Welcome to the November CMEIG Newsletter

The recent COP26 UN Climate Change Conference is a salient prompt as to our changing world.

These challenges are pertinent to us and our customers and is pleasing to see our industry at the forefront of change. We will continue to engage with the Federal Government’s Department of Agriculture, Water & Environment (DAWE) to ensure our voices (and our customers) are heard on what our members can provide in low emission technology machinery and for a sustainable transition towards Net Zero.

In this edition, under the People, Skills and Safety pillar we have included a survey to gauge your views of current training and identify what you see as the gaps going forward. I encourage you through your service managers, apprentice managers and human resources teams to complete this survey.

CMEIG will then be convening a forum to develop training priorities for advocacy through Government and training sector.

Following on from work with APCO (the Australian Packaging Covenant), CMEIG have established a Sustainability working group. The group’s objective is to develop a template for members to use in their own sustainability initiatives.

Getting together has been a simple thing that we have taken for granted when it comes to sharing information and communication. In this context, it was terrific to be able to be present at the recent Queensland member’s luncheon to a strong turnout of existing members and some new faces. Andrew Moir, Fred Carlson, Simon Turnbull and I presented some of CMEIG’s activities and especially the outstanding work our Engineering & HSE working groups are doing. I would encourage all regions to hold similar events (restrictions allowing) to bring your local members together as well as potential new members. It is a great way of connecting locally while being part of our National body.

Under our Engineering and Standards pillar, we draw your intention to the forthcoming `International Standards and International Trade’ presentation including from CMEIG’s representative and Chair of the ME-063 Australian Standards Committee, Os Ali.

As you can see there is a lot happening. Please enjoy!

Dean Gaedtke

Chair CMEIG