The following awards are presented annually at the WA Super Interest Day. WIOA welcomes all members to nominate themselves for the awards below.
WA Operator of the Year
This is the most prestigious award presented at WIOA WA Super Interest Day annually. The award is presented to operators of water or wastewater treatment facilities to recognise excellent performance, initiative and all-round attention to detail.
The criteria of the winner is that nominees should be employed in Western Australia and should have direct responsibility for operational decisions at community water and wastewater treatment plants, industrial water or wastewater plants.
The following features are taken into account in considering worthy recipients:
- Continuing education/training achievement.
- Overall plant or system management and condition.
- Demonstrated attention to Occupational Health and Safety and other regulatory responsibilities.
- Initiative and innovation, demonstrating improved treatment and efficiency
The completed applications are judged by an independent panel and the winner of the WIOA WA Operator of the Year Award is announced at the WIOA WA Super Interest Day annually.
The winner receives a perpetual trophy for their organisation to keep for 12 months plus a personal trophy to keep permanently. The winner also receives a fully funded trip to one WIOA Conference with travel and accommodation expenses inclusive.
WA Young Operator of the Year
This award is designed to provide encouragement to young water industry employees by recognising excellent performance, initiative and all round attention to detail.
We invite all employers of operators within WA to consider putting in a nomination for one of their “operations staff” to be considered for this Award.
To be eligible for consideration the nominees:
- Must be employed in the WA water industry and be aged under 30 years
- Must have been employed in the water industry for less than 5 years
Nominations are judged on submissions from employers covering:
- Commitment to and demonstrating a strong OHS ethic in all work performed
- Commitment to undertaking training and then implementation of skills learned into the workplace
- Commitment to teamwork and following enterprise SOP’s etc
- Commitment to meeting Corporation and regulatory requirements in the course of all work
- Demonstrated use of initiative or suggestions leading to efficiency or safety improvements
- Any other relevant industry-based achievements.
Please provide the following with your nomination:
- One headshot image of the nominee (jpg or similar format)
- One image of the nominee at work (jpg or similar format)
The completed applications are judged by an independent panel and the winner receives a perpetual trophy for his or her organisation to keep for 12 months plus a personal trophy to keep permanently. The winner also receives a fully funded trip to one WIOA Conference with travel and accommodation expenses inclusive.
The Ixom Best Tasting Tap Water in WA competition is a fun and exciting way to raise awareness of the quality of WA’s drinking water and to recognise the efforts of local water service providers in delivering valuable water services to their communities.
Reece Civil + Viadux Main Tapping Competition
Sponsored by Reece Civil + Viadux
The intent of this competition is to raise water industry awareness, acknowledge the work of network operators, and the broader water industry operations sector that provides customer service 24hrs/7 days a week.