Aptella finalist and runner-up for TAFE Queensland Large Employer of the Year Award

Intelligent positioning solutions provider recognised at the 2022 TAFE Queensland – SkillsTech Apprentice Awards. Aptella was a finalist and runner-up in this year’s TAFE Queensland – SkillsTech Apprentice Awards for the Large Employer of the Year award. The company was nominated for its unique apprenticeship program, co-created with TAFE Queensland to build the right skills and knowledgebase for Aptella Field Technicians. “Our Field Technicians require a mix of skills and training to be able to support our customers with high precision machine control technology on heavy earthmoving equipment,” said Bernadette Taoro Ashin, Strategic Head of People & Culture at Aptella. “We are delighted to have received recognition from TAFE Queensland at the awards night this year – it

Fixed base for private network solves UHF interference on site for Ascon Survey and Drafting

Ascon Survey and Drafting specialises in engineering surveys: civil, roads, pipelines, council works. Ascon Survey and Drafting specialises in engineering surveys: civil, roads, pipelines, council works. Director, Mathew Mattaboni found that when his team was working on site, his instruments were being interfered with by other units working in the same area. “More and more we’re relying on GNSS and I was finding that whenever we rocked up to a job site a lot of the time, with the older UHF technology, it was getting interfered with by other units within the area so I needed something that was reliable that I could fall back on to keep projects rolling forward,” said Mr Mattaboni. “There wasn’t really a