Experience That Drives Safer Worksites
Duane Gwilliam Training is a family-owned Canadian safety training company, providing certified on-site training since 2015 across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and the Northwest Territories. Led by Duane Gwilliam, who brings more than 30 years of hands-on experience working with lifting and powered mobile equipment, our training is built around real equipment, real worksites, and practical operator skills. Together, Duane and Cassandra deliver training directly to our customers.
Certified Safety Training Instruction
Duane Gwilliam Training delivers hands-on safety training and equipment certification built around applicable OH&S requirements and relevant CSA standards, designed for real-world worksites. Offering instruction for forklifts, aerial work platforms, cranes, telehandlers, excavators, loaders, skid steers, powered mobile equipment, and fall protection, each course combines classroom theory with practical hands-on evaluation. As a family-owned company, Our family works directly with employers to deliver training suited to their equipment and workplace.
Meet Our Instructors
Duane Gwilliam
Founder / Instructor
Industry veteran with 30+ years working with lifting equipment and practical classroom experience delivering site-safe operator training.
Cassandra Smith - Meyer
Instructor
Former field operator turned instructor, Cassandra focuses on skills transfer and real-world troubleshooting for machine operators.
Tayson Smith
Certified Trainer / Heavy Duty Mechanic Apprentice
Tayson is the next generation of Duane Gwilliam Training. As a certified trainer and Heavy Duty Mechanic apprentice, he brings hands-on mechanical knowledge and another valuable perspective to our family business. His mechanical background gives him a strong understanding of equipment operation, inspections, equipment condition and safe operating practices. Working alongside Duane and Cassandra, Tayson continues to build his experience while contributing his mechanical knowledge to our practical, hands-on approach to equipment safety training.
Why choose
DUANE GWILLIAM TRAINING?
"You should choose Duane Gwilliam Training because we know these machines inside and out. We know what makes them tick, we know what doesn’t, and we know how to clearly communicate that to our students."
Experience You Can Trust
Family-owned safety training led by Duane Gwilliam, with more than 30 years of hands-on equipment experience. Duane and Cassandra deliver training directly at your worksite.