Tim Doyle

ContextAirservices Australia required defensible physical employment standards that reflected the demands of aviation rescue firefighting and could be applied across its workforce.

ContributionTim led the redevelopment, beginning with stakeholder workshops and observation of operational tasks, then directing assessment design and validation against live firefighting scenarios.

ApplicationThe project produced scientifically sound, operationally practical tests for assessing physical readiness, which Airservices Australia implemented across its aviation rescue firefighting workforce.

ContextThe Australian Defence Force required physical employment standards linked to the demands of diverse military roles, including specialist Army units and Air Force occupations.

ContributionAt the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Tim led approximately 12 full-time equivalent staff across role-demand analysis, assessment design, validation, injury screening, physical preparation, load carriage, and ergonomics.

ApplicationThe program developed standards and assessment methods informed by large operational populations, military personnel, commanders, and stakeholders across Defence.

ContextA State Police Service required analysis of injury risk among officers undertaking selection for a specialist tactical unit and assessment of potential screening measures.

ContributionWorking as a specialist subcontractor, Tim combined physical assessment, injury-risk analysis, and human-performance testing within a sensitive operational setting.

ApplicationThe work provided the State Police Service with analysis relevant to specialist selection, injury risk, and the consideration of potential screening measures.

ContextMilitary personnel must perform under combined physical, cognitive, and environmental demands that are difficult to reproduce or measure under laboratory conditions.

ContributionTim leads field-based work examining performance and injury risk among dismounted personnel, as well as physical and cognitive demands during shipboard emergency response.

ApplicationWearable and field-based methods generate information under realistic conditions to support decisions about readiness, system design, and operational performance.

ContextA major US-based athletic company required human-performance testing to inform the development of advanced running footwear. The company and product remain confidential.

ContributionTim led the R&D program, designing and delivering testing with approximately 200 participants and working directly with the company’s product-development team.

ApplicationThe testing provided data for the company’s internal product-development process. Further technical, product, and commercial details remain confidential.