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About us

Who we are

We are one of ten Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs), which have been established by the Federal Government to address skills shortages and training structures in different sectors. We work across the energy sector, focusing on electricity, renewables and gas.

Our staff brings extensive experience in the energy sector. Located across Australia, we have members who specialise in training packages, workforce planning, and industry engagement.

Board of Directors

PSO’s operations are overseen by an experienced and independent Board. The Directors have a wealth of experience in both business and sector activities and are responsible for leading the organisation and setting its strategic direction.

Stuart Snell

Stuart Snell
Independent Director and Chair

Michael Wright
Appointed Director - Representative

Dr Anita Talberg

Dr Anita Talberg
Elected Director - Independent

Headshot of Tara Koot

Tara Koot
Appointed Director - Representative

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Kate Raymond
Appointed Director - Representative

John Kelly

John Kelly
Nominated Director - Independent

Hannah Watts

Hannah Watts
Nominated Director - Independent

Michael Cullen
Nominated Director - Independent

Scott Olsen

Scott Olsen
Nominated Director - Independent

Stewart Joyce - Appointed Director - Representative

Stewart Joyce
Appointed Director - Representative

Audit & Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee assist the Board to carry out its responsibilities by undertaking the following functions:

  • Maintaining oversight of the integrity of the statutory financial reports and statements of Powering Skills Organisation Ltd;
  • Monitoring the performance of the external audit activities of Powering Skills Organisation Ltd;
  • Monitoring that management has an appropriate framework in place to identify and effectively manage risk and that management ensures that Powering Skills Organisation Ltd operates in accordance with the risk and assurance framework;
  • Monitoring compliance with regulatory, contractual, legal and ethical standards; and
  • Reviewing compliance with internal guidelines, policies and procedures and other prescribed internal standards.
John Kelly

John Kelly
Independent Chair

Dr Anita Talberg

Dr. Anita Talberg
Independent Director

Stuart Snell

Stuart Snell
Independent Director, ex officio as Chairperson

Scott Olsen

Scott Oslen
Independent Director

Stewart Joyce - Appointed Director - Representative

Stewart Joyce
Employee Representative Director

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Tara Koot
Employee Representative Director

Nominations & Governance Committee

The Nominations & Governance Committee (Committee) is a Board Committee which is reportable to the Members of the Powering Skills Organisation Ltd.

  • The function of the Committee is to oversee the recruitment of both Appointed and Elected Directors and to make recommendations to the Members on the selection of Elected Directors to the Board in accordance with the Constitution of Powering Skills Organisation Ltd.
  • The Committee is required to consult with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) prior to making a recommendation to Members or the Board. DEWR needs to be satisfied that the nominee meets the eligibility requirements detailed in the Constitution, including independence (if applicable to relevant Director vacancy).
Stuart Snell

Stuart Snell
Independent Chair

Michael Wright
Employee Representative Director

Dr Anita Talberg

Dr. Anita Talberg
Independent Director

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Kate Raymond
Employer Representative Director

People and Culture Committee

The People and Culture Committee (Committee) is a Board Committee of Powering Skills Organisation Ltd.

The purpose of the Committee is to support the Board in discharging its responsibilities for:

(a) the employment, performance, and development of the Chief Executive Officer; and

(b) the oversight of workplace culture, including staff engagement, values alignment, safety, and workforce retention.

Scott Olsen

Scott Olsen
Independent Chair

Headshot of Kate Raymond

Kate Raymond
Appointed Director

Michael Cullen
Independent Director

Stuart Snell

Stuart Snell
Independent Director, ex officio as Chairperson

Hannah Watts

Hannah Watts
Independent Director

Our Team

Our staff brings extensive experience in the energy sector. Located across Australia, we have members who specialise in training packages, workforce planning, and industry engagement.

Anthea Middleton

Anthea Middleton

Chief Executive Officer

Steve Hall

Steve Hall

General Manager of VET and Technical Training

Vicki Gottardo

Chief Operations Officer 

Founding Members

ETU
NECA
Master Electrians Australia

Members

  • Australian Hydrogen Council
  • Australian Pipeline and Gas Association
  • Australian Refrigeration Council Ltd
  • Australian Workers Union
  • CITT
  • Electrical and Communications Association of Western Australia
  • Energy Skills Australia
  • Clean Energy Council
View all Associate Members*

(*Classed as a non-voting member in clause 6.1 of the PSO constitution)

Member List

Kristin Wareing
North Metropolitan TAFE
Kathryn Clark
South Metropolitan TAFE
Nathaniel Smith
The Master Plumbers' & Mechanical Contractors of NSW
Peter Daly
Master Plumbers and Mechanical Services Association of Australia
Gideon Perrott
NECA Education & Careers
Tom Emeleus
NECA Training & Apprenticeships
Stuart Diepeveen
Electrical Group Training
Brian Rungie
PEER Education Employment And Training
Jason Cullen
UEEA Training Council
Rosemary Potter
Ai Group
Chris Martell
GSES Pty Ltd
Steve Kostoff
Solar Training Centre
Caz Saunders
Solar Training Centre RTO 40352
David Aaskov
Radian Holdings
Nicola Hodgman
Hodgman Partners
Matt Hague
Kangan Institute
Joel Rooskov
TAFE Queensland
John Fisher
Logistics & Defence Skills Council WA
Susan Devlin
ABC First Aid
Ashwin Sawhney
DCS
Jonathan Seller
AVIXA Inc. (Audio Visual Integrated Experience Association)
Paul Muenchow
Department of Training and Workforce Development
Kim Brunswick
Down to Earth Training & Assessing
Michael fletcher
NSW Department of Education
Peter Adams
Department for Industry, Innovation and Science, Government of South Australia
Trevor Bale
NSW Department of Education
Christopher Maher
North Regional TAFE
Sarah Leftwich
North Regional TAFE
Compliant Resources
Training Resources Group
Darrell Cox
Empresario Group
Troy Cook
MAS National / IntoWork Australia
Gordon Edwards
Energy Queensland
Ashley Clarke
TAFE South Australia
Harley Hammond
Transgrid
Christelle Crawshaw
Transgrid
Aimee Hills
ECA WA
Jonathan Kneebone
First Nations Clean Energy Network
Rachel Emery
Department of Youth Justice, Employment, Small Business and Training (DYJESBT)
Lyn Ryan
Transgrid
Sarah Spurling
Transgrid
Brett Adams
TAFE South Australia
Paul Lowe
TAFE New South Wales
Allan Whelan
Essential Energy
Chris Pracy
Acciona Infrastructure Australia
Michael Boyce
ANZETA Inc
Matthew Gorton
Transgrid
Leanne Hixon
Department of Education
Jodie Dutton
Workforce Australia Local Jobs - Perth North
Dale Williams
Coex Training
Mary Barry
XELLENCE PATHWAYS
Tyson Bailey
TransGrid
Patrick Farrar
Global Energy Learning Solutions
Mahmood Hussein
Global Energy learning Solutions
Kathryn Druce
Canberra Institute of Technology
Jes Cross
TAFE South Australia
Gregory Kempton
Canberra Institute of Technology
Jeff McRobb
Electro-training Institute
Carol Hedrick
Queensland Rail
Paul Bulatao
Transgrid
Shirley O'Connor
Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd
David Moore
Transgrid
Michael Cullen
Future Energy Skills
Mark Robertson
TAFE Queensland
Wendi Masters
Department of Employment, Small Business and Training
Ricky Garbutt
Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts
Justin Page
Hunter Jobs Alliance
Deborah Joyce
Sarina Russo Apprenticeships
Susan Moore
Electro-training
Steve Bryant
Box Hill Institute
Daniel Hose
Chisholm Institute
James Pilbeam
The Centre forU
Evonne Francis
TAFE South Australia
Israel Vogel
New Energy Training
Phill Dodd
PEER
Andrea Hayman
Gold Coast Trades College
Sue Sizer
Energy Safe Victoria
Rebecca Seale
Canberra Institute of Technology
David Kleinschmidt
Klefen
Josh Jones
Transgrid
Norma Angeloni Tomaras
TAFE New South Wales
Bradley Schnur
TAFE Gippsland
Rebecca Savige
PST Australia Pty Ltd
Stuart Johnston
Electricity Engineers Association of NZ
Claire Parry
Infrastructure Skills Advisory
Peter Collins
Federation TAFE
Robert Parsonson
Superior Training Centre
Steve Waye
TAFE New South Wales
Rae-Li Forrest
NSW Department of Education
Chelsra Hart
Victoria University
Quentin Jeremy
Exemplar Learning
Stephen Pike
Intuitive Training
Jo Abbey
Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd
Paul Vivian
Skills Recognition International
Noel Munkman
Australian Refrigeration Council
Peter Fisher
Powerline Training Pty Ltd
Steve Hayes
Interlink Training
Michael Vilbro
TAFE South Australia
Enoch Wong
NSW Department of Education
Shannon Baldock
TAFE SA Tonsley Campus
Ray Sanders
Sandcorp Pty Ltd
Tara Froeschle
National Civil Train PTY LTD
Rob McDowell
ESI Training & Consulting P/L
Belinda Tardini
DNA Training Solutions
Paul Wright
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Training Alliance
Amanda Hamilton
Resources Industry Training Council
Grant Mallett
TAFE Queensland
Sherree Price
Australian Skills Quality Authority
Sriram Srikumar
FORTE
Ngulla Murrandah
TAFE New South Wales
Christina Bradley
TAFE Queensland
Wade Ferricks
Energy Queensland
Jakes Jacobs
Energy Skills Queensland
Jenny Dodd
TAFE Directors Australia
David Wurth
Resolute Training Pty Ltd
Suraj Sathe
North Regional TAFE
Fiona Mitchell
Canberra Institute of Technology
Josephine Anderson
Canberra Institute of Technology
Jason van Koll
Enertrain
Claude Favero
Australian Trade Training College
Adam West
TAFE New South Wales
Rod Thiele
Powering Australia
Veronica Mauri
Runaway Bay QLD 4216
Kylie Murphy
NECA Education & Careers TAS
Sandra Gray
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Andrew van der Stelt
Ampcontrol Limited
John Furness
Skills Tasmania
Steve Smith
Superior Training Centre
Christina Bradley
TAFE Queensland
Mykola Kyrylenko
TAFE South Australia
Troy Bond
UEEA Training Council
Darron Febey
TasTAFE
Rebecca Higgins
Central Regional TAFE
Jake Carter
Design & Build Electrical
Patrick Scharf
James Charlton
Chisholm institute
Gillian Walls
Energy Queensland
John Ingram
Energy Safe Victoria
Chris Bennett
Skills Tasmania
Robert Foord
United Energy
Gregory Kempton
Canberra Institute of Technology
Anna Sidoti
Ideam Green Careers
Christopher Guerin
Transgrid
David Wurth
Resolute Training
Kim Cassidy
Energy Queensland
David Smith
Ampol
Jeremy Van strijp
Chisholm
Oliver Williams
Acciona
Blake Innes
Energy Queensland
Tony Palladino
NSW UE ITAB
Lachlan Morgan
TAFE New South Wales
Rosanne Rogers
Corporate risk management
Brian Little
Energy Safe Victoria
Glenn Watts
Integracom
Quentin Field
TAFE New South Wales
Carly Sellen
Energy Queensland
Alan Turvey
Beechwood NSW 2446
Peter Beveridge
Williams Electrical Service
Michael Broomhead
ATCO
Ross Coates
RCE Australia
Robina Samios
R JAY ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Kathryn Lattin
WorkSafe Connect Pty Ltd
Michael Head
Ausgrid
Graeme Dick
Downer
Amanda Nash
CitiPower / Powercor
Georgia Tsamis
AusGrid
Quentin Field
Resolute Training Pty Ltd
Peter Woods
Sydney Trains
Rebecca FitzGerald
AusNet Services Limited
Helen Cosgrove
AKG JV
Dave Hilliard
Programmed Training Services
Australian Hydrogen Council
Australian Hydrogen Council
Mary Barry
CIRCULARECO
Andrew Donnison
Future Energy Skills
Michelle Short
Mineral Resources
Australian Pipeline and Gas Association APGA
Australian Pipeline and Gas Association APGA
Rod Cumming
Australian Refrigeration Council
Glenn Evans
Australian Refrigeration Council Ltd
Karen Bellert
Programmed Training Services
Zach Duncalfe
Australian Workers Union
Sarah Loveday
Loveday Electrical
Jason Cansdale
Canelec Pty Ltd
Anita Talberg
CEC
Duncan Bates
Central Power PL
Mark Burgess
Energy Skills Australia
Dominic Schipano
CITT
Evette McColl
Omexom
Kevin O'Shea
Cold Rae Pty Ltd
Georgia Tsamis
AusGrid
Bradley Rigby
Energy Queensland
Jon Haynes
Energy Queensland
Madeline Crust
Omexom
Carl Copeland
Electrical and Communications Association of Western Australia
Bruce McMahon
Energy Queensland
Clinton Duffy
Essential Energy
Husnen Rupani
Infinispark PTY LTD
Quentin Field
Interphase Security and Electrical
Travis Harvie
Jemena
Betty Hui
Jemena
Nathan Elliott
Energy Queensland
Robert Foord
United Energy
Lindsay Eisemann
Origin Energy
Pam O'Neill
Power Cor
Mikhaila Halford
Ampcontrol Limited
Rolf Fandrich
VoconiQ
Angela Coker
SA Power Networks
Michael Wright
ETU
Richard Bencic
Superior Air Conditioning
Kent Johns
NECA
Sarah Loveday
MEA
Broughton Webb
Transgrid
Ashley Hartnell
Zinfra