Company awards

To be eligible, all companies nominated for Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards must have a manufacturing plant located in Victoria or demonstrate specialist services directly connected to Victoria's manufacturing industry.

For company awards, one of the below categories must be selected:

Manufacturer of the Year – Small Business (<20 employees)

Manufacturer of the Year – Medium Business (20-200 employees)

Manufacturer of the Year – Large Business (>200 employees)

Winners of Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame individual or company awards in 2023 are ineligible to apply for the same award.

See Conditions of Entry for further details.

Individual awards

Nominees to the awards for individuals must demonstrate experience, achievement, and commitment in a Victorian manufacturing plant or as a specialist manufacturing service provider based in Victoria.

Nominees to the Young Manufacturer of the Year Award must be 35 years or younger on 31 October 2024.

Nominees to the Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year Award must be an individual who is undertaking an apprenticeship at a Victorian manufacturing business on 31 October 2024.

See Conditions of Entry for further details.

Nominees are required to register to nominate at the 2024 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame eAwards page via the link on the Business Victoria website.

Prospective nominees will be able to view the nomination questions and criteria before proceeding to register as a nominee

A business will first nominate in the small, medium or large sized business category, then choose one manufacturing sector for which they wish to be considered.

All regional business applicants will be considered for the regional business category.

Nominees will provide information in response to criteria specifically pertaining to the nominated category to demonstrate significant manufacturing experience, achievements, and leadership.

Receipt of nomination will be acknowledged via automated email.

Note that the Small, Medium, Large and Regional Manufacturer of the Year categories are not sector dependant.

Nominations for the 2024 awards will be assessed to verify:

the nominee meets the conditions of entry for the relevant category

for company awards, that the business has a strong financial record, has not been convicted of a breach of Victorian WorkCover scheme legislation, Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012, Environmental Protection Act 2017, Equal Opportunity Act 2004, Local Jobs First Act 2003 or other State or Commonwealth laws within the previous 12 months or, if convicted, have not had imposed on them a penalty of more than $10,000 for any such breach

for individual awards, that the individual has not been convicted of breach of Victorian WorkCover scheme legislation, Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012, Environmental Protection Act 2017, Equal Opportunity Act 2004, or other State or Commonwealth laws within the previous 12 months or, if convicted, have not had imposed on them a penalty of more than $10,000 for any such breach. This may include conducting a police check of the individual.

Due diligence checks will occur concurrently with the evaluation process by the Hall of Fame awards team in conjunction with the with the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR) probity and legal staff.

The table below is an overview of all checks to be undertaken as part of the Hall of Fame due diligence and probity assessment:

Type of check	Purpose of check
Eligibility	To ensure nominee meets the entry criteria
Library service media check	To ensure nominee has not received adverse media attention
Due diligence check	To ensure financial viability of nominee and to confirm SRM supports nomination
WorkSafe Victoria	To ensure nominee has not been convicted of a breach of workplace safety regulations, or involved in serious issues (e.g. deaths onsite)
Fair Work Commission	To ensure nominee has not been convicted of a breach of workplace fairness regulations
Industrial Relations Victoria	To ensure the nominee has not been involved in adverse industrial relations issues
Environment Protection Authority Victoria	To ensure nominee has not been convicted of a breach of environmental regulations
ASIC check	To check that the nominee is currently registered and trading
ABN	To confirm nominee has a current business registration and is trading
Google search	Second confirmation for nominee details and no adverse media attention
Board check	To verify diversity/inclusivity of nominee’s Board, look for probity issues

The winners will be announced at the 2024 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards gala dinner to be held at the Palladium at Crown, Wednesday 9 October 2024..

Material contained in the nominations for Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards is considered commercial in confidence.

Nominees agree to have their name associated with the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame and promoted within the media, on the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame website and in other department and State Government communications material.

All judging panel members will be required to declare via the Department’s Conflict of Interest process, any real or perceived conflicts of interest pertaining to any nominations allocated to them for assessment. If a conflict is deemed material, they will be removed from assessment of the application.

If you have any questions please contact the team at industryevents@ecodev.vic.gov.au