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.
Assessors
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.
Brett Bjarnason
Assessor
Brett has over 30 years experience as a rigger and crane operator in the marine construction industry.
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 experience. Since becoming an Assessor for Fulford in 2010, Gord has applied that experience to the high quality delivery of hundreds of crane assessments.
Rand Walker
Assessor
Rand brings 30 years experience as a crane operator on major projects including the Vancouver Convention Centre, Lions Gate Bridge seismic up-grade and Vancouver Island Power Line Crossing. As an assessor with Fulford for over ten years, Rand has delivered hundreds of assessments in industries and locations across western Canada.
John Simpson
Assessor
John joined Fulford’s assessor team in 2019 after 25+ years as a crane operator. John worked on numerous large scale projects including the Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline and Roberts Bank Port Expansion. John’s industry experience gives him a depth of knowledge that he brings to his assessment delivery for Fulford.
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
Accounts Coordinator
Willo is responsible for all company billing, accounts receivable and responding to questions regarding financial transactions. Willo is happy to help you with any of your financial questions, as well as more broad questions to do with crane certification.
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.
Marina Keast
Administration Coordinator
As an Administration Coordinator, Fern receives and manages all applications for Fulford’s certification and assessment services, and enrols clients in our on-line exams. Fern is happy to help you with any enquiries you have regarding the application process.
Arielle Middleditch
Administration Coordinator
As an Administration Coordinator, Arielle receives and manages all applications for Fulford’s certification and assessment services, and enrols clients in our on-line exams.
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.