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Sponsors

The 2012 Manufacturing Skills Conference and Awards Night is proudly sponsored by the following companies.

Platinum

Corporate Partners

THE CORPORATE PARTNERS PROMISE OF EXCELLENCE

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE SETS YOUR COMPANY APART

Achieving excellence is a key business discriminator, a vital competitive edge and a profit multiplier. Excellence leads to the success that can make your company the industry benchmark and the automatic default option when customers are selecting a supply partner… but getting there isn't easy.

Ongoing business excellence is a journey of continuous improvement that keeps moving forward one step at a time locking in small advances in process, customer satisfaction, cost control and value adding. Through the journey to excellence, Corporate Partners will transform your staff, your team leaders, indeed your whole company culture. The drive for continuous improvement will become the key element in your corporate DNA leading to better outcomes for staff, customers, managers and shareholders.

Achieving Business Excellence can make you not just an Australian leader but a world leader in your industry.

GETTING THE BALL ROLLING TOWARDS EXCELLENCE

We start with a diagnostic review of your operations and then develop a plan working closely with you and your core team members.

Then comes the critically important part; building the implementation steps that lead to sustainment.

At Corporate Partners we partner first then we walk the walk right beside you along the journey to Excellence. Key members of the Corporate Partners team will come on-site to mentor, support and lead your team, to lock in each step of our improvement process so that it becomes cemented into your company culture.

DELIVERING EXCELLENCE IN QUEENSLAND

To find out more about how Corporate Partners can bring excellence to your business, contact Rob Emms in our Queensland office on 0431 404 000 or remms@corporatepartners.com.au or you can visit our web site at www.corporatepartners.com.au.

Gold

BUSY At Work

BUSY At Work is a not-for-profit organisation which provides workforce planning solutions to Queensland businesses. For more than 34 years BUSY has established a reputation as the specialists in apprenticeships support services, growing apprenticeship and traineeship numbers throughout Queensland.

In addition to Apprenticeships Services, BUSY At Work also provides Employment Services, Managed People Services, Indigenous Employment and Community Services. The 5 service areas provide a comprehensive approach to workforce management.

BUSY At Work understands that a highly skilled and capable workforce is critical to business performance no matter how large or small you are. Whether you need to retain staff or maintain existing skill levels, upskill or attract new entrants, BUSY's specialists consultants can support business with their workforce management.

With 15 locations, more than 200 staff and committed partnerships across Australia, BUSY has the proven systems and knowledge to service your workforce management needs. BUSY approaches workforce planning from an operational perspective and delivers from the ground up to provide clients with the best workforce solutions for their individual business needs.

BUSY has a solid reputation for integrity, reliability and customised solutions, providing expert advice and information to employers, employees, job seekers, students and the greater community.

www.busyatwork.com.au
13 BUSY (13 2879)

Strategix Training Group - "We train Australia"

Strategix Training Group an industry leader in training and assessment, with award winning training programs, industry linkages and innovative training techniques. We have delivered nationally recognised training to over 12,000 graduates. Our goal to is to exceed our customer's expectations and to meet industry-training needs. Our results are driven by our passion for the industries we serve.

We deliver our services nation wide, and are registered to deliver government funded training under the Australian Quality Training Standards. (NTIS id 31418)

Our packages include:

Business
Food Processing
Process Manufacturing
Administration
Transport and Logistics
Training and Education
Customer Contact and Retail

From Licences and Short Courses to Diploma level qualifications.

At Strategix we deliver organisation wide training strategies to enhance the skills and knowledge of your staff. Our industry expertise is in Training, Mentoring, Job Placement, and Systems Development.

If you want practical training that is tailored to your business objectives.
If you want to maintain a competitive edge, save time and money and increase staff morale.
If you want a managed plan approach to training.
Or if you want to increase health and safety awareness and compliance.

Strategix Training Group is your solution.

Entertainment

MIGAS

MIGAS is the Group Training Organisation of choice for hundreds of businesses up and down the East coast of Australia. We employ apprentices, trainees and school-based trainees in a wide range of industries, and simplify the management of these placements. MIGAS organises recruitment, prescreening, TAFE, Government paperwork, administration, payroll, allowances, workers compensation, uniforms, tools, conduct performance assessments, and more. This makes it as easy as possible for the host company and the apprentice, trainee or school-based trainee. Experience has taught MIGAS that by making apprentice and trainee management simple, you can focus on what is really important... running your business.

Media Partner

Manufacturers' Monthly

Recognised for highly credible editorial content and acclaimed analysis of issues affecting the industry, Manufacturers' Monthly has informed Australia's manufacturing industries since 1961. Aimed at senior level management, Manufacturers' Monthly continues to go from strength to strength by providing a complete news source for targeted industry, management, IT, technology, and product news. Further to being a complete news source for the industry, its main strength is its analysis of key issues that helps to keep Australian manufacturers remain competitive. Focusing on topics such as machinery and equipment as well as food and beverage manufacturing, Manufacturers' Monthly provides its 15,000+ subscribers with the essential information they need to make informed business decisions. Marketing Enquiries Contact Sharon Amos 0417 072 625.

Silver and Registered Training Organisation of the Year

Atlas Heavy Engineering Company

Atlas, a Heavy Engineering Company, was established in 1985 and is today a leader in the manufacture of quality attachments used in the construction, mining and forestry industries. Atlas also carries out heavy fabrication and welding to in-house or customer design.

Atlas employs its own qualified engineers and all are backed by our engineering control centre. Our design draughtsmen apply the latest computerised technology. Intensive testing is in place to ensure that all products produced by Atlas are of the highest standard and quality.

Atlas Heavy Engineering has established itself as a successful company that competes on the basis of product superiority rather than price.

Brisbane North Institute of TAFE

Brisbane North Institute of TAFE (BNIT) is firmly positioned as one of the most successful public providers of vocational education and training in Queensland, with more than 30,000 students across seven campuses.

BNIT recognises that workforce development and staff retention is at the forefront of business profitability, and offers tailored solutions for business and industry to 'keep your staff skilled and ready'. BNIT caters for a variety of requirements, from short courses to fully accredited Diplomas specialising in the para professional, management, health and allied services, and horticulture and environment competency areas.

BNIT can add value to your training - not just via quality but with funding support, and can lead you through the process step by step.

Silver and Manufacturing Trainee of the Year

SkillsTech Australia

SkillsTech Australia is Queensland's largest TAFE institute in trade and technician training for the automotive, building and construction, electrical / electronics, manufacturing and engineering, and sustainable technologies industries.

We provide more than 120 training programs to 20 000 students each year and have two major training centres at Acacia Ridge and Eagle Farm in Brisbane, in addition to a further four training centres across the north and south side of Brisbane.

Strong links with industry and Centres of Excellence ensure that our vocational education and training qualifications address employer and student needs both nationally and internationally. SkillsTech Australia has a range of training delivery options, including face-to-face instruction, workplace-based learning, texts, video conferencing and e-learning.

As a Queensland Government public provider, SkillsTech Australia hosts world-class facilities supported by up-to-date equipment that provides industry with highly skilled workers who are immediately productive in the workplace.

Award Categories

Manufacturing School-based Trainee/Apprentice of the Year

Partec Institute

PARTEC Institute was established by the Manufacturing Industry to provide training and education for the development of the Queensland Plastics Industry.

PARTEC specialises in trades and technician skills for Composites, Injection Moulding, Rotomoulding, Blow Moulding, Extrusion, CNC Technician, Toolmaker, Tooling Design, and Plastic Pipeline welding, to assist with the development of the Queensland economy.

Manufacturing Indigenous Student of the Year

Skill360 Australia

Skill360 Australia is a Group Training Organisation and Registered Training Organisation providing complete Workforce Solutions across Northern Australia.

Skill360 Australia specialise in all employment services including Apprenticeships and Traineeships, Indigenous Employment and Training, Professional Development Training from short courses to Management and Diploma Qualification Levels, Recruitment and Labour Hire, and Payroll Services.

Skill360 Australia has been operating across a wide range of industries throughout Northern Australia for more than twenty-five years.

Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year

Australia Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)

The AMWU is the leading trade union representing skilled tradespeople in manufacturing, in the metal fabrication, fitting, engineering, printing and vehicle trades. The union has over 100,000 members nationwide.

The AMWU Qld/ NT branch is heavily involved in skills at the workplace and throughout industry, and provides advice to members, including apprentices, on trade issues, competencies, and training standards.

Manufacturing VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year

Bremer Institute of TAFE

The Bremer Institute of TAFE is an acknowledged leader in training within the Manufacturing sector as the winner of the MSQ RTO of the year for two years running (2010 and 2011). We can assist your business to plan and manage your workforce development to ensure that you get the most from your staff.

Small to Medium Employer of the Year

Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE

Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE is the largest training provider in South West Queensland – delivering quality training in 20 industry sectors.

SQIT is committed to partnering with industry to address skills shortages and regional issues. Their flexible service delivery strategy offers a variety of nationally recognised qualifications with tailored skilling solutions to meet the needs of industry.

Large Employer of the Year

Australian Industry Group

The Australian Industry Group is Australia's leading industry organisation providing services to approximately 10,000 companies who employ around 750,000 staff.

With a staff of almost 300 nationally, Ai Group delivers the full complement of business advice and assistance to members with a particular focus on workplace relations, occupational health and safety and environmental sustainability.

Student of the Year

WH&S Training & Assessment

WH&S Training & Assessment provides high quality training solutions for people working in the manufacturing industry. WH&S specialises in training in high risk work including cranes and dogging, and earthmoving through training plans tailored to each client's needs. Safety is our number one priority. WH&S aims to deliver a safer working environment for all because good safety management is good business management.

Manufacturing School of the Year

Symbio Alliance

Symbio Alliance was established in 1977 and specializes in the provision of analytical and training services to the agricultural, environmental and food industries. With a focus on quality and customer service, Symbio Alliance is uniquely suited to deliver training in the area of laboratory skills, quality assurance and food processing.