Our people
Partners
Lee Middleton
Partner
Lee has worked in the area of human competence certification with an emphasis on skilled trades for over 20 years. Lee established Fulford Certification with Chris Bywater in 2004 and has been involved in the development of a variety of certification systems in British Columbia including crane operator and concrete pump operator.
Chris Bywater
Partner
Chris has over 30 years experience in the areas of labour market analysis and industrial training and certification systems. Chris has worked on industry training projects for 3 national Sector Councils and developed trade certification programs for crane operators and riggers.
Randy Grisewood
Technical Director & Assessor
Randy has over 30 years experience as a crane operator and trainer across a wide range of marine and land based projects. Randy’s unique depth of hoisting knowledge and expertise allows Fulford to offer practical solutions to our clients technical and assessment needs.
Assessors
Gord Jacobs
Assessor
With over twenty-eight years experience as a crane operator on major construction projects, bridge works and pipelines, Gord has a wealth of crane operating experience. Since becoming an Assessor for Fulford in 2010, Gord has applied that experience to the high quality delivery of hundreds of crane operator assessments.
Brett Bjarnason
Assessor
Brett has over 30 years experience as a rigger and crane operator in the marine construction industry. As a crane operator Brett worked on numerous major projects including the Port Mann Bridge replacement; Robert’s Bank port expansion; and, the Pattullo Bridge replacement.
Fred Becvar
Assessor
Fred has 40 years experience as a crane operator and supervisor. Fred has worked extensively in Northern BC and Alberta on major projects including the Site C Dam construction, Miekle Creek Wind Farm and numerous projects in the pulp & paper and oil & gas industries.
Doru Deaconu
Assessor
Doru has over 25 years of experience operating tower and mobile cranes in Europe and Canada on a wide variety of projects including the construction of the G3 Grain Terminal and Pattullo Bridge Replacement project. Doru also has a Civil Engineering diploma and has extensive experience in erecting tower cranes.
Larry Abernathy
Assessor
Larry has over 30 years experience as a tower crane operator in British Columbia and has worked on projects spanning residential highrises and the Vancouver Convention Centre. Larry specializes in assessing tower crane and self erecting tower crane operators.
Client Services
Kim Chard
Field Delivery Manager
Kim manages the scheduling of all of Fulford’s assessment and training services for our clients. Whether you are a crane operator looking to arrange your practical assessment or a company organizing the delivery of rigging, overhead crane or pedestal mount crane training, Kim will work with you to make that happen.
Willo Chamberlin
Field Services Coordinator
Willo is responsible for coordinating Fulford Certification’s crane operator assessments and training delivery logistics. Once your assessment or training is scheduled, Willo with coordinate with you to ensure our service delivery goes smoothly. Willo also has comprehensive knowledge of Fulford’s administrative processes.
Hector Guevara
Certification Coordinator
As Certification Coordinator, Hector is responsible for documenting all of Fulford’s assessment results and issuing certifications to our clients. Hector focuses on prompt and friendly customer service, and is happy to help you with any enquiries you have about your certificate or your exam results.
Arielle Middleditch
Accounts
Coordinator
In her role as Accounts Coordinator, Arielle is responsible for Fulford Certification’s billing and accounts receivable. Arielle is your contact if you have any questions regarding financial transactions including invoices and receipts.
Marina Keast
Administration Coordinator
As Administration Coordinator, Marina receives and manages all applications for Fulford’s certification and assessment services, and enrols clients in our on-line exams. Marina is happy to help you with any enquiries you have regarding the application process.
Susanna Kong
Technical Writer
& Designer
Susanna has been applying her engineering background with Fulford since 2004, working on a variety of projects including CraneSafe Certification and the Concrete Pump Operator Assessment program. Susanna has also designed Fulford’s print materials including crane reference documents, exams, forms and logbooks as well as numerous other research, design and writing projects.
Roy Banks
Operations Manager
Following the completion of his Computer Systems Technology degree, Roy worked for ten years developing operating and logistics management systems in a variety of industries. Since coming to Fulford in 2023, Roy works on all elements of our IT systems including database integrity, systems security, network management and workflow automation projects.