University of Adelaide), MSc in Safety Risk and Reliability Engineering with Distinction (University of Aberdeen Scotland), PhD in Risk Management (University of Queensland), Diploma of Quality Auditing and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. He is also an SSE for mines and quarries with over 20 workers.

Tilman has extensive skills and experience in:

    

• Design and implementation of effective OH&S Management systems - appropriate to the size of the business

• Training and education in safety and risk management – ‘connecting the dots’ – legal requirements, systems, people & risk management

• Expert witness – OH&S and risk management

• Accident Investigation

• Data Analysis and Presentation