Dear ACA members and colleagues, the last few months have been incredibly challenging for us all, both individually and professionally, in adapting to this new COVID-19 world. The ACA, like...
11th June 2020
Over the past month much has changed at the ACA and one of the board decisions is that we will not be producing Corrosion & Materials in hard copy for the remainder of this year. In conjunction with the Editors and Committee we will be producing the same great content in an online format. The article submission guidelines are as follows:
26th May 2020
The latest update from ACA Chairman Dean Wall and Chief Executive officer Richard Reilly. This weeks update discusses the upcoming AGM and announces the newly released annual report, the ongoing ACA webinars and our member survey, all the latest developments regarding our ACA Training Courses and the postponement of the Corrosion and Materials Journal.
21st May 2020
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the ACA has been hosting a series of webinars in the place of our regular events calendar. Hopefully, you've all had the chance to tune in at some point during your time in lockdown. If there was a webinar that you missed or one that you attended which you'd like to revisit, we're pleased to announce that all our past webinar recordings can now be viewed on the ACA website.
13th May 2020
The ACA AGM for 2020 will take place in the format of an online webinar on Wednesday 27 May at 5:00 PM AEST. We encourage all our members to register...
29th April 2020
Today is Corrosion Awareness Day, to recognise the occasion we wanted to share with you what we've been getting up to at the ACA over the past few weeks, from our first blended training course, to our first webinars, to continue in our efforts to support Australasian corrosion community. We've also got some updates from around the world and about what's coming next for the ACA.
23rd April 2020
The ACA Board has resolved that this year’s C&P 2020 Conference will be postponed until 2021, due to restrictions regarding COVID-19 and a high likelihood of travel bans in 2020....
16th April 2020
Over the coming weeks and months, you will see the ACA implementing remote communication tools to all of our member offerings, particularly into our training and certification program. Already a number of our ACA Training and Certifications courses are available to be studied remotely and more courses will be added to the program as we progress. We particularly encourage anyone impacted with reduced hours from their workplaces to use their downtime to upskill, to get that certification, or simply participate in further learning so you are ready to take advantage of the opportunities that will undoubtedly be there when we come out the other side. The ACA offers various payment methods to suit budgets including partial course payments, payment plans, credit card etc along with course discounts for multi bookings.
7th April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us all to reappraise how we're interacting with each other both professionally and personally. As of today, we wanted to update you on what is happening at the ACA from our first online meeting to Zoom support sessions for ACA members to new content that we're sharing.
2nd April 2020
To assist our members with the broad transition to using Zoom software for online meetings and webinars, we will be offering some support sessions. If you are interested in familiarising yourself with this technology please register your interest below
1st April 2020
Hello ACA members and colleagues, We hope you're all holding up in these difficult circumstances. Like you, we are all following developments and announcements regarding COVID-19. As you know, we have postponed a number of events and training course - this was prudent in light of government directives and the need to socially distance ourselves. We are still planning to host future training courses as advertised on our website, but we are realistic as to whether we will be allowed to do so. We are working on putting the training courses online in as timely a manner as possible.
24th March 2020
The team at the ACA have been working on our online groups for members for some time. Now with the rise of COVID-19 and the increasing number of people working from home, these services are more useful than ever and have been expanded with some new features including dedicated video conferencing for each committee. Watch this short presentation to find out all the details.
23rd March 2020
Hello ACA members and colleagues, On behalf of the Board and ACA staff, we wanted to let you know what we're doing at the ACA in light of COVID-19. The office is open and we are providing training and member services as long as it is deemed safe to do so. We are following all state and federal government instructions as I'm sure you all are. We are planning for staff to work from home. Our plans will undoubtedly change in the future but this is what we've done to date and what we're proposing in the future:
18th March 2020
The ACA Board met this morning to consider a range of matters in relation to COVID-19 and its implications for ACA members, staff and the organisation. This morning, after close consultation with branch and technical committees, invited speakers and the ACA team, The Board resolved to postpone several upcoming ACA events to a later date. The full list of postponed events is as follows:
16th March 2020
COVID-19 is an ongoing issue and the situation is rapidly evolving in Australia. The ACA Board and management is following the situation closely and responding quickly to government and health department guidelines. At this point, we are operating our courses and our events as normal. We are updating registered attendees if any change is made to a scheduled event or course.
12th March 2020