About Us

Meet our dedicated and friendly team who is ready to assist you with your professional development needs!

Bernadette van der Walt

Director and Sales. Bernadette is a qualified BLS Paramedic with 3 years’ worth of prehospital emergency care experience and is a Health and Safety Officer registered with SAIOSH as a Technical Member with extensive Health and Safety training and sales experience since 2011. She holds a Higher Certificate in Business Marketing and is currently pursuing a National Diploma in HR Management. Bernadette is a registered assessor with HWSETA, MERSETA, CETA, ETDP SETA, AgriSETA, and Services SETA.

Bernadette is a people person with a strong focus on customer relations. She is often complimented on her quick, helpful, and trustworthy service and always manages to make the impossible happen.

Nick van der Walt

Training and Development. Nick holds a Bachelor's degree in Emergency Medical Care & Rescue with 18 years’ worth of prehospital emergency care experience. He also holds a National Diploma in Agricultural Management and various Health and Safety Qualifications with a Graduate Member registration at SAIOSH. Nick's big passion is reptiles and snakebite management and has been involved with reptiles since 2002, he was also recently selected as a panel member for the South African Snakebite Symposium. He has been involved with various SETA-accredited training companies and is a registered Assessor and Moderator with HWSETA, MERSETA, CETA, ETDP SETA, Agri SETA, Services SETA, and TETA. 

With a strong educational focus, Nick is always striving to improve our training material to present the most up-to-date content in a safe and positive learning environment. He is often complimented on putting the most stressed learners at ease with his calm demeanor.

Raymond van Sittert

Training and Sales. Raymond is a qualified Basic Life Support Paramedic with experience in the Prehospital Emergency Care field as well as a strong sales background in the Agricultural sector. Raymond has been working with snakes since 2005 and has developed a keen interest in Snake Safety in the Workplace. Currently pursuing his National Certificate in Occupationally Directed Education Training and Development Practices.


By having an extremely friendly demeanor as well as being a curious person, Raymond is quick to build trust with learners and clients alike. He is also a quick thinker, being able to deal with challenges quickly and effectively. Raymond is often complimented on being able to deliver training in a way that is easy to understand and difficult to forget.

Sonja Wolfaard

Admin and Finance. Sonja has a long history of administrative and financial experience in medical and other fields. Sonja has a keen interest in building systems to ensure smooth operations which improves the great service that we strive to offer our clients.


Sonja is passionate about everything that she does with a strong work ethic. A job is never done until it is perfect! Sonja is often complimented for being kind and caring.

Why Choose Us?


Coming from a colourful background Access Professional Development (APD) specialises in a variety of skills and training solutions. Our flagship course is the Snake Identification, Handling, and Snakebite Treatment course with a variety of Emergency Medical Care courses launching in 2023! With years of experience in the training and medical fields, our mission is to develop professionals who can make a difference.


Reasons to choose us as your trusted training provider include:

We guarantee a professional experience with quick service

All courses are accredited and compiled to include the latest methods and research

Colour A5 manuals and other course materials are supplied with every course

Our instructors hold relevant academic qualifications for the courses they present with many years’ worth of practical experience

Our instructors are all registered with relevant authoritative bodies

Our certificates are released within 10 days of completing our training courses


Phone: 076 092 5932

or 016 423 1388

Email: nick@accesspd.co.za

bernadette@accesspd.co.za

28 Lucas avenue, Vereeniging, Gauteng 1930

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