Fostering Excellence in the Steel Detailing Industry through Communication and Understanding
The AISD is an industry representative body that provides its members with official recognition of their expertise. It differentiates between an individual or company that proudly advocates a high standard of work and ethical business practice and those who don't.
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Steel detailing is an unregulated industry. Because of this, there is nothing to stop a person, with no detailing or even no drafting experience, from calling themselves a steel detailer. There is currently no pre-requisite qualification required for this position. It's due to these circumstances that the reputation of our industry is tarnished by 'cowboys'.
The AISD is an industry representative body that differentiates between these cowboys & the bona-fide professional. The Australian Institute of Steel Detailers provides members with official recognition of their expertise. It differentiates between an individual or company that proudly advocates a high standard of work and ethical business practice and those who don't.
The AISD website includes a Find a Detailer section which effectively advertises detailing companies to the market place and can have a link to your company's own website.
The AISD organises presentations to be delivered by steel industry leaders & professionals for the benefit of members. These presentations will range from steel merchants & manufacturers to fabricators, erectors and engineers.
Twice a year, the AISD has General meetings where all members are invited to participate in forum style debate about the steel detailing industry. This provides an excellent opportunity to share your experiences (good or bad) as well as exchange ideas about matters that affect us all.
Many detailing offices sometimes have to turn away larger jobs because of manpower limitations and unachievable delivery deadlines. AISD provides an opportunity for members to network and team build between their respective operations to allow members to use the resources of other member offices to provide the manpower to take on larger projects and increase business and profitability of their own office.
The Australian Institute of Steel Detailers was formed after several forum evenings which highlighted the problems facing the detailing profession. It became clear that the Steel Detailing Industry needed a body to act on it's behalf in trying to address these issues. The AISD has since represented detailer's by:
The steel detailing world is a small but friendly place. All of the events listed above usually conclude with refreshments and a snack, which is an ideal mix for members to catch up with friends and colleagues from other companies or just a little social banter with the people from the office.
The general meetings and AGM give all members the chance to:
Even if you have no desire to become intimately involved with the AISD, you can help your industry simply by standing up and being counted as a member. The greater the membership the AISD represents, the better chance we have of making a difference. Remember, the AISD exists to improve our industry and solve some of the problems currently plaguing our everyday experience.
All correspondence issued by the AISD invites feedback and input. Here's your chance to put your two bobs worth into everything we do from the Newsletter to Presentations to the Institute of Engineers Australia.
If you're really serious about your profession, get involved with the Management Committee. Any full member can get elected to the committee. Simply nominate at the AGM because all committee positions are vacated every year. Members other than Full Members can still get involved with the various task groups currently contributing to the go-forward of the organization.