The ATA has announced the winners of the two technical awards in its 2024 National Trucking Industry Awards, with the presentation of the Castrol Industry Achievement Award and the Craig Roseneder Award for Technical and Maintenance Excellence.
Castrol Australia and New Zealand’s general manager Jane Carland, presented the winner of the 2024 Castrol Industry Achievement Award, Callum Boyce of Bisitecniks with the prestigious award.
The ATA said the Castrol Industry Achievement Award honours technical innovation and accomplishments in the Australian trucking sector and that recipients of the award have not only enhanced the operations of their own company but have shared those advances with the broader industry.
Callum Boyce joined Bisitecniks in 2014, after completing his engineering degree at the Federation University of Australia. His roles at Bisitecniks include testing, analysis and certification, which the ATA says gives him a unique opportunity to see products develop from conception and testing, through to in-service fitment as an NHVR VSB6 AVE.
Alongside former ATA chief engineer and ITC honorary life member Bob Woodward, Boyce has represented the ATA on the Australian Standards Working Group assisting in the development of AS 2213-2022 and AS 4968-2023.
He completed his Master of Engineering Technology research thesis on the ‘Suitability of Existing Automatic Pin Couplings and Tow Eyes for Use on Triaxle Rigid Drawbar Converter Dollies.’ The ATA says this project was pivotal in the adoption of the coupling rating performance extension from UN ECE 13 into AS 2213-2022.
Meantime John Jenkin of Tatiara Truck and Trailers at Bordertown in South Australia was announced as the winner of the 2024 Craig Roseneder Award , which is also sponsored by Castrol, recognises technical and maintenance excellence in the trucking industry’s workshops.
Jenkin will receive a fully paid trip to attend the 2025 US Technology and Maintenance Council Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee.
He and his partner co-founded Tatiara Truck and Trailers four decades ago, and today, the ATA says it is a reputable and diverse Australian workshop with 60 employees.
The ATA said the business is recognised for attracting major dealerships including Cat, Cummins, Detroit, Perkins, Volvo, and Scania, and it also serves as a Kenworth sub-dealer. The Tatiara team’s expertise apparently includes general servicing, engine and gearbox work to brake overhauls, wheel alignments, engineering, tyre services, and a 24-hour breakdown service covering a 400km radius.
Jenkin’s commitment to his community includes building a training facility in collaboration with local schools, RTOs, and government bodies to create job opportunities for local youth.
The winners were announced last week on 22 October, at the 2024 Castrol Awards Dinner as part of the 2024 Technology and Maintenance Conference in Melbourne
ATA industry technical council chair, Dennis Roohan also announced at the dinner, the first four honorary life members of ITC .
“This time last year, the ATA’s Industry Technical Council voted to establish honorary life memberships, so we could recognise members who have made enormous, long-term contributions to our work,” said Rohan.
“Congratulations to Bob Woodward, Kel Baxter, Keith Mackinlay and Lance Fisher,” he said.
