Our Staff

Mark Wilczynski - Senior Trainer
Mark Wilczynski’s vast experience provides IDA with the ability to develop and implement detector dog programs to meet individual client’s needs. His overseas appointments and training has provided Mark with the technical skills in various scent applications and training techniques which is invaluable in new detector dog programs. Mark has been employed in specialised dog training applications for over 19 years for the following companies;

Kenneth Innes - Senior Trainer
Ken Innes is a Senior Specialised Dog Trainer and has been delivering, dog training, technical instruction and advice to handlers undergoing training from the following government groups over the past 8 years;
• Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
• New Caledonia Quarantine Inspection Service
• Japanese Agriculture and Quarantine Service
• Western Australia Agriculture EHB Eradication Program
• Pilot programs for Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Ken has trained many dogs and handlers for numerous quarantine applications during this time and has successfully validated dog and handler teams on the following scent targets;
• European House Borer
• Meat and Poultry
• Reptiles
• Fruit, Vegetables & Plant Matter
• Abalone
• Bees

Brett Anthony Bell - Education & Planning
Brett has been employed by Hanrob for 6 years. He has worked in several management roles for Hanrob, first employed as the Operations Manager and then as the Obedience Training Manager. He is currently employed as Hanrob’s Education and Planning Manager where he is responsible for co-ordinating, controlling and designing educational programs for the company and all of its staff training. In addition to his main role, he is responsible for overseeing Hanrob’s comprehensive defensive emergency management plan, as the Emergency Management Controller.