The Rotary Club of Mitchell River was pleased to recently present its 2024 Pride of Workmanship Awards with the evening being well supported by local businesses and the community.
The awards are a highlight of the club’s calendar and a great way to acknowledge the achievements and manner in which members of the local community go about their job in a quiet, courteous, respectful and very professional manner.
“The community has been very grateful for the opportunity to acknowledge those who serve them so well and similarly employers were very pleased to be able to recognise the quality of service offered by their employees,” club vocations director Rex Estoppey said.
The Pride of Workmanship Awards enable employers and members of the public to endorse and affirm the demonstrated pursuit of excellence by a person in the workplace.
The selection criteria for the award include demonstrated pursuit of excellence in work practice, approach to work tasks and fellow workers, standard of service delivery and quality of personal attributes.
“Those who received this year’s awards certainly reflect those standards and are a few of the amazing people who go about their job quietly with a sense of service and a desire to do their job well,” club president Terry White said.
Guest speaker and presenter for the evening was Darren Robbie, dealer principal of The Big Garage, who spoke of the importance of doing the job well serving the best interests of the community and the business.
This years recipients were: Ken Corken (The Big Garage); Daniel McConnell (Stroud Homes); Tim Sinclair (Stroud Homes); Poppy Maiden (KFC Bairnsdale); Jacqui Banson (New Leaf Café); Danny Thompson (Bulmers Farms); Kathy Miller (Bulmers Farms); Karen Grant (Bulmers Farms); Ben Burchall (Allan Brown Electrics).
The Pride of Workmanship Awards were developed as a Rotary project in 1975 and for many years the Rotary Club of Mitchell River has proudly conducted the project in Bairnsdale since 1995.
While the next awards are a year away, the club invites the community to take up the opportunity recognise those quiet folk who just do their job well at its 2025 awards.
