Nicole acts as an RTO Consultant for Safety Wise Solutions and will advise on the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Registered Training Organisation requirements.

Nicole started as an Occupational Therapist treating work injured personnel before moving to focus on preventive programs and active safety management. Nicole has a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Science – Occupational Therapy and a Masters degree in Occupational Safety and Health. She holds a certificate 4 in Training and Assessment.

Nicole held several positions providing development and auditing services to the medical and education sectors. She has provided consultant occupational health and safety and training services to a range of industries including mining, automotive, construction and telecommunications.

Nicole assisted in the development and implementation of the Australian Army Aviation risk management model. She then worked at Civil Aviation Safety Authority as a safety promotions specialist where she developed the Systems of Safety Management and delivered workshops in its application to general aviation.

Nicole lectured at Edith Cowan University in Occupational Safety and Health at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has published several papers and has conducted workshops and seminars across Australia, in Canada and the UK.

She has developed extensive knowledge / experience in the following areas:

- Application of behavioural sciences, systems of safety management and human factors principles
- Development of educational tools and facilitating workshops for safety management application
- Designing and implementing safety programs
- Compliance and surveillance activities including system and risk audits
- Incident investigations
- Developing, implementing and assessing regulations
- Integrated Management Systems training
- Risk assessments for remediation activities conducted in hazardous environments