Career History & Qualifications

Dog related experience and qualifications

D4Dog Professional Walking, Training and Behavioural Support 1/11/21 – Date – Owner

D4Dog Professional Dog Walking – 4/5/21 – 31/10/21 – Owner

Membership of Professional Bodies

Member of the Guild of Dog Trainers

Professional Dog Trainer Instructor

Qualifications & Continuous Professional Development

-CIDBT – Breed Specific Canine Behaviour Studies for Professionals – September 2025

-CIDBT – Advanced Higher Certificate in Canine Behavior Practice & Aggression Studies – October 2024

-IMDT Level 3 – Learning, Motivation and Reinforcement – Understanding and working with Canine Behaviour -December 2023

-IMDT Breed & Predatory Motor Patterns -Webinar

-IMDT Canine Adolescence – Webinar

-IMDT Learning Theory Explained – Webinar

-IMDT 2 Day Career As A Dog Trainer Course

-DogSafe Level 2 Canine First Aid 2021 & 2025

Education related career & Qualifications

2011-2021 South Dartmoor Community College (& Atrium Studio School)

  • Assistant Principal – Head of 6th Form
  • Assistant Principal – Deputy Head of 6th Form
  • Director Of Vocational & Applied Learning
  • Teacher – Classics, Sociology, Psychology, Health & Social Care, Politics, EPQ

2009-11 Plymouth Diploma Partnership

  • Plymouth Diploma Partnership Manager
  • Society, Health and Development Line lead

1994 – 2009 Hele’s School

  • Post 16 Senior Tutor
  • Head of Health and Social Care & Society, Health and Development
  • Teacher – Sociology, Health and Social Care, Society Health & Development

Teign and Plym Adult Education

Adult Education Tutor – A level History & Sociology

Additional roles

Post 16 Safeguarding Lead

SSAT Lead Practitioner- supporting Teachers across the South West to deliver Health & Social Care & Society Health & Development

AQA Examiner – A level Sociology

Edexcel Senior Moderator – Society Health & Development Level 1-3

Edexcel Trainer – Society Health & Development Level 1-3

OCR Moderator – Health & Social Care

Qualifications

Adult Education Tutor

Advanced Certificate in Educational Management – University of Leicester

PGCE – History & Classics – University of Exeter

BA Honours – History & Social Science – University of Exeter