Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)

The National Marine Safety Committee (NMSC) has formed a Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) to assist with the technical interpretation of all new and revised national marine standards for both commercial and recreational vessels.
The Panel will advise the NMSC by interpreting standards and it will not act independently of the NMSC. Panel members hold qualifications within their field of work and/or work-related qualifications, expertise or experience in their field.

Who is on the Panel?

The panel includes naval architects, surveyors, marine engineers, marine educators, shipwrights, masters, mariners, boat and ship builders, vessel operators/owners or manufacturers, marine equipment suppliers/purchasers, regulators, maritime safety researchers.

List of TAP members

Current list of TAP members as of 28 May 2007

Name	State
Abraham, Capt. Dilip	VIC
Armstrong, Tony	WA
Bixley, William	NSW
Blundell, Toby	QLD
Boersch, Hans	QLD
Booth, Peter	NSW
Bragg, Beverley	NSW
Campbell, Mal	NSW
Carnie, Grant	SA
Chadha, Capt. Anil	NSW
Chang, Clement	VIC
Clark, John	QLD
Davidson, Michael	TAS
Davis, Brett	VIC
Dowd, Alan	QLD
D’Souza, Capt.Vijay	VIC
Emmett, Lindsay	ACT
Fernando, Kumar	QLD
Finniss, Insp.Glen	NSW
Fitzgerald, Gerald	QLD
Franklin, Richard	NSW
Gehling, Robin	ACT
Germon, John	NSW
Giles, Ian	NSW
Gillies, Don	NSW
Grenfell, Lindsay	VIC
Groves, Brad	ACT
Hall, Steven	WA
Harrod, Capt. Ian	WA
Hawkins, Jeffrey	TAS
Howe, Jeffrey	WA
Hunn, Michael	TAS
Hunt, Grant	WA
Hunt, Capt. Stephen	NSW
Hutchison, Brian	QLD
Jarosek, Frank	WA
Jenkins, Vince	Singapore
Jones, David	WA
Jones, Cmdr. Justin	NSW
Kerr, Capt. Iain	ACT
Kimber, Paul	WA
Kirkjian, John	NSW
Klaka, Kim	WA
Krokowski, Antony	QLD
Lugg, David	WA
Malhotra, Vikram	NSW
Mallows, James	NSW
Manning, Peter	NT
Mason, Ron	QLD
Mooney, Tony	NSW
Oakley, Simon	VIC
O’Neil, Matthew	NSW
Pincott, Capt. Raymond	QLD
Prince, Mike	NSW
Pyett, David	NSW
Raaymakers, Steve	QLD
Renilson, Martin	TAS
Rickard-Bell, Michael	VIC
Ritchie, Ian	QLD
Sahoo, Prasanta	TAS
Seneviratne, Capt. Anura	TAS
Spalj, Dusko	NSW
Staines, Brett	NSW
Stuart, Capt. Walter	SA
Tanner, David	QLD
Taylor, Graham	NSW
Thomas DeMeaune, Lt.Cmdr Michael	NSW
Timms, Roger	ACT
Tovey, Philip	QLD
Turnbull, Capt. John	VIC
Waller, Mark	NSW
Will, Capt. Alastair	VIC
Wynne, Anthony	SA

 

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