Instructor - David Jones - Instructors - International Rescue Training Centre

About Our Instructors

Our Instructors come from many varied backgrounds including Military, Police, Fire Service, Ambulance Service and the Outdoor Pursuits Industry, also from the voluntary sector i.e., Mountain Search and Rescue, Water Rescue. All are highly skilled and qualified in their respective disciplines.

As International Rescue Training Centre Wales evolves it is expected that many more Instructors will join the team in the future.

Instructor - David Jones

Qualified Submerged Water Search Dog Handler (Current)
Qualified Cadaver Search Dog Handler (Current)
35 Years in Mountain Rescue
Holder of Gold Medal Professional Dog Handlers Award for Devotion to duty
15 Years SARDA Dog Handler/Instructor/Assessor
Former Team Leader & Founder Member of British International Rescue Dogs
Former Team Leader & Founder Member of the Charity Global Rescue Services
Disaster Work including El Salvador & Turkey
19 Years working with Croatian Mountain Rescue Service including introducing Search & Rescue Dogs and Search Management
Training of Search Dogs for countries including USA, Japan, Russia, Croatia, Hong Kong, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland
Humanitarian Work in countries including Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Mozambique
Awarded Croatian Silver Medal for Services to Mountain Rescue
Course Assessor for Submerged Body Dog Detection Course for Guarda Civil et al Spain - 2009
Technical Advisor for the current Saddleworth Moor search
Lead Instructor - Disaster search dogs, Malaysian fire brigade 2010 / 2011
Lead Instructor - Helicopter familiarisation course, Malaysia search & rescue 2011