Live Skulls - Curriculum Vitae Ben Silberschmidt
 
Ben Silberschmidt, Melanesia Marineland, Green Island, Australia, Collection Georges Craig, 2006Ben Silberschmidt, Marineland Melanesia, Green Island, Australia, Collection Georges & Shirley Craig, 2006

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*1962, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Nationality: Australian / Swiss
 

TRAINING

1979 Landscape-gardening and Horticulture, Switzerland
1981–82 Wood-working (carpentry, joinery), Switzerland
1983 Building-trade (concrete, masonry, reinforcements) Switzerland/Germany
1984–85 Organic Agriculture (dairy, cattle and pig breeding poultry farming, grain, vegetable growing, forest and fruit-tree keeping), Switzerland
1992 Diving Qualification: SSBA Certificate Pearl Producers Association Western Australia
PADI Rescue Diver

     
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2003 – Founding of Live Skulls
2000 – 03 Student (zoology, botany, anthropology), James Cook University, Cairns Qld
1999 On-site Supervisor for Construction of Tourist Resort, Airlie Beach Qld
1996 – 98 Establishment and management of own Upholstery and Furniture manufacturing business, Halifax Qld
1996 – 98 Undertaker for Ingham-Herbert Funeral Services, Ingham Qld
1994 – 96 Cane haulage in Sugar industry and Turf cultivating, cutting, laying, Ingham Qld
1993 Plant and Heavy Machinery Operator for McKinley River Gold Mining, Pine Creek NT
1992 Management of Marsupial Wildlife Sanctuary, Petford Qld
1989 – 91 Establishment and management of Wildlife Reserve‘Bonrook Station’ in Northern Territory for Fondation Franz Weber, Montreux, Switzerland, Pine Creek NT
1989 Installation of emergency shelter and training of local users in reparation and maintenance, for Swiss Disaster Relief SKH / SDR (earthquake) Ghukasian Armenia / USSR
1987 – 88 Release operations (lions, leopards) and camp rehabilitation, management and organization for Kampi ya Simba and Kampi ya Chui, Kora National Reserve, Kenya
1986 Installation of emergency shelter and training of local users in reparation and maintenance, for Swiss Disaster Relief SKH / SDR (earthquake) Kalamata / Peloponnese, Greece
1985 – 87 Managing lighting, stage and backdrop for MFB (Mobiles Fehrnsehstudio Basel)Television-Commercial production, Switzerland
1982 Tropical Agriculture, Sri Lanka
1981 Observation of Wildlife Migration along Zambezi River / Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe
1980 Farming in Sinai, Israel
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REFERENCES
Swiss Disaster Relief Unit (SKH/SDR), Berne, Switzerland
George Adamson, Campy ya Simba, Kora National Reserve, Kikui District, Kenya
Tony Fitzjohn, Campy ya Chui, Kora National Reserve, Kikui District, Kenya
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