June 2024 

Important updates

MSA2025 - First Announcement

The MSA Conference committee are pleased to make this first announcement to members.  MSA2025 will be held at Mercure Sydney starting Monday 25th August 2025.  So save the date early. 

Keen to sponsor this event? The organising committee want to hear from prospective sponsors early to lock in early exposure and help shape the event.  Please get in contact with our secretary@metrology.asn.au to register your interest and receive the sponsor briefing.

Book mark the event page on our website, which is where we will add more details as we progress with planning. https://metrology.asn.au/events/msa2025-sydney/

 

MSA NZ Emerging Metrologist award

The MSA NZ branch celebrated World Metrology Day with the Measurement Standards Laboratory of NZ on Friday 24th May.  This annual event is a one day conference in its own right with plenty of great speakers, talks, networking and Lab tours. Significant at this years event was the acknowledgement that World Metrology Day is now recognised by UNESCO as an International Day.  The measurement treaty was first signed in 1875 so that means in 2025 we will be celebrating 150 years.  Expect a number of excellent events throughout Australia and NZ next year celebrating Metrology's annual day.

Also, part of the programme at this event was the announcement of the NZ Emerging Metrologist of the year. MSA thanks International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) in supporting the winner and runner up with their prize package.  The MSA celebrates those early in their metrology career knowing how diverse and wide-spread the pathways can be. Our winner this year is Ellie Molloy, a Research Scientist from MSL and the runner up was Rohan Patel from WIKA laboratory in Auckland.  Congratulations to you both.

Read more about the award and the winners here.

 

Online Metrology learning - act fast as the 2024 intake is closing soon

Following a discussion at the MSA2023 conference in Wellington, Real World Education expressed interest in supporting the development of online Metrology micro credential courses. Working alongside several NZ calibration labs, the format and content has now been approved by the New Zealand Qualification Authority and are offered fees free to NZ based laboratory staff. There are two options based on experience for staff already working in calibration lab and need support for their learning and development. Intakes for the 2024 programmes close soon so donâ??t delay. 

• Practical Metrology Programme â?? suits learners with less than 1 year of experience and graduates earn the NZ Diploma in Applied Science (level 5) intake closing 19 August 2024
• Laboratory Technician Professional Programme with a Metrology endorsement â?? for learners with more than 1 year of experience and graduates earn the NZ Diploma in Applied Science (level 6) intake closing 24 June 2024

Read more about the MSA Education Initiatives and the Real World Education programme here.

 

MSA Website update

A task group of the MSA committee compiled an extensive brief for the design of our new website and issued an Invitation to Tender, which is now closed.  We are currently in the process of reviewing the offers and will be interviewing the companies which offered the best balance of meeting our needs versus cost.  We expect that the new website will be ready by end of September this year.

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