Chad Oldham

Full Name :
Chad Oldham

Position/Role:Trainer / Assessor

Years of Industry Experience:
20+ years

Specialist Skills

• Work Safely at Heights
• Enter and Work in Confined Space
• Gas Test Atmospheres
• Low Voltage Rescue and CPR
• Rail Corridor Safety
• First Aid and Emergency Response
• Forklift, Dogging, VLC, EWP, Gantry Crane
• High Voltage Switching

Career Background
Started as an apprentice linesman with Ergon Energy in 2004, progressing to Linesman/Cable Jointer. Delivered enterprise training, mentored apprentices, and supervised large crews. Transitioned to full-time training and assessment in 2020, delivering accredited and high-risk courses across mining, construction, and energy sectors.

Why I’ve chosen this career/what I get out of it or keeps me in it:
I enjoy building skills in others, seeing students gain confidence, and contributing to safer workplaces. I also enjoy the lightbulb moment when people realise that they can learn new skills

Fun Fact / Personal Interest:
I enjoy 4WD trips, exploring the outdoors and spending time with my family.

• Favourite Quote or Motto:
  Safety and skills go hand in hand.
• Most Memorable Training Moment:
  Watching a person who at age 63 and never driven a car, successfully learn the fundamentals for forklift operation.
• Passion for Training and Safety
  High voltage safety, emergency response, and practical skill development for new entrants to industry. (E.g., “empowering young apprentices” or “lifting safety”)
• Best Advice for Students:
  Focus on the fundamentals, they keep you safe and make the complex tasks easier.
• Biggest Career Achievement:
  Training and assessing across multiple industries after two decades of hands-on electrical and high-risk work. Being approached by peers in training and assessing and being asked “how can I better engage students/trainees?”
• If You Weren’t a Trainer, You’d Be…:
  Studying something in the electrical field power engineering maybe.