Training Department

Emily Falson

Position: Training Manager

Emily’s passion for quality education and training has seen her work with the Salvation Army Youthlink in Sydney to delivery hospitality and life skills programmes to at risk youths; consult to ‘hatted’ restaurants in Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney; work closely with and develop job search techniques for new migrants to Sydney, and design the curriculum, operational and assessment systems for Sydney’s’ busiest purpose built coffee training centre.

When planning her ‘tree change’, Emily was thrilled to find a college who shares the same values as hers when it comes to the inspirational and flexible nature of programme delivery, participation, access and a ‘fair-go’ policy for all approach. She just had to work there!

Qualifications: B. Sci B.Arts Hons, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA)

Carmel Fairall

Position:  Program Coordinator

Carmel is a born-and-bred local, having grown up in Nyngan.  A qualified chef who has spent a number of years in the hospitality industry, Carmel made the career change to education and training in 2008 and hasn’t looked back.

As Program Co-ordinator, it’s Carmel’s job to organise all courses and trainers for Western College’s Personal Interest Course and Professional Course guides, as well as overseeing the co-ordination of tailored training programs.

It is part Carmel’s position to assist the community by providing a range of different courses according to community / student demands – a role she finds thoroughly satisfying: “It is so pleasing to see people gain so much personal development and satisfaction from our courses, whether through our lifestyle programs or employment-related programs.”

As well as her professional qualifications as a chef, Carmel holds a Certificate IV in Business and has recently completed her Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

Carmel was named winner of Employee of the Year at the 2009 Rhino Outstanding Business Awards.

Qualifications: Certificate IV in Business, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE)

Zane Rezveska

Position: Training Coordinator

Born in Latvia – a beautiful country in Eastern Europe near the Baltic Sea – Zane has been with Western College since early in 2011, when she took up the position of Training Administrator. Prior to immigrating to Australia, Zane followed a career in office management and marketing with multinational pharmaceuticals corporation Pfizer.  Zane’s is a very important role within the college, as she is responsible for the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP).

I enjoy the positive atmosphere that Western College provides to students and staff,” says Zane, who holds a Bachelor of Theology and Religion Sciences as well as a Certificate III in Business and a Certificate IV in Business.

Qualifications: B. Human Sciences (Theology and Religion Science), Certificate III in Business, Certificate IV in Business