Young Operator of the Year - Queensland

Sponsored by Queensland Water Directorate (qldwater)

The Queensland Water Directorate is a membership body for Water Service Providers across the state. qldwater is working in partnership with WIOA to expand its Queensland membership, promote qldwater skilling programs and build the WIOA Queensland conference into one of the most significant events on the water industry calendar.
The award introduced in 2010, aims to provide encouragement to young water industry employees, to recognise excellent performance, initiative and all round attention to detail.

qldwater sends a letter to all Councils and Water Authorities within Queensland, requesting they nominate “operations staff” to be considered for the Award.

To be eligible for consideration the nominees must:

• be employed in the Queensland water industry and be aged under 30 yrs
• have been employed in the water industry for less than 4 years
• be responsible for operating community water and wastewater treatment plants/ or

   industrial water or wastewater plants, operation and maintenance or construction of water

   and wastewater reticulation networks etc.

Nominations are judged on the basis of submissions from employers covering:

1. Commitment to and demonstrating a strong OHS ethic in all work performed
2. Commitment to undertaking training and then implementation of skills learned into the

     workplace
3. Commitment to team work and following enterprise SOP’s etc
4. Commitment to meeting Council/Authority and regulatory requirements in the course of all

    work
5. Demonstrated use of initiative or suggestions leading to efficiency or safety improvements
6. Any other relevant industry based achievements.

The completed applications are judged by an independent panel the winner is announced at the Awards Dinner at the WIOA Workshop annually. The winner receives a perpetual trophy for his or her organisation to keep for 12 months, a personal trophy to keep permanently and a sponsored professional development trip. The inaugural winner will be attending the 2011 Water Operators New Zealand Conference.

Young Operator of the Year Honour Roll - Queensland

Last updated on 14-Jun-2011