Experience

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  New Safe Working Pty Ltd

  • Central Coast

  • Principal Consultant

    • 2008 - Present
    • Central Coast

    Sharon provides comprehensive advice to organisations about their work health and safety (WHS) systems and training needs. As a SafeWork NSW Approved Training Provider and Nominated Trainer Sharon delivers high quality and engaging Health and Safety Representative (HSR) training. Management and worker feedback indicates very high satisfaction with the program outcomes, especially in building positive work relationships and safety culture. Sharon advises organisations and their management team on their WHS legal obligations. She actively promotes and encourages organisations to implement effective work health and safety management systems (WHSMS) that are tailored to their needs. Sharon is also an agent for an innovative online WHS compliance system solution. Online Compliance Systems (OCS) is mapped to AS4801, is suitable for all sized organisations and business structures and comes highly recommended. It's ease of use, affordability and power to drive forward the health and safety requirements can improve the bottom line of any organisation. Contact Sharon for detailed information or to schedule a demonstration of the system onsite or online.As a WHS/OHS professional, Sharon is skilled in complying with WHS legislation. With roles including auditing, identifying non-conformance, and providing advice and referrals for improvement. Sharon was audited by WorkCover NSW in 2014, receiving a successful result with no rectifications required. Sharon understands the audit process from the perspective of auditor and auditee, and will work management and workers to continuously improve their WHS/OHS systems and their safety culture. e: [email protected]

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  Australian Centre for Incident Investigation Management Solutions (ACIM Solutions)

  • Newcastle, Australia

  • Quality Assurance Manager

    • Mar 2016 - Present
    • Newcastle, Australia

    ACIM Solutions is a niche provider of learning and development programs that focus on investigation, compliance and emergency management programs at the Certificate IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma level. Their short course workshops complement these national qualifications with a range of staff development options for people who work in regulatory environments.Sharon contributes her expertise in ensuring that these national qualifications meet student, client and regulatory expectations. With a focus on quality, Sharon works closely with ACIM Solutions managers, trainers and assessors to ensure that ACIM Solutions policies, procedures and practices exceed expectations.

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  Hunter Institute of TAFE

  • Wyong NSW

  • Teacher Business

    • Jan 2007 - Present
    • Wyong NSW

    Sharon works closely with colleagues to provide a high quality learning experience for clients, on campus, online, and in the workplace. Her experience and skills are broad and include conducting training needs analysis; developing training and assessment resources and strategies; and mentoring colleagues e.g. mentoring project aimed at building capability and addressing VET legislation. Having worked in the vocational education and training (VET) sector for 25 years has enabled Sharon to understand the complexities of the competitive VET environment and the obligations to meet the national standards for registered training organisations.Sharon teaches a wide range of business competencies including MYOB, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WHS/OHS and environmental sustainability work practices. She coordinates and participates in assessment validation activities and other teaching and assessing roles including writing content for elearning resources. Sharon provides educational support to students in a number of ways e.g. she worked in a voluntary role as a national judge in the WorldSkills Australia Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) program - a series of work-simulated projects based on industry standard frameworks. As a VET professional, Sharon is skilled in complying with VET Standards for RTOs 2015. She regularly undertakes roles that have a quality control and quality assurance focus such as being an active member of the team that participated in a successful re-registration audit completed by the VET Regulator ASQA in 2014. Sharon and her professional mentoring partners Greg and Tanya were nominated in the 2013 Hunter TAFE Staff Awards for their role in mentoring colleagues in quality teaching and assessing practices. Sharon has been the recipient of many nominations and awards since joining TAFE NSW.

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  The Northern Sydney Institute - TAFE NSW

  • Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

  • Teacher Business Administration

    • 2003 - 2006
    • Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

    As a full-time teacher of Office Administration and Technology units of competency Sharon was committed to the 'end to end' quality educational service delivery to clients. She was the Project Manager of an assessment validation project, a TAFE NSW Quality Awards submission in 2006. Sharon was an active member of the College OHS Committee, often undertaking the secretarial role, and she was a regional judge in the Northern Sydney Regional WorldSkills Business Services competition. Sharon mentored the student who progressed to the national competition held in Melbourne in 2006, and who subsequently won the Bronze medal. Sharon was a national judge in the WorldSkills VETis (vocational education and training in schools) competition held in Darling Harbour in 2008. Sharon was the recipient of the Macquarie Fields TAFE College award for outstanding service to students/clients, and nominated for many other staff awards.

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  TAFE NSW - South Western Sydney Institute (SWSi)

  • Macquarie Fields campus

  • Teacher Business Administration

    • 1990 - 2002
    • Macquarie Fields campus

    Sharon's employment was varied and included full-time and part-time teaching roles as well as leading teams. Sharon was involved in many projects and programs related to adult learning:- Teacher Business and Information Technology- TAFEPlus Consultant (Senior Education Officer) providing Institute OHS training to industry clients- College OHS Convenor and member of SWS Institute OHS Strategy Sub-Committee- College Womens Strategy Officer- College REMS Coordinator- College Labour Market Programs Coordinator- College Special Events Coordinator (TAFE Open Days, Career Days)- College JSST Coordinator (now TVET) - Recipient of inaugural SWS Institute Staff Recognition Award for outstanding contribution to the delivery of services to students/clients. Nominated for other Institute awards.

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  Sole Trader Bookkeeping Services

  • South Western Sydney

  • Bookkeeper

    • 1985 - 2000
    • South Western Sydney

    Sharon provided a high level of accuracy and attention to detail to a number of clients for their business bookkeeping needs.

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  Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC now ANSTO)

  • Lucas Heights

  • Technical Assistant

    • 1974 - 1978
    • Lucas Heights

    Sharon's full-time role enabled her to provide technical assistance to professional and scientific staff in their computing activities; her experience included operating a mass spectrometer for specific tasks,.