About ATTA

The Australian Timber Trainers Association was formed in 1992, and grew out of a need for trainers in the forest and forest products industry to meet and discuss important issues and developments in the industry.

ATTA provides a voice for the trainers and assessors who work in registered training organisations, TAFE colleges, partnerships and as sole trader contractors, and has members in all states and territories throughout Australia.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is elected each year on the last day of the annual ATTA Workshop.

The current committee members are as follows:

	Ian McLeod (President) is the managing director of McLeod Training Organisation, based in Cairns, Queensland, and is also a director of Safety Management Systems International, Cairns, and Southern Training Organisation, based in Eden, NSW. Ian lives in Cairns. Email: ian@industrytraining.org
	Bill Towie (Vice President) is a trained forester of 30 years and is the safety and training consultant for the Forest Products Commission of Western Australia. Bill is involved in training resource development, and OHS policy formulation and implementation. Bill lives in Mandurah, WA. Email: bill.towie@fpc.wa.gov.au
	Charlie Waites (Treasurer) is the chief executive officer of Southern Training Organisation, based in Eden, NSW. His areas of interest include risk management, accident and incident investigation, communications, and team building in the forest industries. Charlie lives in Eden. Email: charlie@southerntraining.com.au
	David McElvenny (Secretary) is the chief executive officer of Workspace Training, based in Sydney. His main areas of activity are training resource development, both in print-based and e-learning formats, workplace training and OHS consultation. David lives in Sydney. Email: david@workspacetraining.com.au
	Rob Rule is the general manager of Timber Training Creswick, a private training provider that conducts training in sawmilling, wood machining, sawdoctoring, forest growing and management and timber manufactured products. Rob lives in Creswick, Victoria. Email: rob@timbertrainingcreswick.com.au
	Bluey (Brian) Bettles is a chainsaw trainer and assessor with the National Industry Skills Training Centre in Wodonga, Victoria. He is also involved in timber harvesting, chainsaw carving, OHS for forestry workers and environmental care. Bluey lives in Mt Beauty, Vic. Email: bbettles@wodonga.tafe.edu.au
	Stuart Rayson is a chainsaw specialist with LITA (Logging Investigation and Training Association), based in Mount Gambier, South Australia. He carries out training in chainsaw, pilesaw, brushcutter, mobile chipper and quicksaw operation. Stuart lives in Mt Gambier. Email: stuartray@seol.net.au
	Greg Howard runs a forestry consultancy company called Timber Training Tasmania. His main areas of business are forest harvesting training and assessment, forest practices, occupational health and safety, and accident investigation. Greg lives in Scottsdale, Tas. Email: timbertrain@bigpond.com