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Training course along with all the advance training courses within the same year whilst being active as a Special Task Force instructor by the next selection course. He was also extensively involved in developing various courses for the SAPS specialised units within the SAPS as well as other units. As an operational member of the Special Task Force for 10 years, Corne was involved in numerous operations which included the release of hostages from buildings, a hijacked aircraft, the release of kidnapped hostages, apprehending armed and dangerous criminals, rescuing flood victims, joint cross-border operations to destroy arms caches as well as protecting a number of foreign dignitaries on official visits to South Africa. Corne left the unit in 2004 to join TSU. In 2006 Corne joined Vodacom as a TSU CPO for the Chief Executive Officer. In 2009 he was also appointed as the Manager for VIP Protection where he was responsible for all Vodacom’s VIP protection related activities. During his time at Vodacom he was also deployed to Tanzania as an “in-house” security manager. Here Corne was responsible for handling all the security related issues, managing the security service providers and ensuring the safety and security of all expatriates. He was also involved in all health and safety projects including the establishment of emergency evacuation procedures. Corne re-joined the TSU operations side till August 2018. As training has always been his passion, he got the opportunity to join Michael Baker International (SALLYPORT), later Caliburn as mentor-trainer. He was extensively involved with helping to align all training of Sallyport and the IAF to support the operational and organisational objectives of the Balad Airforce Base F16 programme. Some of his duties entailed the planning, development, organising, coordination as well as to present all training, retraining, internal training and evaluation of personnel. He also had to identify training needs and manage maintenance of training standards and qualifications, ensure that training aligns with international standards and phenomena, coordinate and evaluate research material as well as planning and coordinating operational simulation and combined exercises with other departments. In 2020 he returned to TSU as an instructor. Corne’s logical and methodical approach to achieving tasks and objectives along with the vast range of skills he has obtained throughout his career, is the reason why he is one of the best Instructors in the world. He is an excellent leader and communicator who knows how to develop and implement effective processes that achieves required objectives successfully.