Meet our FFTTIC Board Member - Cheryl Stinson

Jun 9
2 min read

Updated: Jun 11

We continue to highlight our board members who play a vital role in shaping the direction and impact of the Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council. Today, we introduce you to Cheryl Stinson.

Cheryl at a new Delorian Corporation facility at Lilydale Victoria

Cheryl has been on the FFTITC Board since day dot! And was previously on the Food & Beverage Training Council, representing a large retail baker, a national food processor and Coles. So, she’s been an active member of an advisory body for over 20 years! That's a commitment to industry!

For the past 10 years, Cheryl has been with the Nursery/Garden industry at Richgro Garden Products as well as the Delorian Corporation.

Richgro takes green waste and combines with food waste to make viable compost material and energy using an anaerobic digestion facility. The Delorian Corporation is building more of these facilities across Australia. Cheryl is the Safety and Compliance specialist at both organisations.

Why Cheryl is on the FFTITC Board

Her focus on the council is supporting the team from a small business/governance function. She is very committed to training and she wants to make sure people studying horticulture are exposed to real businesses and are visiting real business. She also wants to promote the benefits of the recycling industry and diversion of landfill.

She is passionate about passing on knowledge to other people, from her HR and compliance and safety point of view. She believes that building on skillsets that provide a flexible basis to ongoing learning for career development is important.

What workforce issue/need/trend is currently important for your industry.

An issue she is concerned about at the moment is AI. "It is so easy to just ask a computer for the answer rather than just learning the answer. Are the students actually going to retain the answer or will they just ask google?

Students may not be learning the background of something, they go straight to the answer. So AI is changing the way people approach their learning and how they value it."

To learn more about Cheryl and where she works, read her LinkedIn profile and visit these websites: