Meet The Team

From school, Mark started his career as an apprentice plumbing, Heating & Gas engineer. After obtaining full accreditation, he continued to gain knowledge in this field of work. This continued until he attended Greenwich Maritime University and became the youngest lecturer in this field for NWK College in Kent at the age of 26.

Mark Continued to teach his knowledge up to the age of 40, moving around various colleges until he ended up settling in wales. He then started his own Plumbing & Heating Company, predominantly working within the leisure / holiday park industry. However, there was one holiday park that wanted Mark to undertake all aspects of engineering. Recognising this, he shut down his business and became employed so he could gain new experiences and knowledge in pool plant and pool plant operations.

Whilst becoming qualified in pool plant operations, He met Andy Rudkin (His Pool Plant Ops Tutor) and felt that with his teaching background, Engineering and water knowledge, this would be a great opportunity to start teaching again.

As a passionate climber, mountaineer, and expedition leader, I bring a wealth of experience in group development and leadership. Throughout my career, I have witnessed the profound impact that the outdoors can have on mental health. This understanding has led me to recognise that mental health is not only vital in extreme environments but is also relevant to everyday life, especially in the workplace.

Motivated by this insight, I completed a Mental Health First Aid Course, which significantly enhanced my awareness and ability to support those facing mental health challenges. This experience inspired to become a course facilitator myself to help raise awareness of mental health in the workplace. By combining my leadership background with a commitment to mental wellbeing, I aim to empower employers to foster healthier, more supportive working environments.

Jules is our lead tutor for all types of First Aid Courses and Pool Responder training and has a wealth of knowledge from his previous experiences as a former British Army Physical Training Instructor where he brings real life scenarios from real life experiences.

Having used transferable skills from instructing in the British Army Jules has previously work with the hotel hospitality sector and understands the business needs and adapts his courses to work in line with the business for minimum disruption whilst in pool and also makes his First Aid Training bespoke so individuals from different hotel departments has a task specific to that department to make the course fun, enjoyable and relatable

Helena started working as a Pool Plant Operator in the UK in 1992 and has worked hands on in all areas of the Leisure Industry since 1991. She still spends time each week in her Centre’s plant room making sure it’s all running as smoothly as possible. In 2008 she moved from Oxford to Co.Kerry in Ireland to help set up a brand new Leisure Centre and in 2011 she became the Manager of this Centre, adding more Health & Safety strings to her work load.

Looking for a new challenge in 2024 she decided to branch out and put her 30+ years of knowledge to use and become an STA Pool Plant Tutor. With Andy’s mentoring help she qualified in 2025 and began teaching in person and online from her Centre in Ireland.

Chris, based in Glasgow/Ayrshire area has been a keen sport and leisure enthusiast his whole life. Working in hotel leisure clubs, large holiday parks and third sector organisations.

He gained his first PPO certificate in 2011 and gained tutor status in 2025 meeting Andy as part of his probation.

Chris is also an experienced pool lifeguard tutor and has been running courses since 2017