Name:
John Robertson
Year of Birth
Born 1949
Education
Educated Dartford Grammar School
Courses attended and Qualifications:
Operational Planning and Management
Risk Management
Rope Access Instructor
Rope Access Management
Equipment Inspectors Course
Home Office Specialist Rope Skills Course (Instructor)
Home Office Tutors Course
Maritime Special Operations Instructor
Establishment Counter-Terrorism Officer (MoD)
Appointments
Time Consultancy
Acts an independent consultant in the field of Roped Access. Ensuring that contractors and clients alike are adhering to skills based objectives, and that Health & Safety and all relevant legislation and guidelines are complied with.
Independent Consultant
Acts as a consultant/operational trainer in the field of Business
Continuity Solutions.
Acts as a consultant/operational trainer in the field of Maritime
Special Operations.
Acts as a consultant/operational trainer to Police Services and other organisations in the field of Roped Access.
Metropolitan Police Service
In the field of Roped Access, brought the Met. In line with industrial guidelines on roped access.
Compiled the Roped Access instruction Manual, Method Statements and Risk Assessments for the Met. in all but armed incidents.
Put in place a programme for the continual development of equipment and techniques used by the Metropolitan Police Service in Roped Access.
Developed a National Caucus in standards within Home Office agencies who use Rope Access techniques.
Acted as Roped Access advisor to the Head of Health and Safety for the Met.
Acted as Roped Access advisor to the head of Counter-Terrorist Search Department.
Developed Marine based counter-terrorism and anti-smuggling strategy within the Port of London area.
Acted as advisor to EU committee on Marine Policing.
On a personal level, took part in many operational situations including bringing down two demonstrators from the top of the London Eye using Rope Access methods.
Organised and took part in the Mets. Marine response to the Millennium Diamond Robbery.
Personal Achievements
Completed the first British ascent of Jogin 2, a 21,500ft. mountain in Garhwal Himalaya.
