Qualifications

• Cert IV Small Business Management 

• Cert III Electrotechnology 

• Cert II Split Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems 
  

Experience

Michael is a proud Juru man. His ancestral story summarised below outlines his traditional owner heritage and family line as well as his endearing passion to ensure Indigenous culture continues. 

Michaels’ Juru people are gudjuda, being their language name for saltwater people. The gubulla munda, or carpet snake, is their totem, based on their dreaming story, this totem is CBD’s logo and takes the gubulla munda with them wherever they work. Juru people take care of the reefs because they are part of their spiritual dreaming, and their totem represents the hard work done by his old people, elders and emerging leaders providing an easier pathway for the next generation. 

Michael is an experienced electrician and business owner, he has demonstrated his ability to plan, manage, scope, supply, install, train, and deliver projects in a prompt and reliable service including remote areas and is he proud to have provided services to notable clients such as Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council, BMD, Q-Build, Aboriginal Hostels Limited, AGLO, Suncorp, Townsville Aboriginal & Islander Health Services, AEM, Telstra, Optus & Vodafone to name a few.  

Michael is a hands-on leader and is highly passionate about the changes he is making in his community, he qualified as an electrician in 2008 before starting his own business in 2013. Since then, Michael has continuously successfully employed, mentored, and trained eight (8) Indigenous apprentices.