About CBD College
A 100% Australian-owned Registered Training Organisation (RTO 91399) delivering practical, nationally recognised training across the country since 2001.
Our history
CBD College was established in 2001 as a 100% Australian-owned training organisation. From a single Sydney location, we've grown to centres right across Australia — Sydney, Parramatta, Hornsby, Liverpool, Penrith, Newcastle, Wollongong, the Central Coast, Canberra, Melbourne, Dandenong, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart.
We specialise in intensive, face-to-face first aid training that delivers timely, cost-effective results — CPR, Provide First Aid and Childcare First Aid, taught by experienced trainers so you walk out qualified the same day.
We are a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 91399) which is regulated by ASQA. Our head office is at Level 5, 8 Quay Street, Haymarket NSW 2000.
Our board
CBD College was founded — and is still led — by a family with deep roots in education and hospitality.
MBA (University of Rochester, NY) and BComm (UNSW). A former Disney executive in Hong Kong and Melbourne, David co-founded Wave Licensing International and Barista Basics Coffee Academy with his brother Matthew, and is co-author of 'bean there, drunk that…'.
BEc (Hons) and LLB (Hons) from the University of Sydney, where he tutored and lectured in the Accounting Faculty. Matthew co-founded Wave Licensing International and Barista Basics Coffee Academy with his brother David, and is co-author of 'bean there, drunk that…'.
BA (Economics, UNE) and a former educator in Australia and Canada. Bob served as Australia's Trade Commissioner in Kenya, China and the USA, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (2019) for community service.