2014 – 2017 Director of Apprenticeship & Work Based Learning Department MCAST. Coordinated the start-up of the Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning Department (MCAST) and lead the implementation reform of the national apprenticeship scheme.
Main contributor in the national legistation for Work-based learning and Apprenticeship (2017)
Senior Lecturer on the MCAST Graduate Teaching Certificate MQF level 6 program, mainly the vocational subject Health and Social Care. Degree coordinator for the B.A. Hons Health and Social Care Management of BSc. Health and Social Care Practice. Main area of expertise: Vocational work practice and work-based learning.
Consultant to the National Skills Council on national strategy implementation of the work-based learning legislation. The National Skills Council is responsible for carrying out research in the area of vocational areas relevant to the local labour market.
Key note presenter on: Perspectives from the upcoming Maltese Presidency – The apprenticeship reform in Malta (European Alliance for Apprenticeships & European Training Foundation, Regional Seminar for Candidate Countries, Kayseri, Turkey, September 2016) Key note presenter on: Work-based learning – central to increasing youth employability. A success story from Malta (European Training Foundation, Belgrade, November 2016) National Expert Representative for VET to the European Commission on Expert Working-Group on the High-performance apprenticeships and work-based learning (see attached publication, June 2018) National Expert Representative for VET to the European Commission on Expert Working-Group on the Teachers and Trainers in Work-based learning/Apprenticeship (see attached publication, April 2017) National Expert Representative for VET to the European Commission (Brussels), Advisory Committee on Vocational Training, (2016-17).
National Lead Reporter on vocational education to the European Commission, DG Employment European Fact-Finding Mission to Malta (2015-2017) Lead contributor & coordinator: MCAST 2016 Annual Conference – Bridging the Skills Gap, Addressing the Skills Gap in Malta. Lead contributor coordinator: MCAST 2015 Annual Conference - Strengthening Vocational and Professional Education in Malta. Lead contributor & coordinator: MCAST 2014 Annual Conference – Launching the National Apprenticeship Reform.
