About Narbil
Narbil Training
Narbil Training was founded in November 2006 by Bill and Narelle Guinea.
As only the second online provider of White Cards in Australia, the company serviced every state in Australia and originally offered their services 24/7.
Bill and Narelle’s youngest son John joined the team in November 2007 to assist in the rapidly expanding business operations.
As the company continued to grow beyond expectations, Bill and Narelle’s daughter-in-law Vanessa was seconded to assist with all things administrative and general day to day operations.
Having recently sold his and Vanessa’s business, second son Joe joined the Narbil staff in January 2009.
2012 saw the first business expansion into online delivery of RSA / RSG.
This initial expansion gained further momentum in 2013 when online delivery of Food Safety and Food Hygiene went live.
2014 proved to be a pivotal year in the companies growth as construction behemoth Bechtel announced the construction of 3 Liquified Nitrogen plants in Gladstone Harbour valued at 80 billion dollars.
This forced the company to rapidly transition from delivering exclusively online training to a classroom based face to face model.
Further, the Directors were charged with a rapid expansion of their scope of delivery where they moved in workplace safety and High Risk Work Licences.
Since those halcyon days, the company now employs 13 staff across numerous roles (IT / Business Development / Trainees / Compliance) and continues to expand their scope of delivery on an at least annual basis.
Narbil is most proud of the fact that they remain firmly grounded and continue to support the local community that supports them via sponsorships, donations and contributions to a variety of organisations, clubs and community groups.
Ethics & Morals
As a family owned and operated company, Narbil Training’s continuing successes have been founded on its four pillars of:
Respect
The rights, privacy and dignity of ALL persons involved in the organisation (staff, clients, stakeholders, volunteers, suppliers, etc.).
Excellence
Narbil Training strives to provide excellence in all facets of their operation. This is achieved via an unwavering commitment to continuously improving, pursuance of creativity and innovation and relentless devotion to customer satisfaction.
Accountability
Our organisation takes ownership of all decisions, and transparently accepts any and all consequences.
Compassion
We strive to demonstrate genuine kindness and care for the livelihoods of all individuals, companies and others who come into contact with our business.
Narbil Staff
Narbil is a Small Business that employ’s Trainers to teach the community the abilities required to work within various industries within Gladstone. Narbil prides on having inclusive and friendly environment with its trainers having a large amount of experience teaching & training people of various backgrounds and education levels.
Narbil has experience in educating young individuals, by hiring them in traineeships. This allows young individuals to learn skills and gain experience in how businesses work. This allows them to further develop and to decide what career they’d like to pursue in life.
Joe Guinea
Position Title: Chief Operating Officer
Joe Guinea is a passionate facilitator, with an extensive background in education. Having worked with school students of all ages for over a decade, Joe transitioned into the world of adult learning, beginning his journey as a trainer and assessor over 5 years ago.
Joe holds a Bachelor of Teaching earned at Central Queensland University. Joe also holds various other diplomas and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, along with various related High Risk Work Licenses and numerous safety and technical Competencies.
Joes role as an RTO Director has provided Joe with the opportunities of gaining a deep and thorough understanding of the VET system and its ongoing requirement to maintaining current knowledge and skill on the topic.
This same opportunity has also allowed Joe to be intimately involved with large organisations within several different industries. From upper management personnel to tradespersons. This has allowed Joe’s management skills to continue to evolve and expand.
In his spare time, Joe enjoys spending time with family and friends, catching live music and following his beloved Brisbane Broncos.
Contact: joeg@narbiltraining.edu.au
John Guinea
Position Title: Chief Executive Officer
John is a highly motivated and experienced facilitator specialising in high risk and safety training. John has a lot of knowledge and years working in the industry. He is a qualified Electrical Fitter Mechanic, holds a Certificate IV in Training & Assessment along with numerous diploma’s including Business & Management. He is also an Accredited Assessor with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland with large experience in various units available at the Narbil. John was the individual that allowed Narbil to switch from an online training facility into one of Gladstone’s first class training facilities.
John has the ability to connect with and engage various audiences, ranging from new starters entering the Industry to experienced individuals hoping to broaden their knowledge. He has a particular talent for drawing people into the group and creating inclusive training environments. As an intuitive facilitator, he possesses the ability to solve problems and undertake challenges using good judgement and known parameters.
John enjoys in his downtime shooting guns, karate, video games and spending time with this family.
Contact: johng@narbiltraining.edu.au
Vanessa Guinea
Position Title: Administration Manager
Vanessa is our Administration Manager and has been with Narbil Training since 2008. Vanessa is our courses scheduler, and works closely with our corporate clients to ensure their training needs are met. She is also our Accounts Manager, and our first point of contact for our Construction Skills Queensland funding contract. She loves the challenge of her busy position; keeping our clients happy is her ultimate goal.
In her spare time Vanessa loves to shop, and wine & dine. She is a huge NRL fan, and loves the mighty Brisbane Broncos!
Contact: vanessag@narbiltraining.edu.au
Kiah Guinea
Position Title: Administration Support
Kiah is our Administration Assistant and has been part of the Narbil Team since leaving high school. She joined the business in 2016, and looks after all of our course enrolments. Kiah is the first point of contact for the business and is a very valued team member.
Kiah coaches junior basketball in her spare time, loves to watch rugby league, enjoys the great outdoors and spending time with friends & family.
Contact: kiahg@narbiltraining.edu.au
Melissa Pittolo
Position Title: Administration Coordinator
Mel joined the Narbil team in March 2021, and has been working in Administration for the last 20 years in varied roles. Mel has a strange love for compliance and auditing, which is great for the team. Mel has previously worked in an RTO and brings knowledge of Certificate qualifications, Certificate III Guarantee & VETIS funding. She also has a keen eye for the details.
In her spare time Mel enjoys the beach, camping, shopping, music, gardening, and mostly spending time with her family.
Contact: melissap@narbiltraining.edu.au
Kay Simpson (Mumma Kay)
Position Title: Administration Assistant
Kay immigrated to Australia in 1983 and opened CQ Fishing and Diving in Tank St in 1986 and then moved to the Healthcare sector in 1995 working between Red Cross Blood Service and Gladstone Base Hospital.
She has also spent 9 years in the construction industry starting as a Peggy and then moving into safety as a member of the Hazard Reduction Team (HRT) gaining her Cert IV in Workplace Health and Safety.
The HRT was the winner of the Shell Golden Hard Hat Award (Worldwide) in 2014
After leaving the construction industry has worked in a number of administration roles and retail positions where she gained her Certificate III in Business Administration.
Kay enjoys spending time with family and creating gastronomic delights for friends and family.
Contact: kays@narbiltraining.edu.au
Cameron Larner
Position Title: Compliance Manager
Cameron has 20 years experience working in the Construction industry undertaking a broad range of roles and began his Training career in 2015.
In his spare time Cameron loves being outdoors fishing, camping and gardening. Cam also has a passion for martial arts and is currently studying Jiu Jitsu.
Contact: cameronl@narbiltraining.edu.au
Nathan Cutts
Position Title: High Risk Trainer & Assessor
Having recently completed his Certificate IV in training and assessment, Nathan is one of the newest recruits to the ever-diversifying team here at Narbil Training
Nathan is a born and raised Gladstone local. Having completed an apprenticeship, he is a fully trade qualified Boilermaker that has worked on projects all over the local region and Australia. Nathan’s background is in the construction and heavy industrial maintenance sectors. He also has an extensive portfolio of High Risk Work Licenses and Nationally recognized training.
Nathan is particularly passionate about passing on the industry relative knowledge he has gained throughout the years, and this shows in his approach to teaching in the classroom.
Nathan enjoys spending time fishing, his kids and loves supplying dad jokes to the team.
Contact: nathanc@narbiltraining.edu.au
Tim Keen
Position Title: Trainer Assessor
Tim’s background is quite diverse. Starting off in the construction industry in 2003 as a shopfitter/carpenter. After finishing his apprenticeship, he moved into teaching, youth work and then Training and Assessing in 2017 over various roles before moving across to us at Narbil in March of 2023.
Originally from the South Coast of NSW Tim also has 5 years of Surf lifesaving under his belt.
Aside from playing drums for multiple bands and artists in Gladstone, in his spare time Tim enjoys surfing, skating, camping, gardening and spending time with his partner, dogs, family and friends.
Contact: timothyk@narbiltraining.edu.au
Allison Cole
Having recently completed her Certificate IV in training and assessment, Allie is one of the newest recruits to Narbil Training
Justin Western
Position Title: Trainer Assessor
Justin is a Qualified Boiler Maker and Scaffolder and holds approx. 30 years’ construction experience. He has worked across many different sectors within the industry starting out as young as 18 year old. In this time he has worked in many different and challenging environments and has had the opportunity to work with not all but most access systems Australia has to offer, he has now taken a new career path joining the Narbil team to become a Trainer Assessor.
He looks forward to be able to pass on his industry knowledge and help mentor the next generation of people looking to enter into the industry or those that are looking to upskill on their current competencies. In his spare time he likes to go camping with his wife, attend concerts and values quality family time.
Contact: justinw@narbiltraining.edu.au
Luke Rowe
Originally from South Australia, moved to Central QLD in 1996 and started my working career as a mechanic in 2005 before moving in to industry as a mechanical/fixed plant fitter in 2010 until 2023. I have worked on most sites in gladstone and various other places around Australia.
I am excited to pass on my extensive range of industry knowledge and experience, and help others to gain relevant skills to advance their careers or enter the work force.
I love spending quality time with my family and friends, surfing, cars, motorbikes, gardening and travelling.
Contact: luker@narbiltraining.edu.au
Madeline Honour
Position Title: Trainer Assessor
Madeline is a born and bred Gladstone local who started off her working career at her parent’s local sheet metal business. She then went and worked on numerus cattle stations around Australia which gave her a diverse range of skills and knowledge.
In the last 5 years Madeline has been working as a Scaffolder, contracted out to multiple sites around the Gladstone region.
Madeline has since completed her Cert IV in Training and Assessment and brings with her a passion for passing on her knowledge to new to industry learners and her skills to the next up and coming generation.
Madeline enjoys the simple pleasures in life, like fishing camping and 4WDing and spending quality time with family and friends.
Contact: madelineh@narbiltraining.edu.au
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