Industry News
Unsafe cables could cause house fires next year
The degrading Infinity cable could cause fires from as early as 2016, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned. [ + ]
Solar Design and Installation Awards now open
The Solar Design and Installation Awards, recognising excellence in the design and installation of an Australian solar project, are now open for nominations. Entries close 1 September. [ + ]
NECA offers careers open day
NECA is holding a careers open day on 26 August for students interested in taking on an electrical apprenticeship at the NECA Education & Careers facility in Carlton North, Victoria. [ + ]
New data arena allows users to interact with big data
The University of Technology, Sydney has opened a new Data Arena that will allow users to view and interact with data in new ways. [ + ]
Australian invention revolutionises AV industry
What do Lord's Cricket Ground, Wimbledon and Victoria's Parliament House have in common? They're all powered by audio networking technology created by an Australian entrepreneur. [ + ]
Nissan Navara scores five stars for safety
The Nissan NP300 Navara recently launched in Australia and New Zealand has stepped up to match a handful of its light commercial ute competitors achieving a 5 star ANCAP safety rating. [ + ]
nbn invests $40m in training workers
nbn, with its delivery partners, is about to embark on a significant recruitment and training drive to support the accelerated connection of eight million homes to the nbn network by 2020. The current construction workforce is expected to double to 9000, with nbn committing nearly $40 million for training and awareness campaigns to help attract an extra 4500 workers into the industry. [ + ]
GE and Beacon partner to drive LED adoption
GE Lighting has formed a partnership with Beacon Lighting to distribute its commercial and residential LED lighting products throughout Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
nbn invests $40m to attract 4500 new workers
nbn has committed nearly $40m for training and awareness campaigns to help attract 4500 workers into the industry. The occupations needed to meet nbn's requirements include telco copper cable jointers, telco linesworkers, cablers, telco technicians and electrical linesworkers. [ + ]
Union condemns Esso for worker lockout
The Electrical Trades Union has condemned Esso's lockout actions towards its workers as part of an ongoing industrial dispute. [ + ]
Win six months' free subscription from Fleetmatics WORK
If you're in need of a field service job management platform and not sure what to do, who to call or which solution to choose, this may be the answer for you. Fleetmatics WORK is offering one lucky company the opportunity to trial a six-month subscription with full implementation and support for free. [ + ]
Call for comment on explosives regulation
The public comment period for the Explosives Regulation in Australia: Discussion Paper and Consultation Regulation Impact Statement is now open and Safework Australia is encouraging interested parties to have their say. [ + ]
Power grid forecasting tool reduces costly errors
Researchers in the US have developed a tool that may help save costly errors when performing the delicate task of forecasting future electricity needs. [ + ]
Lighting industry technical workshop
Find out more about a range of technical issues and the various regulations affecting the lighting industry at a series of one-day workshops to be held this September. [ + ]
Nokia sells map techology to car makers
Rumours are swirling that Nokia has sold its HERE map technology to a consortium of car makers that includes BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler for USD 2.7 billion, but there has been no official announcement from the multinational as yet. [ + ]
