Townsville Regional Group
Newsletter
March 2012 Regional Chair’s Message Welcome all to the start of another busy year for the Engineers Australia Townsville Regional Group, and we are very excited to be celebrating the Year of the Regional Engineer. This year’s theme is exactly what we are all about: providing the essential engineering services to our families, friends and colleagues in regional Queensland and beyond. In collaboration with our Women In Engineering (WIE) committee, we have a full calendar of events for the first part of the year including a WIE Speed Networking Event, GEN2X Debate, and the Annual Regional Group Golf Day. I encourage all Engineers Australia members and friends in our region to get involved and support our aim of providing networking and professional development opportunities to our local members. Unfortunately for us, our 2011 Townsville Regional Group Chair Jeremy Tranter and his wife Kate are leaving Townsville to pursue career ambitions in Brisbane. We will certainly miss their professionalism and hard work on our Regional Group committee, and wish Jeremy and Kate all the best in their endeavours and new life in the South. Thankyou all for your support, and I look forward to working with you as Chair of the Townsville Regional Group in 2012. Carson Care RPEQ CPEng
2012 Calendar of Events Date 29 March
Topic
WIE Event
Speed Networking Event
April
Eminent Speaker
Prof Vaughan Griffiths ‐ Risk and Reliability in Geotechnical and Mining Engineering
April
YEA Event
GEN2X Debate & Networking Mt St John Water Treatment Plant
June
Technical Site Visit Technical Presentation WIE Event
June
Seminar
15 July
Golf Day
August
Technical Presentation
May 8 May
15 September 11 October
Meet a Member With each quarterly newsletter, we would like to introduce a member of our Regional Engineering team to our local membership. We encourage you to tell us a little about yourself, provide a recent photo and we will endeavour to publish your professional profile to our Townsville engineering community. This edition, we will introduce our Townsville Regional Group Chair for 2012, Carson Care. Carson has worked in the electricity industry for almost 10 years, and currently manages a team of Engineers and Technical Officers that provide project development services for major Capital Works projects at Ergon Energy. Having recently been married in 2011, Carson is all too aware of both the triumphs and challenges of balancing work life, home life, study and extra‐curricular activities. When away from the job, Carson likes nothing more than to have a hack on the golf course with some mates or venture away for the day to explore what our region has to offer.
Event
October 13/14 November 24 November December
Technical Site Visit Financial Planning Seminar CN Barton Medal
JCU Cyclone Testing Mini Golf Event Work Health and Safety Harmonisation 'Safety in Design' Presentation Annual Regional Group Golf Day Professional Engineers Act, RPEQ and/or Changes in CPEng Assessment Criteria Humes Manufacturing Facility Setting Up Your Business, Trusts, PI Insurance
JCU Final Year Thesis Presentation Night Leadership Seminar ‐ Barry Eminent Speaker O'Sullivan Regional Celebration of Year of the Engineering Regional Engineer Annual Dinner Regional Group Annual General Meeting AGM
Carson and his wife Bec love to travel and usually have at least one expedition locked into the calendar to look forward to. Carson is a passionate about fostering and developing young Engineering Professionals and Engineering Officers within the community, and is embracing his new role as Chair of the Townsville Regional Group for 2012.
Please send your feedback/comments to carson.care@ergon.com.au