In today’s challenging economic environment, businesses are facing unprecedented pressures from rising costs and shrinking margins. With the cost of goods, services, and overhead on the rise, it’s more important than ever to get your expenses under control.
Join Kerrie Mullaney, Business Partner at Supply Clusters, for this informative session about how the ISSA Member Benefits Program can deliver a measurable savings for a wide variety and expense categories.
During this session we will discuss how engaging with a managed service for your smaller categories frees up time and resources to redirect to core areas of business.
Don’t miss this chance to optimise your bottom line and gain an edge over competitors in our industry. Join now and learn how the ISSA Member Benefits Program can help you do more with less!
Cost:
This webinar is free.
About the presenter: Kerrie Mullaney, Business Partner at Supply Clusters
Kerrie has over 25 years of experience assisting businesses to reduce costs and improve business processes, she is passionate about delivering quality managed services.
Kerrie gained her experience with 15 years at Winc helping businesses drive down costs in the office products and consumables space, then moving to the energy sector. Over the last 5 years, she has worked with large and small organisations delivering a variety of process and procurement improvements across a broad range of indirect products and services.
How to estimate workload and costs of cleaning services?
Like most cleaning professionals, you are probably trying to do more with fewer resources.
To help businesses match their facility requirements with the right cleaning system to maximise resources and improve cleaning quality, the ISSA Oceania is holding the Introduction to Costing Contract Cleaning Services Training Course with Kathryn Groening.
This half-day virtual course looks at all the defined systems of costing for contracts, organisational structures, disciplines, and the benefits of each system to give cleaning professionals and distributors a thorough understanding on which to base their decisions and operations.
What you will learn:
- How to reduce cost and increase quality
- How to survive budget cuts
- Work loading and labour efficiencies
- Productivity rates and cleaning times
- How to reduce turnover
- Change management strategies
ISSA Members: AUD $200
Nonmembers: AUD $250
About the presenter: Kathryn Groening
Kathryn Groening helps businesses grow and become more profitable and better places to work, with a focus on ESG, solution selling, procurement, hygiene and safety (cleaning for health).
She was formerly the GM of the family business supplying Cleaning and Safety, which was acquired by Corporate Express in 2000.
Kathryn’s proven skills in completing successful business cases signed off by ELT have led to wins on large national contracts. She successfully embedded four culturally diverse company acquisitions. She brings a solution-based industry mindset with extensive experience in meeting growth budgets up to $280 million.
Kathryn is skilled at managing and empowering teams to achieve positive sales and profit outcomes, dedicated and determined in reaching strategic goals, and a recipient of many National and State Sales Manager Awards. She believes that sustainability, reduced complexity, and supplier diversity can drive business productivity risk mitigation whilst engaging key stakeholders.
Kathryn has a passion for social outcomes including well-being, safety, education, and professional and personal training throughout her life.
She facilitated and organised a successful Education Program with 40 speakers at the ISSA Cleaning & Hygiene Expo in 2022, and facilitated and trained in global and local webinars including accredited training programs.
Her industry strengths are: Industrial and Facility Management; Building Service companies; Aged Care-specific solutions with a focus on change, transformation and innovation; Aged Care Mental Health Services; Family Businesses; Corporate Restructures & Acquisitions.
Her knowledge is extensive in safety, cleaning for health, and hygiene with a great network of suppliers, customers and associations.
RIA Inc. is proud to announce the RIA Inc. Restoration Conference & Trade Show for 2023.
If you are working, interested or involved in the restoration industry, we invite you to come along to Australasia’s restoration event of the year and network with industry professionals, catch up with good friends, listen to a series of industry talks and see the latest products and services industry vendors have to offer.
Themed ‘Unmasking the Industry’, the 2023 conference and trade show is designed to reveal a number of industry truths, address a number of industry confusions and provide new industry information for attendees of the event.
The RIA Inc. Restoration Conference & Trade Show is a RIA and IICRC restoration continuing education credit (CEC) approved event.
Event overview
The event will officially commence on the early evening of the 31st of May with an industry networking night, followed by two days of industry talks and vendor exhibitions on the 1st and 2nd of June.
The 2023 conference speakers topics will include Business, Restoration, Insurance, Testing, Industry Advocacy and more. 2 new industry awards will be presented at the conference, including the RIA Inc. Residential Restoration Project of the Year award and RIA Inc. Commercial Restoration Project of the Year award. More information about the awards and their submission details will be announced soon.
The RIA Inc. Trade Show has been and will be the largest gathering of industry vendors in Australasia. Gain exclusive first access to meet industry vendors and find out about the latest products, services and technology that they have to offer. Previous vendors included equipment suppliers, product suppliers, technology providers, education providers, laboratories and more.
The event will conclude on the night of the 2nd with a formal gala dinner, Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony and live entertainment, an evening to enjoy with fellow friends and industry professionals.
Networking opportunities will be available across the two days of the conference and trade show. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will also be served during the two days.
Event location
The 2023 RIA Inc. Conference and Trade Show will be held in the newly refurbished Pullman on the Park, in Melbourne, Victoria. Known as one of Melbourne’s iconic hotels, the Pullman on the Park is situated next to the relaxing Fitzroy Gardens, famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (home to the Australian Sports Museum) and is only a few minutes tram ride from the Melbourne CBD. Boasting 419 refurbished hotel rooms, 11 meeting rooms and a grand ballroom, the Pullman on the Park is the ideal venue for the 2023 event.
Do you need a place to stay while attending the conference and trade show? The Pullman on the Park has offered a special rate, exclusive to event attendees. A booking link for this special rate will be sent in the booking confirmation email.
Who should attend
If you are a restoration professional, insurance building professional, indoor air quality professional, insurance professional, industry supplier and anyone who is interested in, involved in or services the restoration industry, you are invited to attend this event.
Event Details
Evening of 31st May 2023: Networking event
1st – 2nd June 2023: Conference & Trade Show
Evening of the 2nd June 2023: Gala dinner and award ceremony
Location: Pullman on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria
Address: 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne VIC 3002
Pricing
Early Bird Ticket – purchased between now and 14th April 2023 (receive $100 off the standard ticket price):
– Members: $1,295 (inc. GST)
– Non-members: $1,395 (inc. GST)
Standard Ticket – purchased from the 15th April 2023:
– Members: $1,395 (inc. GST)
– Non-members: $1,495 (inc. GST)
Adult Guest Ticket (Wednesday night networking event + Gala dinner ticket):
– Members: $355 (inc. GST)
– Non-members: $455 (inc. GST)
A 1.7% credit card processing fee applies to online bookings.
Industry vendors
If you are an industry vendor and would like to exhibit at the 2023 RIA Inc. Trade Show, please reach out to us via events@restorationindustry.org.au to enquire and discuss exhibition and sponsorship opportunities.
Are you staying around after the event?
If you will be around on the Saturday following the event (3rd June) join us for the ‘Resto Facilities Tour’ whereby you will be toured around the facilities of two established restoration companies, Elements Group and Steamatic Australia. The tour will provide you access to see, amongst other technologies, laser cleaning technology, contents cleaning equipment, specialty drying equipment, vacuum freeze drying and their facility set up. Tea, coffee and food will be provided during the tour.
A private coach will pick up attendees from the Pullman on the Park in the morning and will drop them back off at 1:45pm, before leaving for Melbourne Tullamarine Airport at approximately 2pm.
Pricing
– Members: $80.00 (inc. GST)
– Non-members: $97.00 (inc. GST)
A 1.7% credit card processing fee applies to online bookings.
Limited tickets available. If you would like to attend the tour, please select this option during the registration process.
The cleaning industry are managers of safety and health in the built environment. Businesses can grow and prosper by understanding the reservoirs for germ survival and spread.
This workshop closes gaps in current protections and controls for diseases transmissible by contact, droplet, and aerosol.
This training workshop consists of three sections:
- What does it mean to recognise risk
- How germs spread and make people sick
- Human body and built environment reservoirs important for our industry and your business
In this workshop you will learn:
- Germs need five elements to spread and cause infection.
- There are four main pathways that spread germs.
- Germs are found in certain places – called reservoirs – and need a pathway to spread to other places and people.
- There are five reservoirs in the built environment that are important for infection control and cleaning for health.
- Cleaning for health actions focuses on decreasing or eliminating the risk of germ survival and spread.
Cost:
Free for ISSA members, AUD$ 77 for non members.
Please contact oceania@issa.com to receive the discount code.
Speaker:
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Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner Senior Director, Global Biorisk Advisory Council ISSA – the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association
Dr Gavin Macgregor-Skinner (BVSc, MSc, MPH, MRCVS) is the Senior Director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA – the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association and has more than 30 years of technical experience in responding to infectious disease outbreaks and emergency management. As an infection prevention expert and consultant, he works to develop protocols and education for the global cleaning industry to empower facilities, businesses, and cleaning professionals to create safe environments. |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he conducted onsite biological risk assessments and provided “just-in-time” training on infection prevention and control, cleaning and disinfection, and safe working practices for frontline workers in 16 US States and Hong Kong in hospital emergency departments, assisted-living and nursing homes, convention centers, airports, stadiums, public transport workers, and hotel staff and other essential employees. He has served on COVID-19 medical advisory committees for American Airlines, Port Authority Of New York and New Jersey, Hyatt Hotels, International Association of Venue Managers, American Association of Airport Executives, NFL, and NBA teams including Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, and Los Angeles Lakers.
He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine and teaches three 15-week graduate courses on Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorist Emergencies. In 2014, he received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in teaching.
He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, BBC, Canada CTV, Australia ABC, C-SPAN, and other news outlets to share his expertise on High Consequence Pathogens such as Coronavirus, Ebola, Influenza, Measles, Cholera, Zika and other global health threats. He served 12-years as an Officer in the Australian and British militaries and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the U.S. CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Global Health Fellow with the United States Agency for International Development in Washington DC.
The professional cleaning and restoration industry already does much to reduce health risks indoors and should take credit for this. Grow and prosper business by understanding how to identify threats, measure work and validate the results.
This session will help you:
- Understand how measurement is a business opportunity by focusing on the health and safety impacts and invisible threats often overlooked
- Identify threats: Uncover common pollutants, allergens, and microbes that can persist on surfaces and in the air even after cleaning and restoration
- Learn about Measurement Tools & Techniques: Familiarise yourself with the tools and methodologies used to assess surface cleanliness and indoor air quality
- Analyse and Interpret Results: Gain insights on how to interpret the results from various cleanliness and air quality measurements, enabling you to understand if your work practices are effective or need adjustment
- Implement Best Industry Practices: Discover how knowledge of measurement and validation can help implement more effective practices and protocols.
Each attendee will receive a pdf copy of the second edition of the Validation and Auditing Technology Guide.
Cost:
Free for ISSA Members, AUD77 for Non Members.
Please contact oceania@issa.com to receive the discount code.
Speaker:
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Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner Senior Director, Global Biorisk Advisory Council ISSA – the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association
Dr Gavin Macgregor-Skinner (BVSc, MSc, MPH, MRCVS) is the Senior Director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA – the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association and has more than 30 years of technical experience in responding to infectious disease outbreaks and emergency management. As an infection prevention expert and consultant, he works to develop protocols and education for the global cleaning industry to empower facilities, businesses, and cleaning professionals to create safe environments. |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he conducted onsite biological risk assessments and provided “just-in-time” training on infection prevention and control, cleaning and disinfection, and safe working practices for frontline workers in 16 US States and Hong Kong in hospital emergency departments, assisted-living and nursing homes, convention centers, airports, stadiums, public transport workers, and hotel staff and other essential employees. He has served on COVID-19 medical advisory committees for American Airlines, Port Authority Of New York and New Jersey, Hyatt Hotels, International Association of Venue Managers, American Association of Airport Executives, NFL, and NBA teams including Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, and Los Angeles Lakers.
He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine and teaches three 15-week graduate courses on Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorist Emergencies. In 2014, he received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in teaching.
He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, BBC, Canada CTV, Australia ABC, C-SPAN, and other news outlets to share his expertise on High Consequence Pathogens such as Coronavirus, Ebola, Influenza, Measles, Cholera, Zika and other global health threats. He served 12-years as an Officer in the Australian and British militaries and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the U.S. CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Global Health Fellow with the United States Agency for International Development in Washington DC.
The 2023 ISSA Cleaning & Hygiene Expo will be held on 1-2 November 2023 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Dates/times:
- Wednesday, 1 November 9:30am – 5pm
- Thursday, 2 November, 9:30am – 4pm