About our Staff
Meet our experienced and friendly team of staff all of whom are passionate about driving and safety.
Dereck Crook - Senior Trainer - Advanced, Performance & Special needs
Dereck Crook, our senior trainer has been a driver trainer since 1995 and provided training for a respected list of organisations such as the AFP, ACT and NSW Government Departments, Motor Vehicle manufacturers and Private enterprise offering a diverse range of services such as Driver Assessments, Emergency Services training, modified vehicles and driver rehabilitation, Defensive, Advanced and Performance Driver training, 4WD driver training as well Learn to Drive. He is a natural born teacher with great presentation skills and humour, and his passion for both driver safety and motorsports make him a quality and professional trainer and a highly valuable asset to Fifth Gear Motoring.
Dereck also teaches learn to drive on Friday's in an Automatic vehicle to students who have special needs and modifications.
Dereck Crook - Dereck Crook Feedback Form
ACT ADI #16 - NSW ADI #009679
Mob: 0432 980 715
Thomas McCready - Automatic - South Canberra
Thomas McCready is passionate about safe driving and driver training. He has been working with Fifth Gear Motoring since 2008 with our Defensive and Advanced driver programs and has a wealth of experience to offer students. Thomas also works with our Learn to Drive Program and understands that learner drivers may be nervous when they first hit the road. His patient and encouraging teaching style makes him very popular with learners of all ages. He is pretty fast around a race track too!
Thomas McCready - Thomas McCready Feedback Form
ACT ADI #199
Mob: 0406 484 122
Donna Furber - Automatic - North Canberra
Donna's background in youth activities and training make her a valuable asset of the Fifth Gear Motoring team. Her communication skills are excellent, and her friendly, relaxed nature allow her to teach in a way that puts the student at ease immediately. Donna loves all things adventurous and loves a challenge. These qualities along with her enthusiasm for the job are a great fit for driver training. Fifth Gear Motoring is extremely excited to finally have a female member of our training team.
Donna Furber - Donna Furber Feedback Form
ACT ADI #218
Mob: 0423 951 922
Michael Kuchel - Manual - South Canberra
Michael has been teaching Learners to drive since 2004 and is still loving it. He also facilitates and highly enjoys working on Fifth Gear Motoring Defensive and Advanced driver training courses. He is well known and appreciated for his patience, flexibility and gentle teaching manner, as well as his high work ethic and committment to producing quality drivers. Always the professional, these qualities along with his super-human organisational skills and attention to detail make him a highly valued member of the Fifth Gear Motoring team.
Michael Kuchel - Michael Kuchels Feedback Form
ACT ADI #144
Mob: 0413 416 700
Marc Tilbury - Manual - North Canberra
Marc's passion for driving and motor vehicles runs in the family. With his father also in the driver training industry, Marc has gained a wealth of knowledge which he can pass on to his students. He has high standards in his personal driving and training, and is committed to passing on good driving habits. His friendly nature makes it easy for him to get on with his students and at over 6 foot, yes he can still fit into the MINI's :)
Marc Tilbury - Marc Tilbury Feedback Form
ACT ADI #217
Mob: 0412 622 134
John Ribeiro - Advanced Trainer
John Ribeiro is a well known trainer throughout Australia and internationally and has a list a mile long of esteemed clients with over 30 years experience in driver training. John has not only been a mentor to our trainers but has also supported Fifth Gear Motoring through his exceptional ability to work with customers and get the best out of them in our Defensive, Skidpan, Advanced and Performance training. John is a rare talent whom we value greatly. Some of us think he might even be the STIG!
Bede Austin - Advanced Trainer
Bede (and his entire family) are motorsport enthusiasts. Engineer by day and Fifth Gear Motoring Trainer part-time, Bede has had a life time passion for cars, driving and all things motorsports. He has more than a slight preference towards getting himself sideways on dirt, with success in local rallies. He has a wealth of knowledge which he genuinely shares with our customers when working on our Defensive, Skipdan and Advanced driving courses. If you could harness his passion for driving, you could power a small city.
Derryth Nash - Administration
Derryth Nash keeps our well oiled machine running and enjoys providing friendly and professional customer service. She has qualifications and experience in community education, design and business management. Derryth is proud to be a member of the Fifth Gear team and the quality service they provide and would really like to be able to clone all of the Fifth Gear Motoring trainers.
Derryth Nash
Mob: 0466 460 911
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