Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) PFD Testing

Graham Wardle

Graham Wardle

Technical Advisor/Consultant, Current Trends
Dave Milne

Dave Milne

Operations Manager, The Wild Planet

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Personal Flotation Devices (PFD) – Testing
Incorporating methods or record keeping to ensure regulatory compliance
A practical hands-on workshop for both educators and outdoor providers

About Graham

Graham has worked in the fields of Leisure Management, International Education, and Outdoor Learning for the past four decades. He has worked as an instructor, coach, sports development officer, trainer/assessor, lecturer, teacher, and risk manager. His extensive experience has been gained from a variety of organizations, including the UK Local Authority, National Centres for Sport, National Governing Bodies, Sport England, and NIST International School Bangkok.

For twenty years, Graham played a key role in the development of White Water Safety and Rescue techniques in the UK, Europe, USA, and SE Asia. He was the UK delegate at the International Safety Symposiums in Germany, the UK, and the USA, and worked extensively on the development of the Chest Harness and its use in Whitewater Safety/Rescue. As the former Vice Chair of UK Coaching and Executive Committee Member of British Canoeing, he played a pivotal role in the development of Coaching awards. He has been involved in this field from 1984-2024.

Throughout the past two decades in Asia, Graham has ensured that schools and providers work towards industry good practice via the staging of national coaching awards, independent audits (BSI 8848), and the establishment of internationally accredited Outdoor Risk Management/Trip Leader Training programs.

Graham’s current interests continue to lie in the development of coaching professionalism for the adventure sports coach and overall risk management on school trips/expeditions. He has played a pivotal role in the foundation and driving forward of the Asian OFFSEAS Forum, acting as a catalyst during the past 12 years after Patrick Read’s initial concept and brainchild of an Outdoor Forum for Asian schools/colleges.

About David

Dave Milne has been actively involved in the outdoor adventure industry since 1988 From mountaineering in England, Scotland, Wales and Greenland to canyoning, scuba diving and white water rafting in Australia. He moved to Thailand in 1998 where he has been teaching scuba diving, as well as heading up outdoor adventure activity programs and IYA programs for International Schools in the region.

Dave is a PADI IDC Staff instructor, an SSI Master Instructor, an Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer, a BCU Level 3 Inland Kayak Coach, a Swift Water Rescue Technician and has a BSC (Hons) in Environmental Science. Dave is Bangkok based where he lives with his wife Ai (also a qualified Scuba Instructor) and his son Joshua. When not in Asia he is a keen skier, and thinks that the only thing missing from Thailand is snowy peaks.