Our Staff

Chi Man Lau

Chi has worked as an independent contractor for many years specialising in RTO compliance, assessment validation, designing high quality customised training programs within the Transport and Logistics, Business Services and Training and Education Training Packages and delivering training and conducting assessment.

Chi holds a Bachelor of Education (Adult Education) Human Resource Development major, UTS; Certificate IV TAE and Certificate IV in Transport & Distribution (Road Transport). Chi has also worked for 10 years as a Principal Instructor for Safety Strategies Pty Ltd, a specialist provider of personal safety programs to the government and private sectors. Chi also holds a Master of Education (Adult Education).

A passionate trainer with a genuine interest in helping candidates, Chi is a great example to trainee trainers of what skills a well-rounded vocational trainer should possess.

Joanne Power

Joanne is one of our highly skilled team of TAE trainers and assessors. Based in Sydney, she is responsible for liaising with students regarding their assessments, training on a regular basis and is actively involved in continuous improvement strategies across the courses in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

Joanne comes from a workplace training background. She spent 12 years at Adecco Group where she worked her way up to be National Training Manager and was responsible for national training needs analysis, delivery and facilitation across the network of branches including sales, service delivery and product knowledge. Her previous positions have also included Training Co-ordinator at Clarins and senior HR positions in a number of large companies.

Jo holds the TAE40116 Cert IV in Training and Assessment. She also holds the Diploma of Vocational Education and Training qualification (TAE50111).

Joanna Gee

Joanna graduated with a Degree in Education from the University of Newcastle (1994) and a Masters in Education from the University of Sydney (2005). She spent the first few years of her teaching career as a foundation teacher in a new independent school north of Newcastle, followed by a stint overseas teaching for four years in London, before returning to Australia and teaching at St Catherine's School, Waverley and at Wahroonga Public School. Joanna also spent several years teaching undergraduate students in their final years of a Bachelor of Education degree at Macquarie University.

In 2001 she was the recipient of a NSW Minister for Education and Training and Australian College of Education Quality Teaching Award.

Joanna's strong interest in educational research and trends and in particular, her views on student centred learning and learning by doing, have helped to shape the unique TAE course that CBD College offers. As well as her degrees, Joanna holds her TAE40116 Cert IV in Training and Assessment. She is an assessor, and occasional trainer for CBD College in Sydney. She also holds the Diploma of Vocational Education and Training qualification (TAE50111) and the Diploma of Training Design and Development (TAE50211).

Dione Terrantroy

Dione has over twelve years’ experience as a Trainer and Assessor. She has a passion for teaching, a strong knowledge of the VET environment, and a desire to ensure her students have the best learning experience possible.

Prior to joining CBD College, Dione's most recent positions were at ET Australia and TAFE Digital where she delivered TAE, various qualifications in business and information technology, job readiness programs, pre-traineeship business programs, and tailored accredited and non-accredited workshops for various businesses. She was also responsible for the development of training and assessment materials for a newly released Business Services Training Package.

Dione also has over seven years management experience in 5-star hotels both here and in London. During her time in hospitality, she was responsible for teams of up to 50 staff, including overseeing staff development.

Dione’s qualifications include TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Diploma of Vocational Education and Training, Diploma of Training Design and Development, Certificate IV in Business Administration and Diploma of Human Resources Management.

Ian Freeman

Ian Freeman is the CBD College National WHS Training Manager and is a recognised OHS practitioner with the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS). He holds an Advanced Diploma in Work Health and Safety, an Advanced Diploma of Management, a Diploma of Hospitality Management and a Cert IV TAE.

Ian originally came from the hospitality industry where he spent many years as an OHS coordinator and Hospitality Manager. Since then, Ian has had extensive experience training Advanced Diploma, Diploma and Cert IV WHS as well as Diploma and Cert IV Hospitality management. This strong training background has seen him develop skills in mentoring students, designing and delivering off site training workshops and developing training and assessment material for Certificate III to Advanced Diploma level classes.

Ian is also the OHS Coordinator for our Melbourne campus and is responsible for completing safety audits, risk assessments and producing health, safety and wellbeing programs for internal and external stakeholders. He is also responsible for WHS resource development.

Omid Aria

Omid is an experienced trainer within the VET sector and is part of our WHS team running the Construction Induction Training (White Card) in Sydney. Omid has spent the last 6 years within the VET sector training in insurance work injury/worker's compensation, investigations as well as WHS consulting. Prior to this, Omid worked as a safety consultant, advisor, investigator, trainer and surveillance team leader.

Omid holds a Certificate IV in Government Investigation, Certificate IV in work Health and Safety and Certificate III in Investigative Services. Omid also holds a current First Aid and White Card.

Natarsha Krug

Natarsha’s desire to work within an adult learning environment led her into the VET sector in 2007.  She started her full time employment with CBD College in early 2018 and has been an invaluable asset to the TAE team. In June 2022, Natarsha accepted a 6 month opportunity to relocate to the Tiwi Islands to join the Tiwi Island Training and Education Board as a pre-training co-ordinator and LLND specialist. The role involved designing diagnostic assessment tools and undertaking a scoped Literacy and Numeracy assessment of community members across the two islands. This extended to Natarsha creating learning pathways to increase their Literacy, Numeracy and capacity/capability to gain employment.

Her past roles as a Trainer and Assessor have enabled her to develop an expertise of Education and Training in the VET sector. Natarsha has trained and assessed courses at Certificate II, III, IV, Diploma levels and has also been responsible for developing curriculum for these courses. Natarsha has delivered customised courses in General Education for Adults, English & ESL, Microsoft Office package, Time Management, Customer Service and Workplace Skills, drawing on her experience in teaching English, Disability Support, Retail, Recruitment, Business, Leadership & Management, Trainer and Assessor and Store Management.

Natarsha has a passion for teaching adults and is an experienced facilitator in both classroom and online learning contexts. With her calm demeanour, empathetic approach, and endless patience she strives to make the learning experience enjoyable and enriching for all students.

Her qualifications include: Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (TAE50111), Diploma of Training Design and Development (TAE50211), Diploma of Leadership and Management (BSB50420), Certificate IV in Training and Education (TAE40116), Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Natarsha is currently completing a Diploma of Counselling (CHC51015) and a Bachelor of Adult Learning and Development. Other quals include a Cert IV in Leadership and Management (BSB42015) , Cert IV in Business (BSB40215) and a Cert IV in Business Administration (BSB40507).