WIOA Qld Conference - qldwater activities
Date: 03-May-2017
qldwater is once again strongly involved in activities at the annual Water Industry Operators Association Queensland Conference to be held in Logan on 7th and 8th June.
The first operators to be Certified under the Queensland Sewage Treatment Plant Operator Certification Framework will attend a presentation ceremony on the morning of the 7th during the opening session. The six operators to be Certified took part in a qldwater coordinated pilot to implement and test the Framework in SEQ. The Queensland Framework will soon be superseded by a national Certification Framework for Recycled Water and Wastewater Treatment Operators (operators Certified under the Queensland Framework will be transferred to the national Framework when it comes into effect).
Also on the Wednesday 7th is the Queensland Live Mains Tapping competition for 2017 which follows on from last year’s successful event at the qldwater Innovation Forum. The 2016 title was taken out by the City of Gold Coast – completing the task in an impressive 1 minute and 49 seconds to finish ahead of challengers from Queensland Urban Utilities and Logan Water. 6 teams have nominated to compete this year with the winners taking home a unique trophy and a $1,000 donation to their nominated charity (sponsored by IXOM).
At lunchtime on Wednesday Queensland’s winner of the best tasting tap water for 2016, Toowoomba Regional Council, will go head to head with the NSW/ACT winner, Icon Water, in the Water of Origin (sponsored by IXOM). A panel will select the top drop. Queensland has taken home the title for the last four years straight and the NSW Water Directorate is already gearing for defeat by refusing to acknowledge Canberra as their rightful representative.
On the Thursday evening at the Awards dinner, the two qldwater sponsored awards – Queensland Young Operator of the Year and Queensland Operator of the Year Civil/Allrounder will be presented to the winners. The awards are an opportunity to recognise the important work that operators perform for the industry. Each of the deserving winners will take home a trophy and generous professional development prize.
The WIOA Conferences are invariably great events with technical and relevant operator presentations and we invite all members to consider nominating some of their operators to attend. If you’re attending the event we invite you to come and say hello to some of the qldwater team at booth number 31 where we’ll have $50 gift card prizes for those who can prove their ability in the WaSP Wars II card game of tactical skill and cunning.
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