Our Staff - TAE and WHS
TAE
Dione Terrantroy - Long Course Training Manager
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...
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 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.
Leyla Rahimi
Leyla is an experienced educator with over 20 years’ experience in the field of education and people development. Leyla is passionate about training individuals how to train and be the best trainer they can be. Leyla has worked both nationally and internationally delivering and designing educational programs...
Leyla is an experienced educator with over 20 years’ experience in the field of education and people development. Leyla is passionate about training individuals how to be the best trainer they can be.
Leyla has worked both nationally and internationally delivering and designing educational programs for the workplace and academia. She has spent time working in Bhutan, China, Nepal and Myanmar doing various educational projects. Leyla says Bhutan was her favourite working destination as she loved the people, the culture, the hospitality of the place and the way of life. Bhutan measures their success against the Gross Happiness Index rather than GDP, something that appeals to Leyla!
Leyla’s qualifications include Cert IV in Training and Assessment, Advanced Diploma of Business, Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management, Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning), Master of Education and Bachelor of Science.
Sean Kelly
Sean has nearly 20 years’ experience as a Trainer and Assessor with a focus on TAE since 2015. He has a passion for evidence-based Training and Assessment practice with a focus on transformative adult education and training. Prior to joining CBD College, Sean delivered TAE Training and Assessment across...
Sean has nearly 20 years’ experience as a Trainer and Assessor with a focus on TAE since 2015. He has a passion for evidence-based Training and Assessment practice with a focus on transformative adult education and training.
Prior to joining CBD College, Sean delivered TAE Training and Assessment across a range of TAFEs and private RTOs. He has also designed and delivered programs in Business, Cultural Arts, Financial Services and Foundation skills.
Prior to becoming a Vocational Trainer, Sean pursued professional roles in quantitative analysis, academic research, strategic consulting and stakeholder education and communications.
Sean’s qualifications include Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Diploma of Vocational Education and Training, Diploma of Training Design and Development, Graduate Diploma of Adult LLN Practice, Diploma Financial Services, BA (Hons).
Diedre Moore
Diedre has twenty years’ experience as a VET Trainer and Assessor specialising in Training and Assessment and Business Services qualifications. She has an enthusiastic and encouraging approach in motivating learners to build upon their skills, knowledge and experience to achieve new outcomes. Prior to joining CBD College, Diedre worked with TAFE...
Diedre has twenty years’ experience as a VET Trainer and Assessor specialising in Training and Assessment and Business Services qualifications. She has an enthusiastic and encouraging approach in motivating learners to build upon their skills, knowledge and experience to achieve new outcomes.
Prior to joining CBD College, Diedre worked with TAFE NSW delivering TAE and Human Resource Management qualifications. She has also worked with a range of private and public sector organisations and RTOs to design and deliver Business qualifications and a range of skills training.
Diedre’s qualifications include Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Diploma of Vocational Education and Training , Diploma of Training Design and Development, Diploma of Business, Diploma of Human Resource Management, Diploma of Leadership and Management, Master of Education (Adult Education) and Bachelor of Business.
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 board...
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, Diploma of Training Design and Development, Diploma of Leadership and Management, Certificate IV in Training and Education, Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Natarsha is currently completing a Diploma of Counselling and a Bachelor of Adult Learning and Development. Other quals include a Certificate IV in Leadership and Management, Certificate IV in Business and a Certificate IV in Business Administration.
WHS
Omid Aria
Omid is an experienced trainer within the VET sector and is part of our WHS team delivering the Diploma and Certificate IV in WHS on Zoom and in Sydney. He also delivers our Construction Induction Training (White Card) in Sydney. Omid is passionate about creating and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment which is why he enjoys training WHS each day...
Nicole Mesic
Nicole has been working in Work Health and Safety for over 10 years in a range of high-risk industries (construction, telecommunications installations and intralogistics). Her areas of expertise include coaching and development, design, development and delivery of training, Management systems (Quality, Safety & Environment), reporting and statistics...
Omid is an experienced trainer within the VET sector and is part of our WHS team delivering the Diploma and Certificate IV in WHS on Zoom and in Sydney. He also delivers our Construction Induction Training (White Card) in Sydney. Omid is passionate about creating and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment which is why he enjoys training WHS each day!
Prior to joining CBD College, Omid spent 9 years training and assessing in the wider VET Sector in qualifications such as insurance work injury/worker's compensation and investigations. Omid has also worked as a safety consultant, advisor, investigator, surveillance team leader and a WHS consultant.
Omid holds a Certificate IV in Government Investigation, Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety, Diploma of Work Health and Safety, ICAM (Incident Cause Analysis Method) and Certificate III in Investigative Services. Omid also holds a current High Risk License, First Aid and White Card.
Nicole has been working in Work Health and Safety for over 10 years in a range of high-risk industries (construction, telecommunications installations and intralogistics). Her areas of expertise include coaching and development, design, development and delivery of training, Management systems (Quality, Safety & Environment), reporting and statistics, subcontractor management, incident management, auditing, implementing safety management software and facilitating communication and consultation arrangements in collaboration with all stakeholders to foster positive work health and safety behaviours.
Nicole holds a Graduate Certificate in WHS, Diploma & Cert IV WHS, Lead Auditor in ISO45001 WHS Management Systems, ICAM and of course a Cert IV in TAE.