Executive Committee
Australian Timber Trainers Association
The Executive Committee is elected each year on the last day of the annual ATTA Workshop. Nominations for executive committee positions are open to all current financial members.
The current committee members are as follows:
Bill Towie
President
Director of Towie Timber Training, a business specialising in safety and training Bill is a trained forester of 35 years, with experience in training resource development, and OHS policy formulation and implementation. Bill lives in Mandurah, WA.
Email: bill@ttimbertraining.com.au
June Dunleavy
Director
June is the general manager for Fitec Australia Pty Ltd and possesses a wealth of knowledge and over 15 years of managing Registered Training Organisations (RTO) including business, retail, and customer service qualifications to high risk training/licensing, workplace health and safety and more.
Rob Rule
Director
Rob is the manager of Timber Training Creswick, and has been involved with ATTA since 1999, including a stint as president of the association. Rob brings both management and timber processing expertise to the operations of ATTA.
Email: rob@timbertrainingcreswick.com.au
Kevin Nunn
Director
Kevin has worked in the timber industry for over 25 years in areas such as harvesting, production faller, machine operator before becoming a trainer in the industry. Kevin is currently Trainer/Assessor for Federation Training.
Adam Farquharson
Director
Adam is the head of department of forestry at the Forest Industry Training Centre (TAFE NSW Riverina Institute). His specialisations are forestry, harvesting and chainsaw operation. Adam lives at Tumut, NSW.
Heather May
Director
Heather is Managing Co-Director (along with husband Terry) of LVTAC which is a Registered Training Organisation focussing on harvesting and haulage, forest growing and management in statewide Victoria with 20 years of experience. Heather has also been an ATTA member for over 20 years.
Terri Towie
Secretary/Treasurer
Terri has had many years working in the mining industry as a Human Resources Consultant. With a postgraduate degree in Human Resources from Curtin University, Terri’s experience includes HR systems and process improvement strategies plus many other general HR practices. Terri live in Mandurah, Western Australia.
Email: secretary@atta.org.au
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