Bridging the Skills Gap

March 2026

In 2025, I travelled across Australia for the Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance (MISA) project Bridging the Skills Gap: Best Practice Case Studies — a national initiative to facilitate knowledge sharing about innovative approaches to workforce development in the manufacturing sector.

The project was a partnership with Parachute Education Consultants, who developed the written case studies. My role was to produce the video component: to introduce the people, bring the settings to life, and show best practice in action.

Working with brilliant local crews in every state, I visited small and medium businesses and training organisations. I enjoyed speaking with people about what they valued in their workplace culture and their workforce. I met plenty of young people who had found their calling, with women increasingly well represented across all roles.

There was real optimism — a sense of pride in local expertise and confidence in the industry's future.

The full case studies are available on the MISA website.

See some of my previous work in manufacturing here: Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards.