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ACCESS in ACTION
AUGUST 2016
VOL18 NO 1
6,953 (Audit
period Sept 2015)
CAB Member
since March 2010
ELEVATING WORK PLATFORM ASSOCIATION OF
AUSTRALIA INC ABN 32 545 830 419
EWPA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Rick Mustillo
Tel: 02 9817 7610
Vice President: Mitch Ely
Tel: 07 3456 4508
Past President: Tim Nuttall
Tel: 03 9547 7700
Chief Executive Officer: James Oxenham
Tel: 0410 704 979
Operations Manager: Nicolas Chiew
Tel: 0410 468 468
NSW President: John Glover
Tel: 02 9735 7600
VIC President: Tim Hille
Tel: 03 9555 1116
QLD President: Richard Gannon
Tel: 07 3277 7255
SA President: Ben Pritchard
Tel: 08 8262 1000
WA President: Will Reilly
Tel: 08 9456 4400
TRAINING DIRECTOR
Phil Middleton
Tel: 02 9622 6060
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Peter Wenn
Tel: 03 9568 7211
TELESCOPIC HANDLER ASSOCIATION OF
AUSTRALIA (TSHA)
PRESIDENT: Chris Taylor
Tel: 02 9609 4653
EWPA & TSHA
PO Box 1304, Mona
Vale NSW 1660
Tel: 02 9998 2222
Fax: 02 9998 2299
Email: info@ewpa.com.au Web: www.ewpa.com.au
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Learning at conventions, meetings and demonstrations
president's
message
For all those who attended the HRIA Convention HIRE16 on the
Gold Coast, I hope it was an informative and productive visit.
It was great to see the EWP industry strongly
represented by both members and suppliers.
A big thank you to the latter for your support.
This year I made an effort to attend as many
of the speakers as I could. I found them all
very interesting. It was really pleasing to
hear the positiveness of financial journalist,
Michael Pascoe’s economic forecast
presentation and it is great to know, as
an avid sailor, there is someone like Jerry
Grayson to call if something goes wrong. But,
the speaker who made me sit back in my
chair was Steve Sammartino.
I found Steve’s talk challenging and very
thought provoking. For those who missed it,
the basis of Steve’s talk was, we are at the
start of what he described as a ‘connection
revolution’. He told us the way we must
think about, and do business in the future
is changing. That certainly isn’t a new
revelation; that’s the nature of remaining in
business. Steve told us how the work force is
changing; nowadays we can contact anyone,
anywhere in the world, to work for us. This is
certainly true for me and my business. For my
small business, my marketing is done in the
UK and my graphic designer is also based in
the UK. Distance is no longer a barrier.
Growing up, we were always taught to listen
to our elders because the older generation
were the ‘fountain of knowledge and
experience’. I think that still holds true today
but, there is a lot us ‘oldies’ can learn from the
next generation.
After attending
a number of the
functions at the
Convention, I
became aware
the face of the
industry is slowly
changing. It
was good to
see a number of
retired industry stalwarts there but it was even
more pleasing to see enthusiastic young industry
players too. It is good to know when our ‘current
batch’ retires or moves on, the industry will be in
good hands.
During May the NSW EWPA team organised its
quarterly meeting around emergency descent
systems and procedures. The meeting was
held at the Onsite Group St Marys premises
with manufacturers bringing machines for the
demonstrations. With approximately 60 attendees,
this proved to be a very informative meeting
indeed.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone about
State meetings. Check our calendar in this issue
or online to see when and where your next
State meeting will be held. They are a great
opportunity to learn about Association initiatives,
meet and network with peers and discover
what’s happening in the access market here and
overseas.
Rick Mustillo
National President
Rick Mustillo
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