-50 years of professional experience in most aspects of accident prevention and accident investigation
-PhD in Safety Engineering awarded in 1970
-co-author of 4 books
-author over 120 articles and conference presentations
-supervised 20+ PhDs
-examined 20+ PhDs
-worked for 5 years as a United Nations expert; within the UN system achieved the highest professional level-Chief Technical Advisor
-worked as a Visiting Professor at 2 European universities
-developed, coordinated and taught undergraduate and postgraduate OSH courses at 2 WA universities
-consulting work as an Expert Witness in accident investigation, and in the area of quantitative assessment of process safety
- Studied at Technical University of Prague and Manchester University
- University of Leeds
- The University of Aston in Birmingham
- Curtin University
- Wuppertal University in Germany
- Edith Cowan University