Professionals Australia, formerly the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA), is an Australian

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

registered under state and federal

industrial relations Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor union, labor/trade unions, employer organ ...

acts. It is affiliated with the

Australian Council of Trade Unions The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated trade union, unions and eight t ...

(ACTU). Professionals Australia organises workers across a broad range of workplaces and industries. It also performs many of the functions of a professional association as providing registration services for professional Engineers. Unlike most Australian unions, Professionals Australia is not affiliated to a political party. Its membership is drawn from diverse professions, including such as

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

s, managers,

architects An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

, IT professionals,

pharmacists A pharmacist, also known as a chemist in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, is a healthcare professional who is knowledgeable about preparation, mechanism of action, clinical usage and legislation of medications in ...

, and collieries staff, and is organised along occupational lines.

History

Professionals Australia offer assessment in the areas of Civil, Electrical, Information, Technology and Telecommunications, Management, Mechanical and Structural Engineering. A new division for

video game developer A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with em ...

s, under Game Workers Unite Australia, will be added in 2022.

Industrial coverage

Professionals Australia has industrial coverage over: * Engineers * Pharmacists * Scientists * Collieries’ staff and officials * Veterinarians * Translators and interpreters * Australian Government and Defence * Information Technology (IT workers) * Video game workers * Software Developers * Ambulance managers & professionals (Victoria) * University students * Local government engineers (New South Wales) * Architects * Managers and other professionals

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Rules of the AssociationMember Advantage Benefits Programs
*See als
Australian Council of Professions
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