DrGlenn P. Costin

Acknowledged as a leading and influential voice within the School, Dr Glenn P. Costin has worked in, designed for, taught and authored on, the construction industry for over 30 years across both the vocational and university sectors, before which he was a tradesman carpenter joiner working in Australia and internationally.

An experienced designer and craftsman, he has multiple domestic and heritage renovation works to his credit whilst also holding degrees in Education (B.Ed. Melbourne University, 1996), Anthropology and International Relations (B.A. Deakin University, 1996), a PhD (RMIT, 2004) and multiple trade qualifications. In addition, he has taught and worked in the United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea and many parts of Australia and was National Designer and Chief Judge for WorldSkills Australia for a decade.

Previously, Glenn has published seminal research on soft skill development - his definition of the term being used by European Union government bodies, European universities and throughout much of Asia - and the evaluation of the whole person in practice, an exegesis on advanced skill and knowledge development. His other major works include a major text on Construction Technology for Builders (used in both the University and VET sectors with a second volume awaiting publication), whilst his extensively used book on safe work practices, Construction Skills, now in its 4th edition, is a standard text across both Australian and New Zealand TAFEs.