Hutcheon and Pearce High Performance newsletter v5 q3 2015

ISSUE: 5

The MD’s message Arron Hutcheon- Managing Director

The most important message I want to communicate to you all going into harvest, is our ongoing commitment to serving and supporting your needs.

This has been the single biggest foundation that my Grandfather George built the business upon over 62 years ago and one that I know is still a key element today.

There will be times when we get it wrong.

There will be times when we need to make changes in the business to improve and prepare for the future. I know that this may not sit well with all customers, in all markets.

However, please remember every decision, or change has an underlying purpose in an effort to serve you better.

We are driven towards catering to all our customer’s needs, to exceed your expectations. Irrespective of whether you are an acreage lifestyle customer or a commercial

farming enterprise.

We will continue to work on this until we get it right. We are committed to making sure we re-evaluate this as your business and needs change.

Remember, we aim to be big enough to service your needs; but small enough to care. There is a fitting one line statement in my local take away store that I read when I was buying my kids some fish and chips on the weekend - “If you’re not happy tell me; if you’re happy, tell others”.

If you have any concerns, call me directly or contact your local Branch Manager.

We are excited with the season ahead and wish all our customers luck over the next few busy months. Thanks again for your ongoing business and support.

Arron Hutcheon 0428 502 454

IN THIS ISSUE Arron’s Message & Customer JDNA Coleambally, European Tour 2016

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HPA Top Gun, Newstarters

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Used Equipment, Narrandera Show

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Workplace Safety & Top Gun Apprentices

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Henty Machinery Field Days

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Forbes Show, JD R4045 Sprayer & IT Tips

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The Biggest Achiever & Duncan Demo Day

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TECSight Training Days

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Look what’s in the shed

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Employment, Bathurst Races, RMH, Oil Promotion Winner

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Anniversary milestones this quarter

15 Years Andrew Gutherie - Albury, Jim Gastin - Finley, Simon Garbett - Griffith 5 Years Greg O’Brien & David Pronk - Albury, Trent Ellerington - Parkes, Ben Burge - Finley

New Advertising Campaign for H&P

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Coleambally commitment grows...

Emma Gunter-Richards joined the Hutcheon and Pearce Coleambally team in mid-July this year as a part of our long-term plan to expand the Coleambally branch. She has moved to a property near Narrandera and is enjoying getting to know the peaceful town and friendly people.

We are undertaking this expansion to improve our ability to provide great service and reliability to the local customers. This expansion is focused in the service and parts department. We aim to carry more parts on hand and have more technicians based in Coly. This in turn, is a big step towards improving the productivity of our local farmers.

Emma has multiple roles in the Coly team including Branch Administrator, Service Advisor and Parts Interpreter. She is a trade qualified aircraft maintenance engineer and has a background in aerial agricultural application. She also has two years experience in the automotive parts industry which goes a long way to assist in her role as a parts interpreter. Although, she admits they are very different machines and is eager to learn more about the John Deere Ag equipment and their applications.

Why not join the H&P 2016 European Tour?

3 private farm visits & factory tours of John Deere & Kuhn

Full program available at www.wildlimemarketing.com.au, or call Kellie on 0422 165 271 kellie@wildlimemarketing.com.au. Bookings to be made before 25th October.

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New starters - Welcome aboard Nikita Barber joined the H&P family in July as the Management Accountant in the SRO at Wagga.

Nikita comes to us from a local Wagga accounting firm where she worked as an external auditor for a number of years. Nikita has extensive experience in the preparation of financial statements and reporting financial information.

Doug Crisp’s work history has gone

full circle with his first job in Spare Parts at Denioboota distributors in Deniliquin at the local Chrysler dealer.

Doug completed a Motor Mechanics apprenticeship at the local Toyota dealership which also included Case, David Brown, Leyland, Zetor, White, Versatile and Claas.

Doug then moved away from agricultural machinery into his own fast food business followed by a period of Managing KFC stores. For the past 24 years, Doug has been in manufacturing prior to joining Hutcheon and Pearce earlier this year. Doug is happily married with 3 children, with his 8th grandchild due to arrive in the world in January 2016.

Doug is currently working as a Parts Interpreter in Albury.

Trevor Wyllie has recently moved back to the area form far north Queensland, and is a huge Cowboys fan.

He is a family man with two children, who enjoys water sports and old cars.

Trevor has had experience in parts departments with heavy and light automotive with varied manufactures.

Brett and his family have relocated to Narrandera. Welcome to Austrlalia.

Brett is the new Workshop Foreman in Narrandera.

Trevor is currently working as a Parts Interpreter in Albury.

Phil Tucker has spent the last 6 years

Tim Powles joined H&P after relocating to Leeton from Victoria with his young family.

For the past 10 years he was employed at Cobram Farm Equipment as a Spare Parts Manager.

Tim has extensive training in spare parts and parts interpretation Tim is currently working as a Parts Interpreter Narrandera.

Brett Norman was born and bred in Bulawayo, Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. Brett did his apprenticeship and time in a small family run fuel station and workshop.

Brett moved to Quelimane Mozambique in 2002, started and managed a Land Rover dealership for one and a half years and then transferred to the capital Maputo to run the workshop and aftersales for Mozambique .

Brett then moved to the Mozambique JD franchise company,Trak Auto, in 2008 as Technical Manager and progressed through to Branch Manager and finally Country Aftersales and Service Manager up until June 2015 .

working for a large family farming business of over 10,000 acres combined. They were true John Deere patrons, owning a wide range of John Deere tractors and machinery (balers, mower/conditioners, spray rigs and harvesters).

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The operation was very diversified which gave Phil a wide range of experience from cropping (sowing and harvest), haymaking, as well as general stock work.

Phil also gained mechanical knowledge and experience with this variety of John Deere tractors and all types of farm implements. The farm also used GPS Navigation systems in some of their tractors so Phil was able to gain practical experience with GPS. Prior to this, Phil was a Baker/Pastrycook for 20 years, and grew up on a family farm until his mid-teens, that was primarily a veggie growing enterprise.

Phil is currently working as a Sales Representative in Cowra.

Why start a career with H&P? 1. S tudy locally with H&P and RITAFE in rural NSW

Apprentice/Trainee Recruitment Drive 2016

Hutcheon and Pearce invite you to participate in next year’s recruitment intake for Agricultural Parts Sales Interpreters and/or Service Advisors.The High Performance Academy (HPA) is the platform of our learning and development growth model and the opportunity for employees to build their career. You will attend RITAFE H&P John Deere training with the Service apprentices for a hands on Ag mechanical training and then complete a Parts Sales Certificate 111. You will work in the Service, Sales and Parts Department over the 4 year apprenticeship. So if you are a school leaver from Year 12 or are looking for a change of career, please apply. See our website www.hutcheonandpearce.com.au for application details or email hr@hutcheonandpearce.com.au

4 rotating department apprenticeships in either Wagga, Finley, Griffith or Temora.

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2. G row your capabilities and discover a great work lifestyle 3. B e job ready on John Deere product in Apprenticeships and Traineeships 4. B ecome the ultimate Service Technician, Service Advisor or Parts Sales Interpreters.

5. G row to be the leaders of today and tomorrow in your field of excellence 6. L ead the industry best practices with a fulfilling career

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Used Equipment

Narrandera Show

Stuart Robertson - Used Sales Manager

Jason Rowe - Sales Representative Narrandera

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Narrandera Show was on Saturday 5th September.

The weather provided generous rainfall for the showgrounds as we had to put the 6170R to work towing out trucks. The first rescue was a local prime mover before the gates had even opened, followed by 3 horse trucks of varying degrees of bogs; towing them through water to get them out. The show ended with the FMX motorbike display ramp truck bogged in the dark. All in all it was a good day and we came away with many customers wanting quotes on a variety of machinery and mowers. It says it all about John Deere’s horse power.

MAKE TODAY YOUR HAYDAY Quality hay from start to finish. No matter the crop conditions, John Deere hay tools have the durability and features you need to make the most out of your time and investment. Get ready to make hay with this limited time offer on John Deere’s range of hay solutions. See your John Deere dealer today.

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Mental Health is Everybody’s Business Peter Goodsell - Work, Health and Safety Manager

As you read this, around one in six Australian workers are experiencing mental illness. In some occupations, particularly those that involve mental stress or trauma, the rate is even higher. Depression and anxiety are the leading cause of long term sickness absence in the developed world and projected to be the biggest cause of long term disability by 2030. Mental illness doesn’t discriminate, so a CEO is just as susceptible as an admin assistant, possibly even more so. From a business perspective, this means significant costs to productivity and operations. From a human angle, it means more and more qualified people are becoming marginalised from workforces where they could potentially make a worthwhile contribution. As awareness of workplace mental health issues has increased, more and more businesses are looking for solutions. A simple online search for workplace mental health will pull up thousands of results recommending everything from motivational talks to meditation. So which one is best? A comprehensive global analysis by Black Dog Institute researchers has identified a number of evidence-based interventions that will improve mental health in your workplace.

What can you do to improve your mental health at work?

1. Get Active: Research shows that physical activity not only improves your waistline, it improves your mood.

2. Be Mindful: Simple meditation techniques such as mindfulness can calm the mind and reduce stress.

3. Sleep Well: Poor sleep can tip someone from stressed to depressed. Schedule in some wind-down time before heading to bed.

4. Avoid Alcohol and Stimulants: Alcohol is a depressant and

caffeine may induce anxiety. Minimising intake of both will help boost your mood.

5. Remember Your Work/Life Balance: Sometimes it is hard to remember there is a life outside of work, but time spent with family, hobbies and other passions can induce happiness and joy and is essential to a healthy, balanced life.

Seven Steps to Better Workplace Mental Health 1. Understand: Every workplace is different so it is important to understand who your audience is and how the best outcome can be achieved.

2. Involve: Increase employee engagement in the aspects of work that impact their mental health.

3. Educate: Implement workplace health promotion campaigns that encourage workers to become more aware of the signs and symptoms of poor mental health and where support can be obtained.

4. Lead: Provide leadership training at all levels to ensure managers are confident in recognising the signs of mental illness, facilitate support and accessing appropriate workplace adjustments.

5. Target: Acknowledge that some occupations have a higher risk and proactively encourage workers to improve their resilience through evidence based early intervention programs.

6. Engage: Develop and encourage multilevel peer support or mentoring schemes to develop a safe framework for staff to seek help.

7. Plan: Develop a dedicated and accessible return to work program to assist those who have had to take leave for mental health reasons.

BLACK DOG INSTITUTE www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

Top Gun Apprentice Recruitment Days Matt Duffy - HR Mentor

Our two HPA TOPGUN recruitment days in Parkes and Wagga were a success. With some team co-ordination and communication between Jacqueline, Sarah and I, we managed to visit 47 schools and 3 TAFE’s to promote H&P, the HPA, our people and our continuously growing culture of growing careers not just jobs. As you could imagine after reaching out to this many students we had a fair number of applicants for our 12 apprenticeship roles. We then invited 15 candidates to a day in Parkes and 15 candidates to a day in Wagga to find “the best of the best of the best”. During our TOPGUN recruitment days the applicants went through a wide variety of interviews. They completed written tests with grammar, mechanical aptitude and problem solving. They met with MEGT who provided information on the role they play in the apprenticeship and asked the applicants some questions about how they feel about moving away from home for this training. Furthermore, our TAFE teachers quizzed the applicants on their learning abilities and mechanical skills. They were very full and active days that kept everybody on their toes.

The process was a little daunting for young applicants. We are trying to be the best John Deere dealer in Australia and this means providing the best customer service possible which means we need the best TECH’s possible. So if this process is what is needed to be done to complement our already great service departments with some brilliant new first year apprentices, then that is how it is.

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Most of our new apprentices started their HSC exams Monday the 12th October, so on behalf of all H&P good luck lads. We have already welcomed Luke Ryan to the Lake Cargelligo branch and he is fitting in very well with the team. Luke previously spent 10 months with McClintocks in Forbes before coming over to the green side. This experience has proven extremely valuable to our Diagnostic Technician, Matt Hudd.

From the HR team, thank you Brooke for your help and organisation. Chris Roberts, Parkes and Wagga branches for organising the tools and tool boxes. All Branch Managers, Service Managers and Foreman for your patience and interviewing skills.

The MEGT and TAFE teams. Bill, Arron, Andrew and Tom for their involvement and support.

To finish off, can I please ask you all as the H&P team to welcome these new lads with a little extra consideration. Many of the apprentices are moving from far and wide to our towns and communities and they will need that little extra team support.

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Henty Machinery Field Days - New Equipment Andrew Sands Group New Sales Manager

Every year in September Hutcheon and Pearce exhibit at the Henty Machinery Field Days. Henty is in its 52nd year and continues to be innovative, dynamic and progressive in it’s approach to being the centre for farmers.

2015 was my 9th year working at the Henty Machinery Field Days with Hutcheon and Pearce. I can recall going to the field days as a child and remember being overwhelmed with all of the machines and exhibitors that were on display.

As an adult this thought has not changed, I spoke to many people that had attended for 2 days to ensure that they had seen all that was available. Hutcheon and Pearce spend many weeks in preparation for this event and a customer asked me a question this year I had not heard before, “What do you sell that’s not at Henty”. My answer this year was the round bale cotton picker.

I thought I would share some details of our site:

Site area: 2000 square metres. Number of machines on site: tractors 80.

Av staff on hand: 50 per day. Value of goods & machinery on site: $7 million.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the visitors on the site for taking the time to check in and say hello. It is a great to see you all and I hope you enjoyed our selection of products and services. Thanks to all our team for the hard work in preparation and execution of the event, the promotion of “What’s in the shed” has been very successful so I would encourage you all to ask your local sales representative to explain some of the features and benefits of this program and some of the products that would be suitable for your operations.

We would like to offer all newsletter readers the opportunity to collect a free gift from your sales representative by asking them about “ The Storm Promotion”. Once again thank you to all involved and we look forward to Henty 2016.

(Below clockwise) TECSight demo with Andrew Watt, Barry, Andrew and Erkin investigate a MaxEmerge Planter test stand, Cameron Williams and Myles O’Kane with customers, Megan Henley & Bridget McNair on the till and Gavin Graetz with customer Barry Gooden.

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Henty Machinery Field Days - Parts Vin Leary - Group Parts Manager

The three days for us at Henty was again a very pleasing result.

It is very satisfying to see a plan we put so much effort into come off. Henty starts for us about one month earlier than the actual field days, and finishes about one month after. We ensure we have all the stock needed for the three days getting it all priced packed up ready to go, and the cleaning up after. There is so much work done in the back ground. Our field days would not be such a great result without the help of all staff involved.

We had a number of staff attending for the first time as part of the H&P team, for us it is a great time to meet other staff members as we do not all get together that often. It is great to see all the new products on offer and swap ideas.

For myself, I think the pleasing thing about the field days is getting all staff working for the end result. This is; the feedback we get from our customers.

The professionalism of not only our site, but all staff involved is fantastic and we are second to none on the Henty scene. This is a standard our customers have come to expect from us and once again, I feel we excelled as we sell ourselves as a company.

It is very hard to put a figure on what we get out of Henty. It is not just the sales you make over the three days, but the follow up sales that could be months later in any of our branches. Once again thanks to all staff including the ones left at the shops to keep the doors open.

(Right clockwise:Toys and the new TopGun corner with Matt, Sarah and Jacqueline with freebies and tatoos a hit with the kids, Keith Kilo and Chris Green demonstrating their knowledge on the site with customers, Aerial view Bec, Russ, Fonz,Wattie,Sam & Woolie.

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140th Annual Forbes Show Preston Burns - Service Manager Parkes & Condobolin

Darren Keane and Preston Burns attended the 2015 Forbes Annual Show to introduce John Deere’s new L340 big square baler.

There was much interest in the big square baler with many comments of how strong it is built compared to the competitors. To complement the baler we had a Kuhn twin rotor gyrorake on display.

It was a great couple of days talking with the community and discussing the potential of these products.

The L340 baler consists of a plunger with 45 strokes per minute, hydraulic driven knotter fans and an integrated automatic greasing system. Preston believes it is the R&D that John Deere have put into this machine to make it right. He was impressed with the engineering that is simple, yet unique and shouts reliability.

The Field General… is now here The R4045 Sprayer has it all.

The smartest cab in its class. Precise application up to 870 Litre’s per minute with the high-flow and dual flowmeter. A smooth, steady ride. Dry spinner spreader capacity up to 8.5 m3 (300 cu. ft.).

Intelligent time- and money- saving solutions.

All fully integrated with the latest John Deere technology to help you conquer more ground in less time.

258kW of power…9.0L Power TechTM Engine Tank capacity of 4,500 litres and Booms stretching up to 36m (120ft.)

ALBURY

(02) 6058 6800

For more information or a demonstration, contact your local dealer TODAY

COLEAMBALLY (02) 6954 4280

LAKE CARGELLIGO

CONDOBOLIN (02) 6891 2222

NARRANDERA

(02) 6898 1305

(03) 6959 1522

COWRA

(02) 6341 4800

PARKES

(02) 6862 1666

FINLEY

(03) 5883 1655

TEMORA

(02) 6977 1100

GRIFFITH

(02) 6964 3422

WAGGA WAGGA (02) 6933 7900

For more information visit www.hutcheonandpearce.com.au

IT Tips & Tricks

Copy only those who need to be copied; not your entire universe of contacts.

Email address fields explained!

TO: The addresses in the ‘To’ are for the people you are directly addressing, and from whom you typically require some sort of response or action.

BCC:The addresses in the ‘Bcc’ are like ‘Cc’ except that the addresses in ‘To’ and ‘Cc’ do not know that the addresses in the ‘Bcc’ are included in the conversation. The ‘To’ and ‘Cc’ addresses are blind to the ‘Bcc’ addresses. Useful in situations where you wish to send yourself a copy of the email (rather than find it in your sent items) which the recipient does not need to see, or possibly sending a copy of the email to a shared mailbox for the future reference of others.

Ben McGowan- IT Manager

CC:The addresses in the ‘Cc’ are for the people you are indirectly addressing. Mostly used for FYI purposes, like keeping a manager in the loop during a discussion. Don’t over do it here.

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Duncan Demo Day Keith Kilo - Sales Representative Albury

On Wednesday 19th of August, Peter Connell and myself were invited to demonstrate the Duncan Renovator drill at a pasture workshop at Heritage Seeds, Howlong. There were 60 farmers present from all around the district and there were representatives from seed supply companies as well as agronomists to discuss the most efficient ways of improving pasture establishment. The morning was spent with forums between the seed companies and agronomists and after a nice barbeque lunch we had the opportunity to give farmers an overview of the current range of Duncan Seeding equipment from the smaller 18 row Eco drill to the 23 row MK4 Renovater.

There were many interested farmers to show how easy our machine was to calibrate and the ability to sow many different types of seed through either box by engaging or disengaging segments of the metering wheel. We were able to sow some Lucerne seed in the demonstration which showed the ability of the Duncan Baker boot to create a good seed bed and place the seed accurately.

We have a large number of machines retailed in the Albury district and the Duncan equipment has a very good reputation for durability and the ability to get very good pasture establishment as well as the ability to plant cereal crops as well.

H&P’s “The Biggest Achiever�

Jacqueline Negline-Smyth - HR Manager

In April 2015 over 40 staff at H&P took on the FitBit challenge to compete with each other in trying to relieve some stress by encouraging each other to get fitter and healthier.

Weekly challenges between various groups have been a fun exercise especially when you finally get on top of the challenge list and someone logs on to and sync their FitBIt and trumps you for the top spot.

I am impressed with the personal stories of many of the team loosing weight, beating their personal best in marathons, keeping up with the kids, giving up smoking in order to get fit and keeping fit for the footy season.

Two employees have won the challenge for two categories: 1. Most steps consistently over the 7 months - Brian Kerr - Wagga Parts 2. Best personal achievement - Megan Henly - Condobolin Parts Both Megan and Brian have each won a weekend for 2 in Melbourne or Sydney with 2 nights accommodation, breakfast and parking.

Well done to all involved. There were several runners up including Glen Bock from Griffith. Do not stop now though - keep up the good work. I am aware of several one on one challenges continuing with kilograms in contention to be lost before Christmas. Good Luck High Performance

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TECSight training days Sam Horan - TECSight Solution Specialist

The TECSight team have travelled around the Riverina carrying out customer training days at Parkes, Griffith, Hillston, Finley, Albury and Narrandera. The TESight AMS training was conducted by Matt, Dave, Sam and Andrew. While Jason, Trevor and Cassie kept all the gears moving in the background like clockwork.

The purpose of the training events was to inform customers of the new technology available in their John Deere machines as well as to cover some tips and tricks when setting up the technology to capture good records. Customers learned how to navigate and setup their GS2, GS3 and Gen 4 displays, optimise their Starfire receivers, utilise the MyJD tools including JDLink, Wireless Data Transfer, Operations Centre and Remote Display Access. Details about the TECSight department and the best way to use as us a tool in their business was also highlighted.

The first session began at Finley where we arrived with not one of us expecting the huge turnout of 60 customers.

The Finley workshop was freezing but we still managed to appeal to our customers questions and learning. A special mention needs to go to Trent Royston for helping with the day and organising customers.

Wagga Wagga also turned out to be a very cold day in the workshop. The Wagga Staff put in a big effort moving machinery, spare parts and promotional item’s to make it all look the part.

Even though we had a cold day it was a good turnout of customers with 25 all in total. The customer survey’s we put out confirmed yet another story of satisfied customers with the training going off without a hitch. Once again thank you to all the Wagga Wagga staff who banded together to help make this day possible and really making the area look the part with all the gear.

The third session began at Parkes with not all going according to plan. Upon arrival at the Branch on Monday afternoon Andrew Watt was reversing the promotional trailer into the workshop, when he heard a noise. Upon inspection to check he had not reversed into anything we found that the left hand rear spring had snapped inhalf. We sourced a couple of new springs and the Parkes workshop had us going in no time at all. On Tuesday we carried out the training at the Parkes Branch with a great turn out of 37 customers on a very cold and windy day.

Despite the weather we still received positive feedback. We would like to thank all the Parkes staff for helping and contributing to the day and to the Parkes workshop for stopping work for half the day while we conducted the training and also getting us back on the road so quickly.

After packing up the promotional trailer, we were back on the road again for a long slow trip to Griffith. Getting into the Griffith Branch late on Tuesday night, we dropped off the trailer and decided it was time to go get some food and a beverage. A roaring turnout of 47 customer participated. Luckily we were in the conference room in the heating because the day outside did not ease up with cold winds and sleeting rain. Weather aside, there was great feedback from the Griffith customers.

Big thank you to all the Griffith staff for helping with the day which went off without a hitch.

Last on the agenda for this week but definitely not the least was Narrandera Ex-Servicemen’s Club. On the first day of sunshine for the week, the numbers dwindled a little bit but still a strong turnout for the area with 15 customers and 7 branch members.

With yet again a strong customer appreciation for the day and good feedback from the day. We would like to thank the Narrandera branch members for all there help with organising and helping make the day such a great success. The following week saw us travel to Albury for a warmer training session and around 30 attentive customers. Big thanks to the workshop as well as Trigger and Killer for their superior BBQing skills.

Last but not least, the team packed up the promo trailer once more and set off for Hillston. The Hilston customer base had not had the chance to get to Griffith or Parkes due to some poor timing of weather so we decided to take the show to them. The Services Club made for a great venue and Chinese meal with the 50 or so customers that turned out for the day. We had some excellent questions raised and a special thanks to David Kidd for taking the lead to get it organised.

Flash New Technology

Are you tired of loosing your USB stick?

The John Deere Mobile Data Transfer USB uploads your data to the MyJohnDeere portal for perpetual protection and access to your information. Ring TECSight about the new John Deere wireless USB and how it can help you.

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Find out what’s in the shed?

Whilst all the Sales team were in Wagga attending the Sales team meeting this quarter, Andrew Sands, our Group Sales Manager, took the opportunity to launch the “Find out what’s in the shed” campaign with all from the Wagga Branch. Andrew lured in several performers for the evening staring Mirella Pinchbeck from John Deere as Tina Turner, Chris Green as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Climpson and Ashley Irvine as Topgun pilots Maverick and Goose, and Andrew himself as Phil Collins. We all enjoyed the fashion show spectacular and Ash and Tom strutted the model machinery’s stuff.

Talk to your Sales Representative to “Find out what’s the shed” for you.

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Employment Vacancies Jacqueline Negline-Smyth - HR Manager

Winner of the $4000 Flight Centre Voucher was:

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Four (4) Parts Sales Apprenticeships for 2016

Service * Ag Diagnostic Technicians – Griffith, Condo,

Albury, Coleambally, Cowra, Wagga * Diesel Mechanic - Coleambally * Workshop Foreman - Coleambally, Condobolin * Service Apprentice- Griffith * Service Advisor - Griffith Sales * Large and Small Ag Sales Representative -

Coleambally/Finley

If you are looking for a career change or know of someone who is, please pass on the lead to send a resume and cover sheet with why you are interested and suited to the role to

hr@hutcheonandpearce.com.au.

DON’T RISK YOUR JOHN DEERE MACHINERY…INSIST ON GENUINE OIL AND FILTERS FROM JOHN DEERE Become a loyal John Deere Genuine oil and filters user and not only will we reward you with industry best prices, we will also put you in the draw for a $4000 Flight Centre voucher* PLUS receive a $35, $75 or $250 voucher for John Deere Toys & Merchandise** Conditions of entry: Every customer will receive one entry per 100 litres of oil purchased on a single invoice. i.e. If purchasing 200 litres you will receive 2 entries and so on.

This can be purchased over the counter and through the workshop. FREE delivery on orders of 200 litres or more within 100km of your H&P Dealership Must be invoiced between 1st February and 31st July.

100 Litres of oil - $35 voucher for eligible products | 205 litre drum of oil - $75 voucher for eligible products | 1000 litre pod of oil - $250 voucher for eligible products

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Ronald McDonald House Toy Raffle Jacqueline Negline-Smyth - HR Manager

Ronald McDonald House Wagga Wagga was proudly supported by Hutcheon & Pearce at the 2015 COLEAMBALLY COWRA FINLEY GRIFFITH Henty Machinery Field Days. Hutcheon & Pearce provided(02)ALBURY the raffle prize toCONDOBOLIN the Wagga Wagga 6058 6800 (02) 6954 4280 (02) 6891 2222 (02) 6341 4800 (03) 5883 1655 (02) 6964 3422 House. The Wagga Wagga House has had a site at Henty for past four years to raise awareness LAKE the CARGELLIGO NARRANDERA PARKES TEMORA WAGGA WAGGA (02) 6898 1305 (03) 6959 1522 (02) 6862 1666 (02) 6977 1100 (02) 6933 7900 of the services provided. We had an amazing response to the prize which was a John Deer tractor with scoop and trailer. It attracted a lot of interest and we raised a total of $976.00 from the sale of tickets. The winning ticket was drawn by Arron Hutcheon with Bill O’Rourke, Board member of Ronald McDonald House and Deborah Braines, Executive Officer in attendance. The lucky winner was Geoff McInerney from Coolamon who was delighted with the win. Geoff and his family have been accommodated at the Ronald McDonald House at Westmead over the past twelve months while their child has been receiving treatment. Ronald McDonald House Wagga Wagga is proud to have a special relationship with Hutcheon & Pearce and thanks Arron for his ongoing support of what the House does. * Competition registration number NSW 0000000

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RITAFE Invades Bathurst Matt Duffy - HR Mentor

Last week I was invited by RITAFE to attend Bathurst car races and represent both RITAFE and H&P. V8’s, promo girls and beer who could say no to that? Not me! Unfortunately this was not the case, there were V8’s and there were promo girls, but the beer was off limits whilst we had RITAFE shirts on. The reason we were there was to promote automotive trades and basically talk to anyone who wanted more information on the services TAFE can provide.

On the fun bus, there were four RITAFE representatives, four students and two industry representatives. We were up at the crack of dawn to be at our site at 7am ready for the day’s tasks, which included a tyre changing competition for the prize of a grid walk 20mins before the big race and an X-box lap of Bathurst which had the prize of a paddock pass. We also had a panel beating apprentice with a couple of panels he was getting the public to hit with a hammer and he would give demonstrations and tips on how to repair it. This was very popular with all the restoration enthusiasts and proved to be a big crowd attraction.

From my point of view it was worth it for TAFE to promote themselves in this environment and hope they get the gig again next year. It was my first Bathurst experience and thank them greatly for asking me to assist.

Albury Coleambally Condobolin

Cowra Finley Griffith

Lake Cargelligo Narrandera Parkes

Temora Wagga

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