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Water Industry Operations Association of Australia (WIOA)
Postal Address
PO Box 1080 Mountain Gate VIC 3156
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
Email [email protected]
Phone number 03 5821 6744
ABN: 83 123 468 422
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Membership
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Frequently asked Questions
The Committee is elected by the Members annually and if you wish to be considered, just complete and return the Committee Nomination form which usually comes out each February. The Committee is elected at the AGM held online.
We have established Advisory Committees in Tasmania, Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia to assist us to run our various events. If you don’t want to be on the Committee but would like to help out, just contact us and we would be pleased to add you to a State based group.
We welcome contributions from members for any of our publications including ‘WaterWorks’, ‘Operator’ or ‘Words’. All you need to do is send us your information/photos and we will do the rest. WIOA has an editorial team willing and able to help you put an article together, if you require assistance.
As an additional benefit to members, WIOA can place position adverts on the WIOA website free of charge any member. Notification of the advert is included in our monthly newsletter ‘Words’.
WIOA members can choose to receive all correspondence either electronically by email or by hard copy (via Australia Post). Sending information by email is more environmentally friendly, efficient, cost effective and WIOA’s preferred method.
If you wish to receive information electronically, you can indicate this on the Membership application form. If you are an existing member and would like to change to email, contact us and we will update your preference.
All members can update their contact details or other personal details by contacting the WIOA office at any time.
WIOA has a wide range of members both individual and corporate, from all Australian States as well as overseas. If you have an operational issue that you are having difficulty resolving, just let us know about it, preferably by email, and we can tap into our network to potentially get you an answer.
Membership
- Free access to WIOA Talks Webinars, Interest Days and Site Tours
- WaterWorks Technical Journal published annually
- Operator Magazine published triannually
- WIOA Words electronic newsletter monthly
- Notification of events, seminars and conferences plus positions vacant and wanted adverts
- New product or equipment brochures from Corporate members
- Updates on industry developments including training
- Invitation to the AGM
- Updates on technical resources specifically aimed at the operational side of the industry
- Discounted registration fees to WIOA events
- Application forms for various industry Awards
Corporate Members receive all the items listed for individual members plus the following:
- Email notification of when exhibition sites for WIOA Conferences are going on sale
- Discounted exhibition site fees at WIOA Conferences
- Rights of individual membership is afforded to the nominated person only
- Company details listed in the Corporate Directory of the WIOA website
- Editorial promotional space in Operator Magazine or Waterworks Technical Journal under Corporate News
- Recognition at the Annual Conferences on promotional material as a member
- Preference given to Corporate members at specific issues seminars
Utility Corporate Membership is open to all employers of water industry Operators. This category allows employers of operators to join up and pay for their operational staff to be individual members and they will receive all the benefits of an individual member. The employer will receive a free corporate membership, and all the benefits of corporate membership. Utility Corporate Membership cost varies – it would be calculated at the Individual fee, times the amount of employees you sign up.
Click here to take a look at our membership offerings and to join WIOA as a member!