Catherine Collins

Catherine Collins is Network Manager with First Polymer Training Skillnet, a training network promoted by Polymer Technology Ireland (Ibec). She studied Polymer Engineering in AIT (TUS) graduating in 1989. She joined Merck Millipore, where she worked as a process engineer, before moving to Medtronic Athlone in 1992. She held various technical roles in the industry before joining First Polymer Training Skillnet in 2001, where her role includes programme development & accreditation, industry engagement and centre management.

Catherine is a member of the Irish Polymer Group (IPG), Midland Regional Skills Forum, Polymer Processing Apprenticeship Industry Consortium and Programme Board, APT Industry Steering Committee and a former member of the Governing Body of TUS (Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands and Midwest). She also represents Polymer Technology Ireland on various industry working groups.

Topic: Moulding the Future: Upskilling the Polymer Workforce from Within