Awards
WA Transport Industry Awards 2008. Recognising and rewarding
excellence within the WA transport industry.
Page index
- About the WA Road Transport Industry Awards
- Nominations for 2008
- Gala Dinner and Awards Night
- Winner of the 2007 Dangerous Goods Safe Driver of the Year Award
About the WA Road Transport Industry Awards
The role of the Awards is to recognise and reward excellence within the WA Transport Industry. The WA Transport Industry Awards commenced in 1994, in
2008 there are 6 awards covering the diversity of the WA Transport Industry.
The Awards are hosted by Transport Forum WA.
The Department of Consumer and Employment Protection sponsors the new Dangerous Goods Company Award. This award is for companies directly involved with dangerous goods road transport, including explosives transport companies.
Nominations for 2008
Nominations for the 2008 Awards closed on 29 August 2008.
Gala Dinner and Awards Night
The top two nominees as decided by the judging panel (comprised of various government and industry bodies) will be invited to attend the Gala
Dinner and Awards Night on Saturday 18th October 2008 where the winner will be announced.
For further information visit Transport Forum WA.
Winner of the 2007 Dangerous Goods Safe Driver of the Year Award
In 2007, Resources Safety sponsored the “Dangerous Goods Safe Driver of the Year” category. This award recognised the knowledge, safe practices and diligence of dangerous goods drivers working within the dangerous goods transport industry.
The winner of the 2007 award was Jason Clifton, owner-operator of Clifton Transport. Jason has been driving professionally for four and a half years, accumulating about one million kilometres during that time. Initially employed as a dangerous goods driver for Coogee Chemicals, he is accredited for all dangerous goods classes other than explosives.
In his four years of dangerous goods transport with Coogee, Jason transported bulk corrosive chemicals to the northeastern Goldfields and was incident free. The safety knowledge and bulk transport skills he obtained through mentoring by senior drivers in the company have stood Jason in good stead.
The runner up for the award was Quentin Salt of Boral Resources. Quentin has been involved in transport for 32 years, during which he has enjoyed several stints of dangerous goods driving with Boral Resources and its predecessors. Currently, he is involved in driver training and mentoring, where he brings an extensive knowledge of procedures and driving skills to his work.
The judging panel for the 2007 award comprised Stephen Lane (Resources Safety), John Rossiter (Main Roads) and Tony Watson (WA Police).