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CavSoft Technology Pty Ltd Paul Funnell |
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Paul qualified as a Plumber in 1969. He completed his training and advanced his studies in Business and Financial. Management.
In 1981 Paul was appointed a part time University Lecturer in Engineering Services, a position he enjoyed for 14 years when he retired to pursue his desire to travel and teach the art of estimating accurately through his Estimating Seminars
In 1980, Paul founded his own company as a Design Engineer for residential, commercial, high-rise and office buildings as well as tourist resort developments in North Queensland. After celebrating his 20th year in business Paul moved on to concentrate on presenting his Estimating Seminars full time in the USA, Australia and NZ.
In 1994 Paul established a software company for the purpose of designing and developing software for the Building Industry. However, its success has led to many other solutions as illustrated by the CavSoft Technology Home Page. The software products include Paul's won the Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence in 2000 and 2001, and represented Australia in the World IT Championships.
Paul Funnell, has expended the Estimating courses to include electrical, building and other sub trades, His methods and systems are used in all TAFE colleges throughout Australia.
Paul is the Author of the Reference/Textbooks 'ESTIMATING FOR PLUMBERS' and 'PIPE SIZING FOR BUILDING SERVICES' He also wrote and published 'In Spite of My Eyes' This autobiography is inspirational to those who want to succeed.
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| Plumbing, Drainage and Gas Fitting, | Graduated 1969 |
| Plumbing Supervisory Course. . | Graduated 1976 |
| Full Time Estimator | 1972 to 1977 |
| Certificate in Business Management | 1980 |
| Design Engineer | 1977 to 1998 |
| Rostrum Public Speaking | 1979 to 1995 |
| Part time University Lecturer in Engineering Services | 1981 to 1994 |
| Served on the Curriculum Advisory Committee | 1982 |
| Key note speaker – First World Plumbing Conference Sydney | 1983 |
| IoP President | 1982 to 1986 |
| Federal Councillor IoP “Education” | 1982 to 1986 |
| Chairman By-Laws Committee | 1984 to 1987 |
| Author of “Estimating for Plumbers” Sold 4,000 copies | 1992 |
| Chairman Curriculum Advisory Committee | 1992 to 1993 |
| Key note speaker International Plumbing Conference Perth | 1996 |
| Key note speaker Fourth World Plumbing conference Chicago USA | 1996 |
| Run over 110 Estimating Seminars, Australia, NZ and USA 4,500 attendees | 1992 to 2002 |
| Designed and developed “Sharp Estimator” software program | 1995 |
| Winner of the Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence Building and Construction software | 2000 and 2001 |
| Designed and developed pipe sizing software for AutoCAD | 2003 |
| Awarded Life Membership of the AHSCA for services to the plumbing industry over 25 years. | August 2003 |
| Appointed to the Building Disputes Tribunal for 3 years | December 2003 to 2009 |
| Author of the textbook book "Pipe Sizing for Building Services." | February 2005 |
| Designed and Developed 'Sports Director' - Lawn Bowls software | October 2006 |
| Designed and redeveloped Student's Notebook - Writer's Notebook | June 2007 |
| Designed and developed CavSoft Professional & Service Work -Lite | June 2008 |
| Designed and developed the Lawn bowls online Results & Leader board | For Major Tournaments |