2023 TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRY AWARDS

Entry Guidelines:

Please note: these are simply guidelines and we accept any form of nomination. Nominations can be emailed to info@transporting.nz
Entries close at 5pm, 2 June 2023

Judging panel:

The panel of judges will be made up of industry leaders. Judges decisions will be final.

Information to assist with the entry process:

The Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand Industry Awards recognise best practice or behaviour and honour an individual, organisation, or company that has gone above and beyond in raising skills, industry awareness, safety practices, knowledge, training, innovation or expertise. The awards will honour activities and achievements that ultimately improve the daily lives of the public or ensure the industry is a rewarding and safe environment to work in.

Categories

  • VTNZ Supreme Contribution to NZ Road Transport
  • FRUEHAUF Outstanding Contribution to Innovation
  • EROAD Outstanding Contribution to Health and Safety
  • TELETRAC NAVMAN Outstanding Contribution by a Woman in the Road Transport Industry
  • EROAD Young Driver of the Year (under 35)
  • Hanga Aro Rau, Workforce Development Council Outstanding Contribution to Training

What the judges are looking for?
Companies, or individuals, who have made an exceptional contribution to some aspect of the road transport industry by way of innovation, safety, industry awareness, and training, or implemented processes that have had a positive outcome on staff and/or customers.

Business/nominee description:
Please include some background on the business, including how long it has been operating, and tell us why the nominee and/or business should be the winner.

Your key points of difference, such as:

  • Do you/the person, or company you are nominating have a stand-out product or service?
  • Are your, or the company’s, staff culture and education programmes or specific health and safety practices working?
  • What’s special about the nominee that makes them stand out?
  • Have you, or one of your team, done something to enhance awareness of our industry, in a positive way?

VTNZ Supreme Contribution to NZ Road Transport Award criteria

Any activity or achievement within the industry will make someone eligible for the award including (but not exclusively) any of the following:

  • Actions, or activities, which enhance the public standing of our industry
  • Positive advancement of the industry’s values among staff and/or customers
  • Mentoring of colleagues and staff within an organisation, or across our industry as a whole
  • Long-term commitment to the road transport industry and contribution to its ongoing success

The nomination could also specify:

  • The challenges and degree of difficulty faced in achieving the outcome
  • The time and effort involved in working towards the outcome
  • The length of time the nominee has been involved in the road transport industry and any other actions, or activities, over that time which have also made a contribution to the road transport industry

FRUEHAUF Outstanding Contribution to Innovation criteria

Any activity or achievement within the industry will be eligible for the award including (but not exclusively) any of the following:

  • Technical or mechanical innovations with demonstrable commercial applications that improve efficiency, safety and/or increase cost efficiency
  • Managerial or organisational innovations that result in improved business processes and/or more efficient handling of goods, improved client relations, or any other aspects of a business’s operation
  • Encouragement or promotion of the benefits of innovative systems within an organisation or company or the industry as a whole.

The nomination could also specify:

  • The challenges and degree of difficulty faced in achieving the outcome
  • Measurable ways in which the activity caused an improved health and safety environment and/or outcomes
  • The time and effort involved in working towards the outcome
  • The length of time the nominee has been involved in the road transport industry and any other actions or activities over that time which have also made a contribution to the road transport industry.

EROAD Outstanding Contribution to Health and Safety Award criteria

Any activity or achievement within the industry will make someone eligible for the award including (but not exclusively) any of the following:

  • Development and inception of health and safety innovations, or programmes, which have demonstrably improved the health and safety performance of an organisation or company, either individually, or with other organisations or companies
  • Promotion of the need for effective health and safety programmes within the industry
  • Encouragement of the merits of active health and safety interventions within an organisation or company

The nomination could also specify:

  • The challenges and degree of difficulty faced in achieving the outcome
  • Measurable ways in which the activity caused an improved health and safety environment and/or outcomes
  • The time and effort involved in working towards the outcome

Teletrac Navman Outstanding Contribution by a Woman in the Road Transport Industry criteria

We welcome nominations for any woman working within the industry who displays skills including (but not exclusively) following:

  • Actions or activities by a woman in the road transport industry that enhances the public image of our industry
  • Successful promotion of the benefits of diversity to organisations and companies involved in the industry
  • An innovative approach to industry practices that help to encourage and enhance the standing of women in road transport
  • Promotion, or inception, of a successful training programme that encourages or assists the progression of women in road transport

The nomination could also specify:

  • The challenges and degree of difficulty faced in achieving the outcome
  • The time and effort involved in working towards the outcome

EROAD Young Driver of the Year (under 35)

We welcome nominations for any young person within the industry who displays skills including (but not exclusively) any of the following:

  • Actions or activities by a young driver in the road transport industry that enhances the public standing of the industry
  • Successful promotion of the road transport industry as a career pathway to young people and new entrants into the workforce
  • An innovative approach to industry practices that helps to encourage and enhance young people in road transport
  • Recognition of a young person’s participation and outstanding success in training or professional development to enhance their career in road transport

The nomination could also specify:

  • The challenges and degree of difficulty faced in achieving the outcome
  • Measurable ways in which the activity caused an improved health and safety environment and/or outcomes
  • The time and effort involved in working towards the outcome

Hanga Aro Rau, Workforce Development Council Outstanding Contribution to Training

We welcome nominations for any individual, organisation or company that has gone above and beyond industry requirements in raising skills, knowledge and expertise among individuals, companies or across the industry over the last 12 months.
Any activity or achievement within the industry will make someone eligible for the award including (but not exclusively) any of the following:

  • Successful promotion of the benefits of participation in a training programme or programme individuals, whether in the industry or outsiders.
  • Successful promotion of the benefits of providing a training programme to organisations involved in the industry.
  • Provision of training opportunities either on an individual basis or within a company or organisational encouragement for those training opportunities to be taken up.
  • An innovative approach to the promotion or provision of training opportunities
  • Promotion or inception of a successful training relationship between an outside organisation provider and an association organisation.

What the judges are looking for?
Companies, or individuals, who have made an exceptional contribution to some aspect of the road transport industry by way of innovation, safety, industry awareness, and training, or implemented processes that have had a positive outcome on staff and/or customers.

Business/nominee description:
Please include some background on the business, including how long it has been operating, and tell us why the nominee and/or business should be the winner.

Your key points of difference, such as:

  • Do you/the person, or company you are nominating have a stand-out product or service?
  • Are your, or the company’s, staff culture and education programmes or specific health and safety practices working?
  • What’s special about the nominee that makes them stand out?
  • Have you, or one of your team, done something to enhance awareness of our industry, in a positive way?