Ashby Personnel

LORRAINE OMAN

Lorraine is a graduate of the Dublin College of Catering (1982) in Hotel & Catering Management and has a background in Industrial, Hotel and Healthcare catering at senior management level. She qualified in Adult Education in 1991 and began teaching part-time in second and third level education as a result. Working with Failte Ireland www.failteireland.ie as an external consultant and trainer for 10 years empowered Lorraine to establish ASHBY Food Safety Ltd in 2001. The company has a high profile with the Irish Healthcare Sector and is operational in the UK, mainly in the training field.

Lorraine is a licensed trainer with the National Hygiene Partnership and Environmental Health Officers Association and as such delivers training programmes to all sectors of the food industry. She is a Lead Assessor with IRCA (International Quality Standards) and is involved in auditing of premises for legislative and quality assurance demands. Lorraine is a member of the Food Safety Professionals Association (FSPA).

Lorraine’s role is also to provide a business consultancy service to clients who are seeking advice on hospitality solutions, customer care issues, catering systems, contracts and tenders, cost effectiveness, HR issues, food safety and health & safety. She provides a link between the client and the Inspecting Authorities to ensure standards are maintained and lines of communication remain open at all times.

VIVIENNE BERKELEY

Vivienne works in the Adult Education sector and specialises in working with adults with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. She works part time for NIACE, the main UK educational agency as a researcher and the remainder of her time as a consultant trainer. She delivers in Further Education, Higher Education, Adult and Community Learning.

Vivienne has a PGCE in Post Compulsory Education, a PG Diploma in Learning and Teaching and a Certificate in Educational Enquiry with Cambridge University, backed by 12 years teaching and training experience. She also holds her British Sign Language Stage 1 and as such is competent in communicating with those who have hearing difficulties. Vivienne, originally from Ireland, is now living and working in Northampton, England and travels frequently between the UK and Ireland to work.

CLARE POWER: BSc (Hons)

Clare is a graduate of University of East London with an Honours Degree in Physiology and a Diploma in Higher Education. Her background is in Food Safety and Quality Management Systems having worked with Kerry Foods Ltd and various other food manufacturing business for a number of years. Clare is a registered trainer with FAS and EHOA.

Clare is a Quality Systems Lead Auditor in ISO 22000:2005, ISO 9001:2000/2008 and BRC Level 5, I.S. 340: 2007 and I.S. 341: 2007. She audits multinational companies for quality and food safety standards. In addition Clare is a PSA Registered Auditor for Security Firms to IS 999:2004

This year saw Clare acting as an adjudicator for International and National Chef Competitions at Catex 2009 in the RDS.

ASSOCIATES

To enhance our service delivery Ashby Food Safety Ltd have access to a team of highly qualified specialists experienced in food processing, food science, hospitality and health and safety. Our health and safety courses are co-tutored by a medical doctor, paramedic and physiotherapist ensuring the highest level of knowledge and skill is passed onto participants.