Young Achiever

The future of our profession rests on the shoulders of emerging professionals. The Young Achiever of the Year Award acknowledges one outstanding individual who has demonstrated incredible potential or achievement in their chosen area.

The individual selected will embody the highest standards of professionalism, be a role-model for their peers and be capable of making an outstanding contribution to the profession in the course of their future career.

Nominees must be able to demonstrate a focus on the future, demonstrate inspirational leadership, enterprise, drive, and commitment. A record of personal achievements and contributions that are above and beyond the requirements of paid employment will also be taken into consideration.

Criteria:

• Provide a summary outlining the nominee’s contributions and achievements
  • Career highlights
  • Examples of inspirational leadership and teamwork
  • Personal characteristics, achievements, challenges overcome
  • Describe the nominee’s contributions to the Association and or profession to date
  • Describe at least one instance where the nominee has shown initiative and commitment in the work environment
  •  What impact has the nominee made to the workplace, industry or community, including any aspects outside of paid employment

Future Leader

The Future Leader Award was created to recognise a high-performing practitioner with outstanding leadership attributes and a thirst for knowledge and improvement.

The award recipient demonstrates strong leadership potential among their peers, who has displayed an exceptional aptitude and vision.

Criteria:

Demonstrates:

1. Leadership - is easily described as an exemplary individual who exhibits strong leadership potential, personal integrity, insists on ethical professional practices, maintains high personal expectations, demonstrates a positive attitude and demeanour toward others
2. Broad minded and inclusive in work interactions with others
3. Innovation
4. Professional development
5. Contribution to the organisation / team / profession / industry
6.  Contribution beyond the professional role (e.g., to the community)

Champion of Change - Female Leadership

The Champion of Change – Female Leadership Award recognises a female professional who has demonstrated leadership capabilities and/or is championing change within her organisation, the Association or in the broader industry.

A role model, who has excelled in her profession/workplace, and in doing so, affects lasting change and is an inspiration to others.

Criteria:

1. Leadership in championing change, provide an example
2. Role model to peers, examples of engagement and or collaboration
3. Examples of continued professional and personal development
4.  Examples of other contributions, impact on others that leadership, empowerment and or change

Service Excellence within Local Government

The Service Excellence within Local Government Award encourages, promotes, and recognises best practice in service excellence within local government rewarding outstanding innovation, certification practice and teamwork.

Criteria:

1. Exceptional service which advances the goals of Building and Development Certification related to the Local Government sector
2. Exemplary character and ongoing championing of the Local sector
3. Significant contributions to the community through Local Government
4.  Outstanding achievements and / or significant contributions in the advancement of the position and value of AAC within the wider community

Emerging Professional in Private Practice

The Emerging Professional in Private Practice Award recognises the achievements of an emerging, young professional who has been outstanding in all aspects of their training and professional work as a Certifier.

The nominee will have demonstrated an outstanding level of performance at work over the past 12 months in a manner that sets them apart from other individuals of similar experience.

Criteria:

1. Detail current position/role
2. Career overview detailing qualifications, professional accomplishments, extra-curricular activities, and other achievements including AAC and or broader industry participation
3. Describe a program, project or initiative that the nominee has been involved with which has either benefited or made a difference in their local community/organisation
4. Any contribution to the industry & or leadership
5. If self-nominating - Personal-development and goals for the next 2-5 years

Regional Certifier of Merit

The Regional Certifier of Merit Award encourages, promotes, and recognises best practice in residential and commercial building certification across regional New South Wales, rewarding outstanding innovation and teamwork, regionally and in remote areas that demonstrate collaboration with diverse partners and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

Criteria:

1. Show proven contribution to the regional community through projects, initiatives, activities, and teamwork
2. Examples of how the nominee displays initiative and innovation
3. Discuss barriers and difficulties overcome in delivery of projects
4. Describe short and long-term project objectives
5.  If self–nominating – demonstrate areas of self-development

Individual Excellence and Innovation

The Individual Excellence and Innovation Award is intended to recognise an individual member for excelling in their early career and displaying initiative, creativity and innovation within their work environment.

Criteria:

1. Proactively assumes responsibility for new projects
2. Demonstrated examples of how their work has combined the highest professional, ethical and industry standards to deliver superior results and outcomes for clients and stakeholders
3. Demonstrates exceptional talents in creating effective processes and methods to solve problems and overcome barriers for project outcomes
4. Demonstrated substantial contribution to certification/ business practice/ project through research, guidelines, program development or other activities relevant to career
5. Development and implementation of an innovative initiative, activity, service, program, or project

• Description of why this approach was used over more conventional approaches
• Was any innovative outcome achieved?
• How was technology applied to deliver the outcome?
• Any smart information technology applied for document control and communication to enhance productivity?
• Demonstrated outcomes, gains and quantifiable impact or benefits achieved for the Association / firm / client
• Display evidence of positive influence

Meritorious Member

This Meritorious Member Award recognises an individual committee member through their engagement and collaborative approach that has positively impacted the broader membership.

Criteria:

1. Demonstrated Committee engagement, usually entails additional hours of work beyond what others have contributed
2. Displayed an exemplary collaborative approach
3. Served on a AAC Committee for at least 12 months (current or prior service)
4.  Contributed to education and training on a broader platform other than just committee membership