South Arm Training and Development helps organizations connect workforce needs, skilled practice, learning and assessment. Established in 2019 and based in Delta, British Columbia, we work with employers, industry organizations, regulators, governments and training providers across Canada and internationally.
Our approach combines deep sector experience, systems thinking and practical technical capability. We support projects from early research and planning through development, implementation and ongoing improvement. We also help organizations build the internal capability to manage the work themselves.
South Arm is an independent consulting practice led by Dennis Green. Depending on the project, Dennis works directly with client teams or brings together collaborators, subject matter experts and technology partners with complementary expertise.
Dennis Green — Founder & Principal Consultant
Dennis Green is the Founder & Principal Consultant of South Arm Training and Development. His career spans professional cooking, industry-led workforce development, and consulting across competency standards, assessment and learning technology.
After 20 years in the restaurant industry as a chef with his Red Seal endorsement, Dennis spent 12 years at go2HR before establishing South Arm in 2019. He now works with organizations across Canada and internationally, bringing practical sector knowledge, systems thinking and technical capability to projects.
Dennis co-authored eCampusOntario’s Open Competency Toolkit with Carolyn Levy and contributed as an executive committee member, lead editor and facilitator to the IEEE working group for Recommended Practices for Defining Competencies. His current practice also includes AI-assisted research, data analysis and the development of education and assessment tools.
Outside his consulting work, Dennis is a musician and guitar builder at Green Guitarworks
Dennis is grateful to work, live, and play on the unceded traditional territory of the Katzie, sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), W̱SÁNEĆ, Kwantlen, and Stz’uminus people.