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Chief Executive Officer 

TBA

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Diane Smith

Industry Consultant

Diane is a returning employee of the Training Council having worked with the Light Manufacturing and Forestry Industries for approximately seven years from 2009 to 2016.  Diane has more than 20 years experience in high level administration positions including policy development, project management and industry engagement.  Diane’s experience in vocational education and training has included the provision of strategic advice to Government on a range of current and emerging training, labour market and workforce development issues, national VET curriculum changes, apprenticeship and traineeship pathways and VET delivered to secondary school students.

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Diane has completed a Bachelor of Business Degree from Curtin University of Western Australia, majoring in Human Resource Management with a minor in Industrial Advocacy.

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Diane's work with the Training Council covers the following sectors:

• Animal Care & Management

• Conservation & Land Management

• Food & Beverage (incl. seafood & meat processing)

• Horticulture

• Rural Production

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Bernadette Amos

Industry Consultant

Bernadette has worked in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector since 2009. She has experience working with International Students, Accredited Courses and State and Federal funding processes across the sector and has held quality and compliance roles within these areas for some time. Whilst in the VET space Bernadette has worked across a number of industries, including Process Manufacturing, Electrical Instrumentation, Community Services, Health and Fitness and Business. She is very much looking forward to learning more about the industries that the Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council represents and using her knowledge to collaborate on effective solutions for some of the training and workforce challenges that the industries may be currently facing.

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Bernadette's work with the Training Council covers the following sectors:

• Furnishing

• Forest and Forest Products

• Textiles, Clothing and Footwear