About Us

Gary Collins has over 25 years experience in the Australian vocational education and training system. 

He was previously an Executive Director at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and in that role established one of Australia’s largest group apprenticeship schemes and the CCI Kwinana Skills Centre, the largest private engineering and electrical skills Registered Training Organisation in the country. 

Gary’s work in the employment, education and training area, both in the development of services and through his contribution to national policy development, is well known.  He is recognised as a leading expert on skills shortage and skills availability causes and issues and finding solutions to these problems.

Gary has been involved at the highest levels in the development of national vocational education and training policy and served for over 6 years on the National Training Quality Council (now the National Quality Council) from 2000 to 2006.

Gary Collins Consulting is involved in a number of projects in the oil and gas sector in Australia.

Gary holds a Diploma of Teaching and a Bachelor of Education from Curtin University and a Master of Education from Murdoch University.