NSW ‘Return and Earn’ Network Operator, TOMRA Cleanaway has announced Tracey Boyes, Cleanaway Executive General Manager Solid Waste, as a board director for the joint venture. Boyes joined Cleanaway as executive general manager, solid waste services in February 2022 having the responsibility for all solid waste collection and resource recovery within the business. At the […]
James “Jimmy” Starbuck and the wider team from Starbuck Excavation took to wearing pink to celebrate the arrival of a new, pink, piece of Kobelco equipment marking a continued and enduring commitment to supporting women in the industry. A ‘larger-than-life’ personality in the earthmoving industry in Australia, Jimmy is quick to point out to you that Starbuck […]
Keira-Lee Knott and Samarra Porter are the latest inductees in the Queensland Government’s building and construction program, QBuild, to learn carpentry. The Indigenous 17-year-olds will join an additional 30 apprentices as part of the 2023 QBuild intake, bringing the total number of apprentices in the QBuild Apprenticeship Program to 102. Minister for Aboriginal and Torres […]
Sage Consulting Solution’s Susan Jaques shares her experiences in the pipeline industry and what it is like to be part of a committee. Tell us who you are and what you do? Well, like perhaps many people in the industry, I’d say I’m an accidental pipeline engineer. I didn’t plan to be doing this kind […]
Karen Poulton is the Marketing Manager for John Deere Construction and Forestry Division. She reviews some of the most popular John Deere products for the quarrying industry and why they hit the mark for safety, efficiency and innovation. From your perspective, how did the Australian quarrying industry perform during 2022? Year 2022 has brought continued skilled […]
Queensland based Jessica Manley has spent her career forging her own path in the construction industry, and today reaps the rewards of working in a job she loves as a construction estimator for Superior Walls & Ceilings. Like many young people leaving school, Jessica Manley wasn’t sure of the career path she wanted to take. […]
For many years, rail industry education provider Training Ahead Australia (TAA) has been training workers to enter the rail workforce. And now TAA founding director Dannielle Walz has put her personal experience into practice by setting up Mainline Consulting, an organisation to help clients build a better workplace. “We help you to build a workplace where […]
While studying an Arts degree, Rowena Kilbourne’s dream was to sculpt steel into works of art. Today she is a welder at one of the country’s biggest trailer manufacturers. Rowena is close to finishing a welding apprenticeship with MaxiTRANS at the company’s Ballarat manufacturing facility. She says she loves her work, forging molten metal to […]
Peter Duncan has been appointed as the new Chair, and Dr Collette Burke made a non-executive director, of the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Board. Both appointments are three-year terms. ARTC plays a vital role in managing the nation’s interstate freight rail network, and is also delivering Inland Rail, enhancements such as the Port Botany Duplication and […]
Peter Shields, Prime Mover Senior Features Writer, was present for Transport Women Australia Limited’s (TWAL) first function for 2023. The TWAL dinner was held in Goulburn, New South Wales, on Tuesday 31 January which was attended by around 80 people. TWAL Director and MC for the evening, True Ross, said the event was one of a number […]