Friday - Monday, 11 - 14 June 2010
Plans are well advanced for the 2010 Wire & Gas Convention, to be held at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast over the June long weekend, 2010. This is still the biggest convention for auto electricians, air conditioning and heat exchange technicians in the southern hemisphere.
The trade show is expected to attract more exhibitors than the 36 who
showed their wares at the 2008 convention. The big draw card will be the
on-vehicle training with many of Australia’s top trainers covering a/c,
electrical and heat exchange. Because this is a famous golf resort, the
sport is back on the agenda for those members who are escaping the cold
of the southern states or New Zealand. June on the Gold Coast is
not your typical winter. Days a balmy and nights are cool. A full-on
partners program is also back on the agenda, encouraging mid-winter
holidays especially for a/c workshops. A range of incentives has been
adopted.
Registration fees for VASA members will be $495 + gst per delegate. A
second technician from the same workshops will cost only $295 + gst and
there will be an allowance of one apprentice per full paying delegate,
at a low rate of $95 plus gst.
VASA non-members will pay a premium of $50 + gst on these prices.
A fantastic room rate has been negotiated with Royal Pines and all
delegates are encouraged to take advantage of these rates and stay on
site because there is plenty to do at this great destination.
A marketing campaign will begin this June, 12 months out from
convention, giving members and non-members plenty of time to organise
budgets and travel plans. Full details of the program will be released
as soon as it’s finalised. However, judging by the feedback from the
past two or three conventions, the training sessions are the big
attraction and the committee is going all out to ensure plenty of top
trainers, better training layouts with seating for delegates at the
individual sessions and more space between trainers so that everyone can
be easily heard. So much emphasis is being placed on the training
that it has its own special slogan ‘Learn to Earn’.
And with the convention being tax deductable, delegates will start earning as soon as they check in.
For more details go to www.wireandgas.com.au