Professionals Australia
{{Short description|Australian trade union}}
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{{Infobox union
| name = Professionals Australia
| location_country = Australia
| affiliation = Australian Council of Trade Unions
| members = {{increase}} 18,535 (as at 31 December 2023){{cite web |title=Membership size of registered organisations – 2024 |url=https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/organisations/resources/ig005-membership-size-registered-organisations.pdf. |publisher=Fair Work Commission |access-date=31 July 2024}}
| full_name = Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia
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| founded = 1917
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| headquarters = West Melbourne, Victoria (National Office) with branches in all Australian states and territories
| key_people = Katie Havelberg, National Board President;{{cite web |title= Professionals Australia Appoints First Female National President |url=https://members.professionalsaustralia.org.au/PA/Latest_News/Professionals_Australia_appoints_first_female_National_President.aspx |publisher=Professionals Australia|access-date=2 November 2023}} Sam Roberts, CEO
| website = {{URL|https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au}}
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Professionals Australia, formerly the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA), is an Australian trade union registered under state and federal industrial relations acts. It is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).
Professionals Australia organises workers across a broad range of workplaces and industries. It also performs many of the functions of a professional association as providing registration services for professional Engineers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.professionalengineers.org.au/rpeng/|title = Home}} Unlike most Australian unions, Professionals Australia is not affiliated to a political party.{{cn|date=March 2021}}
Its membership is drawn from diverse professions, including such as engineers, managers, architects, IT professionals, pharmacists, and collieries staff, and is organised along occupational lines.
History
Professionals Australia offer assessment in the areas of Civil, Electrical, Information, Technology and Telecommunications, Management, Mechanical and Structural Engineering.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpeq.qld.gov.au/BPEQ/Registration/The_Registration_and_Assessment_Process/BPEQ/Navigation/Registration/The_Registration_and_Assessment_Process.aspx?hkey=30592b84-6587-409e-a050-953100f49124|title=Board of Professional Engineers Queensland|url-status=dead|access-date=6 October 2015|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007150959/http://www.bpeq.qld.gov.au/BPEQ/Registration/The_Registration_and_Assessment_Process/BPEQ/Navigation/Registration/The_Registration_and_Assessment_Process.aspx?hkey=30592b84-6587-409e-a050-953100f49124}}
A new division for video game developers, under Game Workers Unite Australia, will be added in 2022.{{cite web | url = https://kotaku.com/australian-video-games-industry-is-getting-its-own-unio-1848170347 | title= Australian Video Games Industry Is Getting Its Own Union | date = December 6, 2021 | accessdate= December 6, 2021 | first= Luke | last = Plunkett | work = Kotaku }}
Industrial coverage
Professionals Australia has industrial coverage over:{{cite news |title=Divisions |url=https://members.professionalsaustralia.org.au/Professionals/Who_we_are/Divisions_Groups/Professionals/Content/Structure_Professionals/Divisions.aspx |access-date=2 May 2023 |work=Professionals Australia Divisions |language=en-AU}}
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- Engineers
- Pharmacists
- Scientists
- Collieries’ staff and officials
- Veterinarians
- Translators and interpreters
- Australian Government and Defence
- Information Technology (IT workers)
- Video game workers
- Software Developers
- Ambulance managers & professionals (Victoria)
- University students
- Local government engineers (New South Wales)
- Architects
- Managers and other professionals
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References
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External links
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- {{official|https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110406160302/http://www.e-airc.gov.au/215v/ Rules of the Association]
- [http://www.memberadvantage.com.au/ Member Advantage Benefits Programs]
- See also [http://www.Professions.org.au/ Australian Council of Professions]
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Category:1917 establishments in Australia
Category:Engineering societies based in Australia
Category:Professional associations based in Australia
Category:Trade unions affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions