by Kai | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorised
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The Asset Management Council is a Technical Society of Engineers Australia. With over 100,000 members embracing all disciplines of the engineering team, Engineers Australia is the largest and most diverse professional body for engineers in Australia. Engineers Australia’s Technical Societies provide an important and integral link between the profession and specific areas of technical practice.
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The World Partners in Asset Management was formed between five international, not-for-profit organisations to provide industry certification for Asset Management Assessors. The certification will assure the quality of assessors and confirm their knowledge and comprehension in asset management systems. The five not-for-profit organisations are as follows: ABRAMAN-Brazilian Maintenance and Asset Management Association, SMRP-Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (USA), PEMAC-Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada, the Asset Management Council (Australia), and IFRAMI-the French Institute of Asset Management and Infrastructure.
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The Asset Management Council is a founding member of the GFMAM (Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management) – an association of professional maintenance and asset management societies formed for the purpose of knowledge creation and sharing and for information exchange among member societies. GFMAM member organisations inlcude: AM Council – Australia; ABRAMAN – Brazil; EFNMS – Europe; FIM – South America; GSMP – Arabian Gulf Region; IAM – UK; IFRAMI – France; PEMAC – Canada; SAAMA – South Africa; and SMRP – USA. |
by Kai | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorised
China Asset Management Tour – Interested?
AMCouncil is seeking expressions of interest from asset management professionals wanting to join a study tour to China, to coincide with the ISO 5500x meeting happening in Nanjing 6th – 10th May 2019.
This trip will provide you with the opportunity to visit a variety of sites to learn, explore, share and compare asset management across industry in an international setting.
Find out more by downloading the flyer here.
Share your Story – Call for Webinar Presenters
An essential service of any association is offering high quality continuing education and learnings to its professional members. As valued members of the Asset Management Council, we invite you to join us in our commitment to deliver relevant and engaging information to those who work in the field of asset management.
Our offerings include a robust schedule of webinars. Who better to learn from than our very own fellow members? Whatever your industry, you have a lot of expertise to share. We hope you will consider submitting one or more webinar proposals to raise your visibility within the asset management field.
If you are interested in presenting at one of our webinars, please email info@amcouncil.com.au with your contact details and brief synopsis of the topic you wish to present on. We look forward to hearing from you!
CAMA Exam Question Workshop Project
Melbourne chapter members are invited to register and participate in a workshop with the World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM) to develop new questions for the Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) examination. To be facilitated by Sally Nugent, the workshop will be held over a two hour period at Engineers Australia, Melbourne, on Thursday 12, October, 2017.
Participation in the workshop will have a direct impact on your continuing professional development (CPD). Each question developed by an individual qualifies for a claim of eight CPD hours. Registration is very important as there will be some pre-work for attendees to ensure that they are warmed up to the question writing approach and targets for the workshop.
For further information please and to register for this workshop, visit: http://amcouncil.com.au/events/calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2017/10/12/331/-/melbourne-cama-exam-question-workshop.html
Paper Indexing Project
As of 1st January, 2018, the Asset Management Council will have a new interactive online members-only zone interface on our website and an updated search facility within the knowledge bank.
We are calling for volunteers to help us index our current database of technical papers. It will involve reading through papers, defining key words with regards to the content and linking it to one of our defined AMCouncil models, criteria of which will be provided. It’s a great opportunity to broaden your experience and professional knowledge and to earn valuable Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours while you are at it.
For further information and to register expressions of interest to be a part of this project, please send an email enquiry to kai.dong@amcouncil.com.au.
Project opportunity available to AMCouncil members only. Students who contribute to this project will be thanked with a one-year complimentary Asset Management Council student membership.
by Kai | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorised
Brett Abraham, JAS-ANZ
The key function of Business Development is to monitor the emerging needs of our primary stakeholders in Australia and New Zealand and to look for opportunities for JAS-ANZ to provide the necessary technical infrastructure to support these needs in areas such as health & human services, food & biosecurity, environment & sustainability, business and product certification.
Danny Elia, IFM Investors
Executive Director, Global Asset Management. Danny drives the asset management strategy of the Australian and global infrastructure funds. Danny has wide industry and senior management experience across a range of infrastructure sectors. He previously worked as the Director of the SA Health Partnership, the single purpose vehicle established by Leighton Contractors, Spotless and Hansen Yuncken to deliver the New Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP. Prior to this, Danny held a number of senior management roles including General Manager, CityLink and Victoria for Transurban Group; CFO, COO and Company Secretary for Axiom Energy Limited; Finance Director of Logistics for Linfox Asia Pacific; and Finance Director and Company Secretary for General Mills.
Scott Hirst, SAP
Scott heads the SAP Energy and Natural Resources team in Australia and New Zealand. He has worked with ERP and Asset Management solutions for 20 years with leading Utility companies in Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe. Today he collaborates with Utilities on their business programmes to help them exploit recent technology innovations and define their future roadmap.
Adanan Mohamed Hussain, Public Works Department Malaysia
Jamie Maslen, SME EAM
Jamie Maslen, Subject Matter Expert, Enterprise Asset Management Business Processes, SME EAM. Jamie has played a major role in the development of the Enterprise Asset Management Business Processes. Jamie has worked in this area in Government for many years and has an extensive background in Asset Management, facilities management and system and process implementation
Ian Maxted, Transfield Services Pty Ltd
Ian is an experienced CEO / EGM with a background in the engineering and property sectors, with particular exposure to large scale operations and maintenance services and infrastructure projects.
He comes to the Asset Management Council Board as the representative for AM Council Partnering Organisation Transfield Services, where he is currently Chief Development Officer.
Kristian Mead, NSW Treasury
As the primary lead on the Total Asset Management Policy reform process, Kristian is responsible for policy reform aimed at building stronger asset management across the sector. Kristian has a degree in Economics, a Masters in Public Administration and is certified PRINCE2 Practitioner. He has a strong background in infrastructure strategy, capital Expenditure planning and reporting, procurement policy, government property, capital works delivery monitoring and NSW Gateway. Notably, he was part of the team that developed the 2008-2018 10-year State Infrastructure Strategy and won the 2013 Leadership Award for the release of the NSW Treasury, Risk Management Toolkit for Public Sector Agencies.
Heather Swan
Heather Swan is a dual world record holding ‘Wingsuit’ pilot and BASEjumper, a mountaineer, an author, a former senior corporate executive and a wife and mother of two children and two stepchildren. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Australian Geographic ‘Spirit of Adventure’ Award.
Colin Thorne, Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)
Col Thorne has decades of Defence and project management experience having joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1981 as an Engineer Cadet. He was the Director General of Aerospace Maritime and Surveillance Systems and prior to this, the Officer Commanding Maritime Patrol Systems Program Office.
Thomas W. Smith MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program Director, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development, was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the ISO 55000 Standards Committee and a task group leader. He is the author of a chapter on the standard for The New Physical Asset Management Handbook and a member of the Faculty of the Institute of Asset Management.
by Kai | Sep 1, 2014 | Uncategorised
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