Professional profile for Randall McMullan
Randall McMullan has worked in manufacturing; education and training for construction, engineering and ICT; and in government policy and practice. Personal knowledge and expertise includes the development and implementation of industry performance standards, qualifications and assessments for various business and technology sectors not normally connected with formal education and training systems.
Extensive research and writing experience has produced many training packages and publications including a leading textbook for Environmental Science in Building.
EXPERIENCE
Particular knowledge and experience includes that associated with the following areas of work.
Technical fluency: qualifications in physics, maths, geophysics and construction, practical experience as working a technologist, author of many technical publications, and learning materials for foundation learning.
Teaching: Long experience as Senior Lecturer in Further Education with part time experience at Higher Education Institutions: Kings College London, University of Westminster, Anglia Ruskin University, University of Auckland, Unitec New Zealand
Standard setting: lead role in the national funding, development and approval of national occupational standards, with a particular experience connected to the workplace roles in:
Project Management: experience of effective project management and team leadership needed for all aspects of development work.
Training and Quality Assurance: senior experience of teaching, workplace training in engineering, construction and IT
Representation: representative of a government body to a range of national organisations, and speaker at national and international events.
Past, present and current projects
Author of over 14 published books, many journal articles, and editor of book series for publishers. Some examples are given below .
Environmental Science Textbook
Extensive research and writing experience has produced many training packages and publications including a leading textbook for Environmental Science in Building.
EXPERIENCE
Particular knowledge and experience includes that associated with the following areas of work.
Technical fluency: qualifications in physics, maths, geophysics and construction, practical experience as working a technologist, author of many technical publications, and learning materials for foundation learning.
Teaching: Long experience as Senior Lecturer in Further Education with part time experience at Higher Education Institutions: Kings College London, University of Westminster, Anglia Ruskin University, University of Auckland, Unitec New Zealand
Standard setting: lead role in the national funding, development and approval of national occupational standards, with a particular experience connected to the workplace roles in:
- Financial services, Information technology, engineering, manufacturing, construction sectors and sub sectors
- Adult literacy and numeracy development and teaching
- Further education, community learning, higher education, work-based learning and other components of the Lifelong Learning sector
Project Management: experience of effective project management and team leadership needed for all aspects of development work.
Training and Quality Assurance: senior experience of teaching, workplace training in engineering, construction and IT
Representation: representative of a government body to a range of national organisations, and speaker at national and international events.
Past, present and current projects
- Academic advisor, programme developer, Unitec NZ
- National advisor to NZ Ministry of Education and TEC for workplace Foundation Learning
- Development of foundation learning and assessment packages for NZ Industry Training Organisations
- Development of vocational learning packages for tertiary education providers
- Projects for the UK sector skills councils for embedding literacy and numeracy skills in workplace occupational standards and in vocational qualifications.
- Coordination of research and report writing for multi-country surveys on International Benchmarking of Adult Basic Skills
- Publication of 8th edition of leading textbook for Environmental Science in Building
- Work with AlphaPlus Consultancy in development of Vocational Qualifications in Engineering and Construction for Government of Saudi Arabia
Author of over 14 published books, many journal articles, and editor of book series for publishers. Some examples are given below .
- Environmental Science in Building, Palgrave/Macmillan, 8 editions 1982-2017
- Longman Key Skills Series: IT, Communication, Number, Pearson 2000 (joint author)
- Management, Finance and Measurement for Construction, Macmillan 1997 (joint author)
- Noise Control in Buildings, Blackwell Scientific 1991; Macmillan Dictionary of Building, 1988
- Author and editorship of Computer Skill Book series, David Fulton/Nelson Thornes
- Editorship of Construction and Surveying series, Macmillan/Palgrave
- Annual section for Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook, AC Black
- Consumer guides for multi-national computer and electronic products, NEC
- Qualification specifications for range of subjects and levels including teaching adult literacy, TESOL and numeracy, QCA
- Occupational and training standards, qualifications and learning materials for industry training bodies
- Corporate documents including unpublished discussion papers, reports, surveys, consultations, webpages, and presentations associated with working experience
- Family history books - see links on front page of this website
Environmental Science Textbook
