Technical Services Dept.
The Technical Services department of the Gitksan Government Commission is located at 4125 River Road, in the First Nations High School. Staff consists of Tony Seibert, P. Eng., Engineering and Capital Manager, Ken Morrison, Housing Inspector, and Roger Sterritt, Fire Training Coordinator (part time) with support from Diane McRae and Elizabeth Harris, Financial Resources. Vacant positions include Housing Coordinator and Maintenance Advisor.
Tony Seibert, P. Eng. has been a part of the Technical Services department for the past 11 years. His background includes 18 years of experience in civil engineering including design, construction inspection supervision, project management and administration in the field of structural and municipal engineering. He has worked on a variety of projects ranging from residential subdivision developments, retaining walls, on-site wastewater treatment and disposal, structural design and inspections, building renovations, and land use planning.
Ken Morrison, has filled the Housing Inspector position since June 10, 2002. Ken has worked as a carpenter, carpenter supervisor and construction supervisor and has 30 years of construction experience. Ken completed his formal housing inspector training through CMHC First Nations Inspectors Initiative, and in 1999 attended Malaspina University -College Cowichan Campus and completed the Building Inspector Training Program and is able to provide renovation and new home construction inspections and estimates. Ken is also a RRAP Inspector and has also taken, carpentry training, entrepreneurial training, local assistant to fire commissioner training, fire investigation cause determination training, and critical incident stress management and debriefing.
Roger Sterritt recently started on a part time basis, as Fire Training Coordinator. Roger is a member of the Gitanmaax Volunteer Fire Dept., and has approximately 18 years of fire fighting experience, and he has completed Justice Institute Firefighter Level 1 training. Roger is also a First Responder Level III provider and instructor, Swift Water Rescue Technician Level III. Roger is responsible for coordinating and managing the day to day issues for Firefighter Level I and First Responder Level III training for the 5 member Bands.
Our office keeps a copy of all records for each project including as-constructed drawings and all technical reports. A library of Operation and Maintenance manuals for each Band is also maintained, along with technical publications, manuals, and magazines. Library information, reports and drawing are available to Band Offices and membership for information and planning purposes.
The technical services also has survey equipment, flow measuring device, portable multi-gas monitors for confined space entry, water testing equipment, print machine (blueprints), M-scope leak detector, pipe laser, magnetic locator (pin finder), Arctic Blaster – water line thawing device, that are available to the member bands.