Merv Edmunds has worked as a carpenter, steel rigger, and factory supervisor before becoming a teacher. He has taught in primary, secondary and adult education settings for over thirty years, with much of this time involved in curriculum design and student enterprise.

Merv's guiding philosophy has been: 'Kids can do remarkable things, if they have remarkable things to do'. These 'remarkable things' have included:

• The Studebaker Project- a group of young people built a fibreglass roadster, sold it and travelled to the US for three weeks.
• Talent Afloat- Australia's first and only off-shore sailing excursion for secondary students. Young people crewed on two yachts sailing from Pt Fairy (Victoria) to King Island (Tasmania) and back. Became the subject of a TV documentary.
• this little aeroplane- Developing curriculum packages in plastics technology and marketing them to other schools - earning them The Age/Macquarie Library Curriculum Excellence Award in 1992.
• avec esprit- a New Practices in Flexible Learning project that established the suitability of using innovative design projects as a context for the development of 'soft' skills such as creativity and emotional resilience. The project won the Excellence in Innovation and Design Award by the Australian National Training Authority in 2004.

Merv brings to the training setting all the benefits of a life well lived. He has travelled the world, built an aeroplane, designed and built a yacht to take his family sailing the Great Barrier Reef, and made two fiberglass sports cars.

Merv has trade, teaching, business and workplace training qualifications, a Degree in Social Science, and a Graduate Diploma of Human Givens, the new approach to emotional health. In 1993 Merv was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Education Award at Government House for his work with young people. He has conducted workshops and presented at many conferences in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Merv's CV