Andrew has tertiary qualifications in Economics, Marketing and a diploma in Finance. Andrew started in the Agricultural Chemical industry in the 1980’s. He has lived in NSW and QLD and has been involved in summer and winter cropping and sheep and cattle production. He also worked in global product management & marketing roles in Switzerland and after returning to Australian agriculture has worked in ag consulting and his current training roles with ChemCert & Agsafe.

Andy is an experienced commercial beef/lamb producer and property owner (Braidwood) since 1983. He is also an experienced work place trainer and assessor for 24 years. Previously Andy was a contract chemical sprayer for 8.5 years, the Cattle Coordinator/Director of the Southern Tablelands Beef Cooperative, establishing best practice management in beef production/marketing.

Frank is our turf and horticulture specialist and has over forty years of experience as a greenkeeper and a horticulturalist. He has held pivotal roles within the turf industry including being Vice President of the NSW Bowling Greenkeepers Association and a Life Member of the Sports Turf Association of NSW.

With a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Education), Graeme has spent his career teaching agriculture at a specialist Agricultural High School , operating and managing two farms at the school. He currently is both a Chemcert Trainer (since 1995) and assessor of hail damage claims for insurance companies. Although retired from school teaching he maintains a keen interest in education and enhancing career possibilities in food and fibre industries in Australia.

Leon has a worked with ChemCERT since 2021 bringing experience from his upbringing on a vineyard in Sunraysia, a decade in genetics and animal health with thoroughbred studs across Australia, and his mixed farming operation where he and his family currently reside in Northeast Victoria. He has also spent the best part of the last decade delivering ag courses to school-based students and mature aged public alike. This range of industry experience helps Leon engage with a wide variety of clients across Victoria and southern NSW.

John’s qualifications include an Advanced Diploma in Farm Management, a Bachelor of Teaching in Adult Education and Training and a degree in journalism. He spent 20 years farming growing wheat, oats, barley and pulses in conjunction with a merino sheep breeding enterprise. He has vast experience in the sheep and wool industry and the performance breeding of sheep and cattle. He has spent the last 20 years teaching Agriculture and Primary Industires in High Schools across NSW. John began working for ChemCERT 20 years ago and has just returned as an online trainer.

Paige has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Agronomy); a Cert IV in Frontline Management and a Cert IV in Training and Assessment. Paige was one of the SafeWork SA Augusta Zadow Award winners in 2022. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, with her husband and three children, Paige also runs a broadacre and sheep farm in the Mid-North. She returned to her home state in 2019 after a 20-year career in the finance, government, and healthcare sectors across the Eastern states of Australia. With this first-hand experience through multiple industries, Paige is well placed to work with a diverse range of clients. Paige Cross is also the managing director of Cross Country Management, a consulting firm focused on business coaching, project management and training and facilitation in rural and regional areas of Australia.