About Us – Gold Star Training

Our KAUPAPA

To inspire, motivate, support and encourage our Rangatahi to grow, learn and develop skills that will enable them to make positive choices on their journey to success.

Gold Star Training has been successfully operating since 2015, within the Auckland & Northland regions. Gold Star Training is excited to be working in partnership with Front-line Training Consultancy Ltd. Our newly aligned partnership will continue to strengthen our brand, creating more opportunities for students as we look to future growth.

Gold Star Training Ltd is an NZQA approved Sub-Contractor to Front-line Training Consultancy Ltd and offers training of NZQA unit standards, Level 1 – 3. Students will be enrolled with the NZQA-registered and Accredited organisation Front-line Training Consultancy Ltd. The delivery and assessing of courses will be undertaken by the Sub-Contractor Gold Star Training Ltd. All reporting of credits and qualifications will be reported under the NZQA-registered organisation Front-line Training Consultancy Ltd’s provider code.

Gold Star Training believes in treating all individuals, equally, with sensitivity to cultural and religious beliefs, working with integrity and respect.

Meet our fabulous Team

Ingrid Sa'ena-Brown CEO/Managing Director

Ingrid Sa’ena-Brown has over 30 years experience working in education with various Private Training Organisations and schools. Ingrid established Gold Star Training in 2015 and is extremely proud of the ongoing success, establishing Gold Star as one of the preferred training providers for schools currently throughout Auckland and Northland.

Ingrid is passionate about helping our youth succeed and will always go the extra mile to ensure students achieve their goals and clients are 100% happy with Gold Star Training’s service.

“It’s the best feeling in the world when you can see how much a student has changed after completing one of our courses, they go from being a shy, quiet student, to a confident, happy, more self-assured student in just a couple of days”

Ingrid is also an accomplished and recognised singer with over twenty years working throughout New Zealand for Auckland’s Sky City, Corporates, fronting various bands and recording many radio and tv jingles. Ingrid has spent over ten years performing in Japan, Hong Kong, Dubai, Disney Cruise lines and Crystal Cruises.

Ingrid’s contact: ingrid@goldstartraining.nz

Phone: 027 636 8283

Lesley Paton

Auckland Manager

Lesley has been supporting Gold Star Training since 2015. She has helped develop key relationships with stakeholders and is a wonderful support to the CEO, Tutors and students.

Lesley enjoys helping all students to achieve and succeed, as they complete their course work. Lesley’s friendly and caring nature helps students feel at ease and contributes to the overall positive supportive learning environment.

Lesley is highly professional and well organised. Lesley’s focus is on delivering the Retail Workplace Courses as well as Managing the Auckland Barista student placements.

Lesley hails from the USA with a music degree from Berkley, Boston and a working background as a highly acclaimed international Professional Singer based in LA. She has previously toured with Brian McKnight, performed BV’s for Mariah Carey, Chaka Kahn and many others.

Lesley’s contact: Lesley@goldstartraining.nz

Leianne Wiseman Whangarei Barista Shop Workplace Course Tutor

Leianne has vast experience, many years working within the Cafe, hospitality industry, where she has Managed and Trained Staff in Barista and customer service skills. Leianne brings an extremely high level of positivity and support to her training style. She understands the importance of individual learning needs and is willing to work one-on-one with students, coaching them through the Barista skills training and assessments.

Leianne’s friendly, down-to-earth, warm and welcoming personality makes it easy for students to relate to her, not to mention the good practice she has had raising her own son’s, which helps, with being able to understand and relate to our teenage high school students.

Leianne is thoroughly enjoying the friendly and pleasant environment of running the Cafe Training course, within the Salvation army family store. The store gives students great practice with developing their customer service skills and the students are all responding very positively to the training.

Leianne’s contact: Leianne@goldstartraining.nz

Our Core Values

To Educate, Learn & Grow