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Gabriel P. Vermeulen

Address:
Pretorias Ave 39
Lyttelton
Pretoria
Guateng
0140
South Africa
Phone: 0027823903797
Email:  gabriel1622@yahoo.com

Position Wanted: Security Manager (Updated: 10/21/2009)
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GABRIEL P. VERMEULEN


 South Africa: #39Pretorius Street, Lyttelton Pretoria 0140 (+2782) 390 3797
 (+2712) 664 3363
e-: gabriel1622@yahoo.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE
Take up challenges and make them work.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE 07 January 1975 - 05June 2002
• Lieutenant Colonel- Staff Qualified, Unit Commander and Staff Officer
Went through the ranks to become an officer.

Career path:
• Start as instructor training recruits in drill, PT and musketry.
• Advance to instructor on instructor training courses.
• Became the commander of the instructor courses.
• Did officers course and were promoted up to Lt Col.
• Unit Commander of the Special Protection Unit www.stormpages.com/airbornafric/saaf.htm
• Staff Officer Protection Services
• Served as military judge and president of boards of inquiry after Senior Staff Course

Main Military Courses

• Regimental Instructors Course
• Narcotic, explosive and tracker dog instructor’s course.
• Physical Training Instructors Course
• Advance Physical Instructors Course
• COIN Instructors Course
• Basic Parachute Course/South Africa and Rhodesia
• Heavy Weapons Course (106mm, 14.5mm, 12.7mm)
• All East block weapons course.
• Parachute Dispatchers Course
• Tracker Instructors Course
• Survival Escape and Evasion Instructors Course
• EOD and IEDD Courses
• Intelligence Officers and Intelligence Managers Courses
• LOAC Advisor and operational planner during Peace operations
• Qualified as European Foundation for Quality Management Assessor
• Qualified as LOAC Advisor with the US Naval Judge Advocate General (JAG)
• Qualified as Brigade level Peacekeeper at Zambakro Peacekeeping School, Ivory Coast
• Safety Health and Risk Management Course

Main Military Duties

• General Manager Commanding unit personnel and budgets.
• Human Resources, financial and operational management of special protection operations
• Career Planning and continuous training for all security personnel
• Worked with dignitaries on parliamentary level in different countries looking after their personal and professional wellbeing
• Looking after the Presidents aircraft with sniffer dogs and one VIP Protection team
• EOD and IEDD tasks
• Commander of External Deployments


PRE-SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS

• 2 Year Advanced Security Management Certificate- University of SA
• 1 Year Training Management Certificate- RAU (Systematic Design of Training Courses).
• 3 Year Military/Business Management Certificate- University of SA (RVQ13).
• Risk Analysis and Management Course Graduate School of Management- Pretoria University.
• Senior Management Diploma Graduate School of Management- Pretoria University.

ALL QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Was awarded: Honourable Mentioned in Despatches by the President of South Africa
• Was awarded the decoration: Commanders Award for Public Service by Maj Gen Daniel E. Long(Jr) (US Army)
• Completed several courses at different universities in South Africa
• Task Force Commander for Special Protection Projects
• First Commander of VIP Protection Unit in Burundi
• Sector Commander Baghdad Central for 13 Refineries and 4000 Iraqi Guards (Erinys Iraq)
• PSD Commander with MVM working for PMO
• PSD Commander Aegis Iraq working for PCO
• Convoy Commander EODT working in all Iraq
• Level 5 Medical qualified
• Qualified Senior Command and Staff Course 1998
• Serve as a Staff Officer at HQ producing doctrine and standards for special protection operations
• Worked with two star US generals and ambassadors in Iraq during my three and a half year term
• Qualified as Peacekeeper Brigade level at Ecole De Maintien De La Paix (Peacekeeping School) Zambakro

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Personnel Management
• Financial and Budget Management
• Logistical Management
• Crime and incident investigation
• Disciplinary hearings
• Risk Management and preventative actions


OTHER INFORMATION

Identity number: 570224 5083 080

Drivers License: Code14 (EC) Heavy Duty with no restrictions

Languages: English, Afrikaans, Portuguese and very basic French

Personality Traits: Positive, Hard Working, Confident and Self-Assured.

Passport: 445548372 (Expire 18/04/2016)

Computer Literacy: Can work with almost all Microsoft Programmes (Has 20 years experience with computers).
Do marathons and triathlons as hobby (did the comrades and ironman).

• ALL QULIFICATIONS AND REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.