| Full name | Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1917 |
| Members | 25,000 |
| Country | Australia |
| Affiliation | ACTU |
| Key people | Dario Tomat, National President Bill Jackson, National Senior VP Robyn Porter, National Secretary Karina Bader, National Treasurer Christopher Greenway, National VP Andreas Marquardt, National VP Andrew Russack, National VP Chris Walton, CEO |
| Office location | South Melbourne, Victoria (National Office) With branches in all Australian states and territiories |
| Website | www.apesma.com.au |
The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) is an Australian employee association registered under state and federal industrial relations acts. This makes it, effectively, a trade union for the purposes of worker-employer bargaining; APESMA is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). APESMA acts to service member needs, primarily in terms of salary and industrial advice. This places APESMA within the services model of trade unionism. It also performs many of the functions of a professional association.
APESMA has approximately 25,000 members from the following professions: engineers, scientists, managers, architects, IT professionals, pharmacists, veterinarians, surveyors and collieries staff in addition to student members. APESMA is an example of a union that is organised along occupational lines. For this reason its coverage areas overlap substantially with industry unions which now represent the majority of union members in Australia.
APESMA was created by a process of mergers of white collar, professional and management employee associations over a long period of years, however it has grown rapidly in the recent past. APESMA celebrated its 60th anniversary of foundation in 2006. APESMA began as The Association of Professional Engineers, Australia which formed in 1946 and registered as an industrial association in 1948. APESMA has recently grown by merging with the following organisations:
APESMA's bi-monthly published journal to members is the Professional Network
APESMA owns several subsidiary companies that help support the union's operations and which in 2006 were placed under a CEO distinct from that of the union. The APESMA National Assembly appoints the directors to the boards of the companies including a number of independent directors.