You can contact LEARNZ, part of CORE Education, at:
Postal Address:
PO Box 13 678,
Christchurch 8141,
New Zealand
Meet Travis Ashcroft
Job:
- Senior Adviser, Long-term Programmes, Ministry for Primary Industries.
- Planning & Intelligence Lead, Kauri Dieback Programme.
Job description:
Leading a team for science research and building knowledge and tools to aid in the fight against kauri-dieback.
Work background:
16 years working in the biosecurity sector.
Favourite part of job:
Working across a number of organizations to find solutions to issues.
Least favourite part of job:
The high-profile nature of the job means you are under constant scrutiny.
What I am working on now:
Getting some new exciting research projects.
A quick story about a job well done:
The huge number of strides we have made recently in terms of getting work done, addressing issues in the past and ramping up research activities over the last few years.
A (humorous) story about a job that went badly and what you learned:
A 4-WD training course I went on when our driving instructor was teaching us how to drive off track up a hill, he subsequently lost control and crashed our brand new work ute into a tree. Take a way message…everybody makes mistakes no matter how qualified or skilled you are in your profession.
Travis Ashcroft wroks for the Ministry for Primary Industries. Image: MPI.