We are a team of highly experienced Vocational Education and Training, Community Services and Early Learning professionals committed to working with leading industry professionals to make a real difference to the quality of our graduates. We are a collaborative and effective partner with industry and leading thinkers in the early learning and community services sectors and this helps us build the skills and capabilities of our graduates. We work with and empower individuals, early learning services and community services organisations to play a strong role in your training.

We have extensive experience of working in partnerships with government, professional bodies, industry associations and other educators to ensure the best education and training outcomes are provided and that this is based on a meaningful understanding of your training needs. As an organisation we have a lot of experience in training, and individually we have a proven track record in Vocational Education and Training and in the Early Childhood Education and Care and Community Services industries.

Our Values

We are a values-based learning organisation that believes strongly in:

  • your training should be about you, in your time and in your space
  • your training must be high quality and built on a belief in ongoing learning as a professional
  • the value of building reflective practice into everything you do and we will ensure this is part of our organisation and embedded into your training.
  • understanding the challenges of working (fulltime or part time) and studying and we will ensure that our training delivery methodology takes this into consideration
  • working with professional bodies (State and Nationally) to ensure we are listening and understand the changing needs of the workforce
  • our own professional development and further education to ensure that we stay up to date and current with industry trends and research
  • having a strong social justice philosophy balanced with sound business skill.
  • being super organised, accessible and easy to deal with

Our Team

Ross Hepworth

CEO Horizon2

Ross is a very long term Vocational Education and Training Professional, and former Director of the TAFE Queensland Centre for Innovation and Development and Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast TAFE Institutes.

Lorraine Freese

Senior Training Consultant

Lorraine is a successful Early Childhood Centre owner, operator and teacher with over 25 years of experience in working, employing and teaching in the Early Childhood Education and Care Industry. She has an extensive understanding of the needs of Early Childhood centre operations and is able to build this into the training delivery. Lorraine has also worked extensively in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Lisa Molloy

Senior Training Consultant

Lisa has worked in the Early Childhood Education sector for over 35 years in preschools, primary schools and in the vocational education and training sector teaching child care workers, then moving into management and leadership of this specialised training. Lisa has extensive experience in training and has trained many early years childhood educators in her 35 years of teaching.

Jenny Brooks

CEO Jelly Babies Early Learning and Senior Training Consultant

Jenny is the director of an Early Childhood Centre and has been since 1993 and currently owns, operates and works in her own centre as well as having worked in a number of other early learning centres.

David Bradford

CEO and Lead Trainer Bradford Institute of Advanced Education

David is a former QUT Lecturer with 25 years experience in the Human Services Industry. He has been Director of 3 state government training colleges (Child Safety, Communities and Health) and has a deep understanding of workforce development in the community services sector. He is currently working with a number of community Service organisations in a leadership role.

Bronwyn Davis Rose

CEO Care College

Bronwyn is a highly experienced Vocational Education and Training professional and since 2009 and has become a specialist in matching job seekers with quality training delivery and community service employers and is currently working closely with a highly successful Community Services provider CENTACARE.

Linda Delamotte

CEO Support Worker Training

Linda owns and operates Your Home Care a quality personalised service provider in the aged care and disability sector with a focus on Care at Home.

Horizon2 Pty Ltd Audit Results

Audit: Date 23rd September 2016

Qualifications Audited

CHC 30113                            Certificate 3  in Early Childhood Education and Care

CHC50113                             Diploma  in Early Childhood Education and Care

For a full audit please download here.

Our Partners Care College, Bradford Institute of Advanced Education and Support Worker Training

We work closely with our partners and  we know their focus is on developing great people with exceptional skills to care for those in our community who are often the most vulnerable and in the greatest need.

Our partners teams have over 30 years experience in tailoring training to meet the needs of both individuals and organisations. Together we provide a range of tailored and flexible training solutions, with the right balance of theory and practical, to ensure graduates are highly employable and confident.

Together we offer a matching service between our graduates and the industry. our graduates successfully gain employment in the fields of Child Care, Aged Care, Disability Care, Home & Community Care and Community Services.

All  trainers have extensive industry experience and are well known and respected professionals in their field

Visit our partners at

 http://carecollege.com.au/courses/

DaVange Training

http://Supportworkertraining.com.au