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Awards and Recognition

Scott Hamlin with his AFRA Employee of the Year award and Operations Manager, Patrick Safe with Noosa Van Lines 2011 AFRA Fleet of the Year Award

August 2011 saw Noosa Van Lines celebrate 30 years in business and they marked the occasion by taking out two coveted industry awards.

With a fleet of twelve trucks servicing the whole of the Eastern seaboard of Australia, Noosa Van Lines won the 2011 Australian Furniture Removals Association (AFRA) Fleet of the Year award. General Manager, Scott Hamlin accepted the award at the industry conference on Hamilton Island in front of 120 industry peers. As an AFRA member every furniture removals company has a set of minimum standards to meet in all aspects of their business. The award is assessed on the basis of those companies meeting and exceeding those standards as far as, not only fleet appearance and representing AFRA on the road, but also safety records, team training, reduced insurance claims, fleet maintenance records, reliability and risk management procedures employed.

“So to receive this award ahead of some of the best in our industry is a massive acknowledgement for a small company like ours,” says Scott.

The second award, left Scott speechless. Anyone who knows Scott, knows this is a first for him. Scott was presented with the AFRA 2011 Employee of the Year award, recognizing his contribution to the industry both locally in Noosa and at a state level with his proactive involvement in promoting the industry on the Queensland branch of AFRA, often volunteering Noosa Van Lines services to assist victims affected by floods and cyclones during the early part of 2011.

AFRA Award wining Furniture Removalists

2009 AFRA Award Winners Grant Baker (left) and Craig Dunsdon (right)

Every year leaders within the furniture removals industry select high achievers to receive special honours and recognition in areas of training, leadership ability, contribution to the improvement of the industry, innovation and superior fleet standards. In 2009 Noosa Van Lines fleet manager, Craig Dunsdon took out the AFRA Employee of the Year and Grant Baker took out the 2009 Australian Furniture Removalist of the Year, joining fellow team member Gerry Nolan who took out the coveted award in 2004.

Noosa Van Lines also made third finalist in the Furniture Removals Fleet of the Year award for 2009

Gerry Nolan - Furniture Removalist of the Year 2004

Gerry was presented the coveted award for Australian Furniture Removalist of the Year at the AFRA conference in Canberra in August 2004. Gerry has made an outstanding contribution to Noosa Van Lines. He tackles every task with a positive attitude, which reflects in the quality of his work and the feedback from our customers.

Congratulations to Gerry on his wonderful achievement.