christopher guinea

I have been heavily involved in the coaching and development of Juniors In the sport of canoe slalom from beginers right through to coaching individuals on the Australian Junior World Team, and have played a part in developing the sport in Victoria.

Working with Systems Engineering Arts I gained skill in a varity soldering including both wet and dry methods. I also gained expirence with Metal work and construction, instaliing cabeling and connecting soundsystems and a wide range of power tools including: Nail guns, drill presses, hammer drills, compound saws, air compressors and a bit of welding.

I worked with both the Ridgway and Plenty campuses of The Ivanhoe Grammar School as the Lead Instructor, I was in charge of organizing and running weekly sessions at varying locations on the Yarra River, trailers of boats and gear transport and allocation for the students new to the sport and had to balance activities and instruction for the newer students and the older students some of which were in the Australian Teams.

I work with the Outdoor Education Group as a Group Leader, Taking school groups out on multi day expeditions in some of the remotest parts of Victoria and NSW in a range of conditions and enviroments, from bushwalking in Little Hatter Desert, to snow shoeing in the Victorian Alpine reagions. Rafting on the snowy mountains to Rock Climbing in the Grampian ranges.

After my first year working at Mt Baw Baw in 2012, I seeked more responsibilities and a larger roll joining the de-icing crew climbing the towers and clearing the lines and lifts of Ice each morning and preparing the lifts for the day. In 2014 I was also promoted to Crew Leader having more responsibility looking after the other lift operators and organizing the float team for each day and dealing with any problems that arose including lift maintenance, staff organization, customer complaints and injuries.

Selected to represent Australia as part of the Under 22's team tour aswell as the Australian Senior team in the doubles Mens C2 class in Slalom Canoeing; to compete in World Series races in Australia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Germany aswell as the World Championships held in Spain 2009 and Sloviania 2010. Our best world ranking was 49th in the world

Completed the Diploma of Outdoor Education, gaining skills and qualifications in, Bushwalking, Rockclimbing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Rafting, absailing, Swift water rescue, Search and Rescue, First aid, Group Leading and Facilitatilon. Included on job training with the Outdoor Education Group, taking school groups out on multiday trips into the bush.

Final subjects were: Comuniction and Design, Information Technology, Information Systems, Further Maths, English, Physical Education, Sport and Rec (VET) Activities and Societies: Canoe Captain, Director of Canoe Coaching.

Completed the Certificate II in Eletrical technology and Refrigration