AMCA Queensland's 33rd Annual Golf Day is being held on Monday 6th September 2010 at Pacific Golf Club, Carindale.

Sponsors for the event include:

Major Sponsor: AHI Carrier (Australia) Pty Ltd

Dinner Sponsor: Hastie Services Brisbane

Drinks Carts Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty Ltd

Sausage Sizzle Sponsor: Services Trades Industry Fund (STIF)

Hole Sponsors: Air Design; Actrol Parts Pty Ltd; Holyoake Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd; STIF; Air Additions; Brown & Moodie Australia; AUST (Q) Superannuation Fund; KSB Australia Pty Ltd; Hydro Chem Pty Ltd; Construction Skills Queensland; Aggreko Generator Rentals; ACSEL Qld Pty Ltd; Careers Australia; BUSS (Q) and Johnson Controls.

Many thanks to all our sponsors.

We are pleased to announce the formation of our Workplace Health and Safety Committee for Queensland.

This group held its' first meeting on 27th April with attendees of OH&S personnel from member companies.

The meeting elected Lesley Mitchell of James L Williams Pty Ltd as the Chair.

It was decided to hold meetings every second month.

The next meeting of this group will be the 24th August 2010.

We are pleased to announce that COAG has confirmed the appointment of Graham MacKrill, Executive Director AMCA Queensland, as the representative for AMCA Australia to the Interim Advisory Committee for Refrigeration and Air conditioning mechanics. 

An MOU has been signed with E2Enet giving members access to potential employees, at no charge, via the E2Enet database.  This database provides potential access to all individuals currently listed as undertaking training from the TAFE system. 

See the link on the left of our opening page.

This is a great way of accessing potential employees that are currently registered in the Vocational and Education Training system (VET).

AMCA Queensland has contracted Stack Masula Pty Ltd to continue the provision of OH&S services to Members.  Any OH&S related matters for which Members may require advice can be obtained by contacting Sue Stack of Stack Masula Pty Ltd on (07) 3890 1000.

AMCA's latest publication, an update of the previous Mechanical Contractor's Handbook, is now available.  Contact this office if you wish to order copies.

This 155 page handbook has been revised by John Pilley and Vin Eddy of Pilley McKellar Solicitors with input from Hank Laan and Steven Zorbas, and is an essential tool for all those involved in the subcontracting industry.

Occupational Health and Safety is vitally important nowadays.  If not managed properly employee safety is put at risk and companies can incur heavy financial penalties.

Generally the air conditioning and mechanical services industry has a good record - but improvement is always possible. AMCA Australia is instituting a statistical system that will provide data:

• documenting the performance of our industry
• highlighting areas for improvement

Based on the data collected the association will be able to develop strategies to improve performance.

All members are invited to provide input into the statistical information. All data that is published will be aggregated and individual company performances will not be identified. This system will enable individual companies to benchmark their performance against an industry standards.

Current data is available to view via the AMCA-A website www.amca.com.au.