Application GRZS for President AVI Commission ICAR Page 1 of 1 Datum: Donnerstag, 23. August 2018 [20:16 CEST] Von: GRZS Dusan Polajnar <[email protected]> An: 'ICAR President' <[email protected]> Cc: 'ICAR Air' <[email protected]>, 'ICAR Office' <[email protected]>, "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Betreff: Application GRZS for President AVI Commission ICAR Dear Franz, on behalf of the President of GRZS, Janez Rozman, I send the application of the candidate Mihael Avbelj to the President of AVI ICAR. I also attach the CV and ICAR certificate for Mihael Avbelj. Best regards Dusan Polajnar strokovni delavec GRZS Bleiweisova 34 SI - 4000 Kranj E: [email protected] E: [email protected] T: +38642927991 G:+38641603335 W: www.grzs.si https://webmail.your-server.de/imp/view.php?view_token=h_qBbQYwjl5fOAB9v0y... 23.08.2018 Mihael Avbelj 4260 Bled Date: 22. 8. 2018 Application for position of president of Air Rescue Commission and CV As applicant for position of president of ICAR Air Rescue Commission (ARC) I am providing the following description of my experience and competencies: I became member of Mountain Rescue Association of Slovenia in 1998, first as apprentice, and gained full membership in 2002 thru becoming a helicopter technical crewmember – winch operator. I gained considerable number of mountain rescue and also HEMS missions as crewmember, besides my other duties as crewmember of police helicopter and employee of Slovenia police air support unit. I also became instructor of winch operators and became author of training program for technical crewmembers and winch operations Standard Operating Procedures for my employer. I was always thriving for better and particularly safer execution of helicopter mountain rescue missions, as I was also deeply touched by tragic accident that happened during helicopter mountain rescue training mission that took life of five rescuers in june 1997 – just when I joined Slovenia police air support unit. My efforts in this field were noticed by then president of Air rescue subcommittee of Mountain rescue association of Slovenia, Mr. Janez Brojan, and my first ICAR Congress was in Zermatt in May 2001. ICAR became a crucial source of information and experience that allowed me to gain a lot of knowledge and creating a network of contacts and lasting friendships. I tried to pay back with exchange of information and participating in debate. (see attached recommendation) I attended almost all ICAR Congresses until now (missed three events), so I have quite some experience on how these events are run from delegate`s perspective. In parallel, I became involved in somewhat similar association of Police Air support units Conference Europe – a non-government, non-profit European association of flying policemen. This also became an important source of information and my intensive involvement led to becoming elected two terms as Secretary, being member of Steering Committee of EU project AGIS in 2006 and later involved in morphing into new organization PavCon Europe. This provided me with considerable experience in management of such international associations. Thru the time I realized that management is very important part of successful execution of air rescue service so I enrolled in University of Maribor and gained diploma in organization and management in 2012 with thesis on proposal for organization and improvement of helicopter rescue service in Slovenia that included study of several countries helicopter rescue systems. When a call for new ICAR ARC president and vice president came, I was contacted by several delegates from ARC to apply for position of president or at least vice president. I am willing to accept the challenge and responsibility, as it is time to start giving back to this well respected organization and its incredible people and, most importantly, to the people in need, that we are helping every day. I believe that a combination of technical and management education, practical experience and skills that I acquired thru the 20 years of working in air rescue business, in aviation in general for 29 years and my strong will to work towards goals of ICAR can be of benefit for this organization. Personal information, education, skills and relevant experience is listed below: PERSONAL DATA Name and surname: Mihael Avbelj Adress: 4260 Bled Tel. mobil: e-mail: Birth date: Citizenship : Slovenian I live in mountain area near Bled with my family, having two sons, 9 and 13 years old. EMPLOYMENTS 1. Adria Airways airline of Slovenia d.d. from sep. 1990 until july 2007 – maintenance engineer on commercial passenger jets DC-9 / MD-80 and Airbus A-320 Also performing work for other companies in wet lease arrangements (Greece, Turkey, Macedonia) Also maintained fleet of piston engine airplanes of Adria Airways Flight School. Obtained ICAO Maintenance engineer licence for above mentioned types. 2. Ministry of Interior – Police Air Support Unit, from july 1997... First as maintenance licensed engineer on Bell 212 412 and 206, Agusta A-109 Power and Eurocopter EC- 135. From june 1999 technical crewmember, from oct. 2001 technical crewmember- winch operator in rescue service. In 2001 also appointed as part time Quality manager for maintenance, from 2006 instructor of technical crewmembers. From 2014 to 2018 also Compliance and Safety manager for HEMS operations. FORMAL EDUCATION High school on machinery engineering in Ljubljana finished in 1997 – machinery technician Finished study and obtained degree in organisation and management sciences in 2012 with thesis: Organisational model of helicopter rescue service in Slovenia OTHER RELEVANT EDUCATION, TRAINING 1. Private pilot licence – aeroplanes 2. Glider pilot licence with Instructors, cloud flying and aerobatics ratings 3. Basic alpinism climbing course (apprentice level AO Akademik) 4. “On job training” overview of helicopter SAR operations Coastguard / Bristow Lee on Solent base UK 5. Operational training helicopter SAR, (RAF, 202. squadron, Lossiemouth, Scotland) 6. Medic course (Mountain Rescue Service + Red Cross) 7. Helicopter Underwater Escape Training Course (UK) 8. Basic Crew Resource Management and Multi Crew Cooperation Course (Adria Airways) 9. Tactical flight officer course (AeroSimulators) 10. Police air observer course (Liverpool, UK) 11. Psychology and basic methods on education of adults course 12. Public speech course (Ljubljana) OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE 1. Involved in organizing first extreme altitude helicopter rescue mission (Nanga Parbat 2005) 2. Member of “steering committee” EU project AGIS 2005 – Examination of methods and procedures to implement best practice in the use of Police Air Support units in the joint investigations and hot pursuits in EU Member States 2005-2006 3. Elected member of Executive Board of Police Air support unit Conference Europe (2x 2 years) 4. Ground instructor for private pilots course – navigation and aircraft systems (ALC Lesce school) 5. Instructor for maintenance engineers – helicopter course and piston engine course (Adria Airways Maintenance Training School) FOREIGN LANGUAGES English: very good Croatian, Serbian: very good German: passive HOBBIES 1. Mountaineering 2. SCUBA diving 3. Sport flying with gliders, including competition flying in the past 4. Sailing 5. Worldwide travel, learning about other cultures Mihael Avbelj Internationale Kommission für Alpines Rettungswesen IKAR Commission Internationale du Sauvetage Alpin CISA International Commission for Alpine Rescue ICAR ICAR Certificate To whom it may concern Mr. Miha Avbelj, Slovenia This certificate is issued to confirm that Mr. Miha Avbelj has participated very actively for many years as a member of ICAR, the International Commission for Alpine Rescue. His capability to openly communicate and interact with other people have always been very helpful to find solutions concerning problems, related with Mountain Rescue and HEMS operations. Mr. Avbelj has a treasure trove of experience as a HEMS crewmember / hoist operator but even more important, he is a great human being. We can strongly recommend him for any activities in the field of Mountain Rescue and HEMS. Gerold Biner President of ICAR Zermatt, 20.06.2013 For further information please check www.ikar-cisa.org. .