[NHCOLL-L:511] Re: Revised C.V.

[Duncan MacFadyan]

Dear Sir

Please keep my C.V. on file in the hope that a position in your organisation
opens!!

Thank you for your time

Regards

Duncan



CURRICULUM VITAE



DUNCAN NEIL MACFADYEN



































PERSONAL DETAILS:

Surname   :   MacFadyen

First Names  :  Duncan Neil

Identity Number :  760524 5061 089

Date of Birth  :   1976.05.24

Place of Birth :  Pretoria

Sex    :  Male

Nationality  :   South African

Marital Status :  Single

Health  :   Excellent

Languages  :   English/Afrikaans

Drives License  :   08/10

Criminal Offenses  :   None

Health  :   Excellent

Postal Address :   P.O. Box 32461
     Glenstantia
     Pretoria
     0010
      South Africa

Residential Address :   137 Beval Street
     Constantia Park
     Pretoria
     0010
     South Africa

Telephone Number  :
(Home)  :  + 27 12 9987104
(Work)  :   + 27 12 3227632 ext 151
(Personal)  :  083 5065407

Fax Number  :  + 27 12 3227939


EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

SECONDARY EDUCATION:

LAST SCHOOL ATTENDED:  PRETORIA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
      (1990 - 1994)

HIGHEST STANDARD PASSED: STD 10

SUBJECTS PASSED:   ENGLISH
      AFRIKAANS
      MATHEMATICS
      PHYSICAL SCIENCE
      BIOLOGY
      GEOGRAPHY

TERTIARY EDUCATION:

PRETORIA TECHNIKON:   NATIONAL DIPLOMA: NATURE CONSERVATION

DURATION:    3 YEARS

STATUS:      COMPLETED

SUBJECTS:     ZOOLOGY 1,2 AND 3
      BOTANY 1,2 AND 3
      CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT
      RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1,2 AND 3
      CONSERVATION ECOLOGY 1,2 AND 3
      CONSERVATION ADMINISTRATION
      CONSERVATION COMMUNICATION 1
      CONSERVATION COMMUNICATION 2
      SOIL SCIENCE
      COMPUTER SCIENCE

PRETORIA TECHNIKON:   BACCALAUREUS TECHNOLOGIAE: NATURE CONSERVATION

DURATION:    2 YEARS

STATUS:     COMPLETED

SUBJECTS:     RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 4A AND 4B
      BOTANY 4A AND 4B
      FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
      MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
      CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT
      RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 1 AND 2

TECHNIKON PRETORIA:   MASTERS DEGREE: NATURE CONSERVATION

DURATION:    2 YEARS

STATUS:     INCOMPLETE

SUBJECT/S:     THESIS INCOMPLETE


PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

SINGITA GAME RESERVE: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

* Lodge Maintenance
* Environmental Enducation
* Eco-Tourism
* Catering
* Night/Day Drives

BORAKOLALO NATURE RESERVE: RESEARCH
* Research:
- Game Capture
- Soil Erosion/Bush Encroachment Control
- Alien Plant Control
- Grass Surveys
- Tree Surveys
- Soil Surveys
- Game Count
- Problem Animal Control
- Invertebrate Diversity Survey
- Ecological monitoring of fish in the Klipvoor dam
- Water Quality Survey
* Management:
- Development of a management plan for the reserve

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK: SCIENTIFIC SERVICES - Research
* Game Capture
- Rhino Capture
- Elephant Capture
- Lion Capture
- Impala Capture
- Oxpecker Capture
* Research
- Tick Research (Techniques, Methods, Interpretation)
- Wilddog Research (Techniques, Methods, Interpretation)
- Klipspringer Research (Techniques, Methods, Interpretation)
- Honey Bee Research (Techniques, Methods, Interpretation)
- Coleoptera Research (Techniques, Methods, Interpretation)
- Orthoptera Research (Techniques, Methods, Interpretation)
- Ecological study of fish life in the Crocodile, Sabie, Sand, Letaba and
Olifants River Systems
* Eco-tourism/Education
- Library duty
- Night drives
- Day drives
- Board drives
- Information
* Management
- Acting Section Ranger: Skukuza
- Arranged a management plan for a designated area near Skukuza
- Administration
- Alien Plant Control
- Fire Breaks
- Block Burns
- Fixed Point Photographs
- Grass Surveys
- Tree Surveys
- Soil Surveys
- Aerial Game Count
- Dung Content Analysis
* Surveys:
- Alien Plant Survey
- Malaria Survey
* Game Culling
- Elephant culling (Post Mortem - Lion, Impala, Leopard)
* Computer Literacy
- Word Perfect
- Outlook Express
- Data basing
- G.I.S. Course (Naledi Mare)

FACILITATOR FOR SAPPI TREE SPOTTING: JACANA EDUCATION

LIMPOPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: ACTING PARK WARDEN
* Park Management
- Anti-poaching
- Staff Management
- Veld and Game Management
- Problem Animal Control
- Alien Plant Control
* Administration Management
- Technical Report
- Human Resource Management
* Infrastructure Maintenance
- Vehicle Maintenance
-  Fence and Road Maintenance
* Community Work
- Job Placement (Working for Water)
- Refugee Control
* Research
- Invertebrate Study (Accompanied by Dr Bill Bateman)
- Vertebrate Species lists for reserve
* Computer literacy
- Data Basing (Species lists for the reserve)

WORKING FOR WATER: PROJECT MANAGER - MESSINA
* Administration duties
- Staffing
- Human Resource Management
- Salaries
- Finances
* Plan of Action
- Plotting densities
- Formulation of plan
- Implementation of plan
- Follow-up control
* Management of staff

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT:

TRANSVAAL MUSEUM: ACTING HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MAMMALOGY

* Staff Management (Human Resources)
* Departmental Administration
* Department Budgeting
* Technical Report: Mammal Department
* Integrated Pest Management Manager: Transvaal Museum
* Monthly and Annual Departmental Reports
* Departmental Standard Operating Procedure
* Disaster Plan for Department
* Collection Management
- Collection of Specimens
- Preparation of Specimens
- Organisation of Specimens
- Cataloguing of Specimens
- Data basing of Specimens
- Pest Control
* Research:
- Field work at Mthethomusha Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga (In conjunction
with                    Mpumalanga Nature Conservation - Rodent Surveys).
- Field work at Mthethomusha Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga (Small Carnivore
Study)
- Field work at Roodeplaat Dam Nature Reserve in Gauteng (Rodent Survey)
- Field work in the Kruger National Park (Bats Surveys with Dr's N.
Rautenbach and B.             Fenton)
- Field work at Faerie Glen Nature Reserve in Pretoria (Rodent Surveys)
- Field work in the Waterberg with Dr C. Bellamy (Coleoptera Surveys)
- Field work at Borakolalo Nature Reserve with Dr C. Bellamy/ Dr P. Bayliss
(Coleoptera and Hymenoptera Surveys)
* Meetings
- Management Committee Meetings (Weekly meetings)
- Museum Staff Meetings (Weekly meetings)
- Integrated Pest Management Meetings
- Collection Management Meetings
- Strategic planning Meetings
* Computer literacy
- Word Perfect
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Presentations
- Quarto Pro
- Outlook Express
* Education
- Small mammal related lectures to schools and university students

Publications and Public Presentations:
* Publications
- Post Copulatory Mate-Guarding in Decorated Cricket, Ethology:
- Working on a systematic review of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera:
Buprestidae) Genus            Evides Serville:
- Various News Paper Articles
* Presentations:
- Museum Park Expo: Organised the Conservation and Biodiversity Component
(1999)
- Tele Images: Nature - A specialized documentary about sport and nature on
French             Television (Comparison between impala locomotion and that
of humans).

General:
In my private capacity I have visited National Parks and game reserves in
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zamibia and Mozambique.

References:

* Dr Chris Chimimba, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of
Pretoria.
Tel: 012 - 4202752
* Dr Bill Bateman, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of
Pretoria.
Tel: 012 - 4202539
* Dr Chuck Bellamy, Head of Department: Coleoptera, Museum of Natural
History -                 Transvaal Museum.
Tel: 012 - 3227632 ext 146
* Mr Joshua Viljoen, Lecturer, Department of Nature Conservation, Pretoria
Technikon.
Tel: 012 - 3185306
* Mr Attie Botha, Head of Department, Department of Nature Conservation,
Pretoria                Technikon.
Tel: 012 - 3185306
* Mr Andrew Lowry, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nature Conservation,
Pretoria                  Technikon.
Tel: 012 - 3185306















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