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12 December 2006
CAPT Michael Carston was awarded the Human Resource Institute of New Zealand Young HR Practitioner of the Year for 2006, which was announced in Wellington last week. The Regional Award winners will now go on to the national HRINZ Awards in February 2007.
CAPT Carston is an industrial psychologist based at Trentham Military Camp. He greatly impressed the regional judging panel for this award, which was introduced (nationally) this year to acknowledge and encourage the work of New Zealand’s emerging HR talent.
CAPT Carston’s development and implementation of a critical incident stress management response plan for the 2nd Land Force Group, was seen as an excellent example of innovation.
The Critical Incident Stress Management response plan that CAPT Carston designed was aimed to minimise the potential impact on individuals following serious incidents. This process has had an immediate and effective impact on the way the NZ Army now prepares for and responds to critical incidents.
CAPT Carston joined the New Zealand Army Training Group as an assistant psychologist in 2001, and then from 2003 to 2005 he served as an organisational psychologist at 2 LFG at Linton Military Camp.
In 2003 Captain Carston also commenced work as an organisational psychologist with the Special Air Service, a role he continues to perform.
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