AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION 2012 ANNUAL REPORT
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 1 ABOUT US
The Australian Parachute Federation (APF) is a Not for Profit (NFP) organization existing to administer and represent Australian Sport Parachuting, maintaining a high level of safety and performance, seeking to encourage participation at all levels, striving toward enhancement of standards and excellence in performance in Sport Parachuting. The APF is the organization which controls skydiving and parachuting at most civilian operations in Australia. With the approval of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), the APF sets standards for all aspects of parachuting operations including the conduct of competitions, the issuing of memberships, licenses and instructor ratings, conduct of the examination process and distribution of various publications keeping members informed. The APF also provides Public Liability Insurance for all APF members. The National Office, located in Brisbane, Queensland, is staffed by a team of nine and supported by volunteers at local and State level, and is affiliated with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale through the Australian Sport Aviation Confederation and International Parachuting Commission. The Federation is a Self-Administered Organisation administering the sport of parachuting under a Deed of Agreement with CASA. Benefits of membership include the right to skydive in Australia, liability, insurance, representation, information and standards setting.
Australian Parachute Federation Inc. P.O Box 1440 Springwood, QLD 4127 T: (07) 34570100 F: (07) 34570150 E: [email protected] W: www.apf.asn.au
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 2 CONTENTS Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report 1 About us 1 Strategic Plan 2013 – 2017 3 Message From the President 4 Message from the Chair of the Board 5 Message from the Chief Executive Officer 6 Part One: Organisational Structure 7 Organisational Structure Chart 8 Disclosure of Federation Interests 9 Federation Board of Directors 10 Management Committee 10 Technical Directors 10 Area Parachute Councils 11 Committees 11 Appointments 12 Part Two: Current Affairs 13 Fiona Mceachern Development Fund (SDF) 14 APF Annual Conference “Future Directions 2012 – Sport, Career, Opportunity” 15 APF Insurance Policies 17 Information Technology 17 Part Three: External Relations 19 AirServices Australia 20 Australian Sports Commission (ASC) 20 Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) 20 Confederation of Australian Sport (CAS) 20 Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) 20 Part Four: Partnerships 21 Australian Parachute Team Advancement Company Trust 22 Australian Skydiving Magazine 22 Australian Sport Aviation Confederation (ASAC) 22 Lander & Rogers Lawyers 22 Parachuting Protection Company (PPC) 22 Parachute Industry Association (PIA) 22 Part Five: National Safety and Operations 23 Compliance 24 Standard Functions 24 Safety Promotion 24 Service Functions 25 Risk Management 25 Training 26 Coaches 26 Life Members 26 Chief Instructor Appointments 26 Member Organisations 27 Cloud Jumping Approval 27 Cloud Manual Authorisations issued 27 APF Service Bulletins Issued 27 APF Technical Directives Issued 27 Club Audits 27 Parachute Displays 27 Manuals and Publications 27 Incident Reporting 28 Part SIX: SPORT AND COMPETITION 35 Sport and Competition 36 International Competition 37 Part SEVEN: Membership Statistics 41 Membership and Licensing Statistics – Membership year – 30/06/12 42 Membership and Licensing Statistics – calendar year – 31/12/12 45 Part EIGHT: Financial Statements 51
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 3 STRATEGIC PLAN 2013 – 2017
Our Mission: Protect Promote and Develop Skydiving Our Vision: Through World’s Best Practice strive to be the Best Our Strategy: • To foster, administer and regulate parachuting in Australia. • To develop, promote and maintain a Risk Management Culture • To maintain airspace and airport access • To represent sports parachuting to national and international bodies • To provide an environment that encourages participation and retains members. • To conduct competitions to help participants to achieve their goals and assist our elite to perform at world class standards • To conduct training, education and promote safety Our Values: • Future and result focus in all our strategies and activities • Uncompromised risk management culture • Fairness amongst all members • Zero tolerance to doping Our objectives for 2013 – 2017 • Financial independence and security with leading administration to support entrepreneurial freedom of the Federation. • Positive annual growth of new memberships and membership renewals. • Sustained participation in all parachuting disciplines. • Consistent participation in all disciplines at Category One events • Maintain World Best Practice in Risk Management
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 4 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
The last 12 months has seen an increase in new members of 17.0% despite the difficult economic times. When times are tough, people put aside big investments such as buying a new car or house and instead treat themselves to something which is fun and affordable. Going to the movies, involvements in sport, and such like, are popular when times are rough. Let’s hope as the economic conditions improve we do not see a drop off in new membership. Having said that, I doubt this will be the case as marketing of skydiving in Australia today is both professional and effective.
The number of fatalities in any given time is a rough indicator of the safety of our sport. By this measure, last year was very bad with six fatalities, whereas the long term average is 2.5 fatalities per year. This increased number of fatalities was noticed by CASA as it coincided with an increase in fatalities in sport aviation generally. This prompted the Director of Safety, John McCormack, to remark that CASA is considering taking back the regulation of sport aviation. This would be a disaster and take us back to the dark ages.
In February, the APF CEO and I met with the Associate Director of CASA who assured us this was unlikely and CASA’s concerns were more to do with sport aviation aircraft registration in general and not parachuting in particular. This does not take away from the fact that we did have 6 fatalities and this is not a good look.
After investigating these fatalities we saw 3 Chief Instructors disciplined. Disciplinary action was taken against these CIs for a breach of their oversight responsibilities in allowing certain activities to take place on their DZ.
While oversight of parachuting activities, generally, remains the responsibility of the DZSO and – student and novice training remains the responsibility of the CI – individual members rightly should, and must, take responsibility for their own behaviour.
Those who have passed the novice stage, ie hold a B license or above, need to take responsibility for their own actions. If the wind is above limits or the planned landing area is not big enough for your level of experience and qualifications, or you do not hold a Star Crest but should have one, then it’s your responsibility to not proceed with the jump. Disciplinary action was taken against individual members for this sort of breach in the wingsuit fatality. This leads me into the final point I wish to raise, the introduction of a system similar to the penalty point system used for road traffic offences.
The demerit system currently under development should see us become more even-handed in how we manage removal of privileges when disciplinary action is found necessary. The CASA Associate Director was pleased to see us embrace this approach as it puts the emphasis on modifying behaviour rather than simply punishing someone.
An unintentional breach is treated lightly with, say 10 demerit points. A serial offender is treated more harshly with, say 50 points and wilful negligence might score 100 points. There will be monetary fine and the prospect of loss of privileges associated with the particulars of the breach. Points will be cumulative so that repeat offences will add to the points a member accumulates and may lead to a suspension of their ratings and/or licenses.
Once the system is bedded down and the procedures developed and tested we will look to simplify Rule 19 of the Constitution which has the rules for dealing with misconduct. Currently these are complex. We should be able to simplify these to have the essence of what the Association’s` Incorporation Act and Association Incorporation Regulations prescribe as being required, and not much else. In essence, members being disciplined must be afforded natural justice and if they feel their treatment is too harsh, have an avenue to appeal to a higher authority.
While I no longer jump, I continue to stay involved as the members’ direct representative at Board Meetings, occasionally at Management Committee meetings and the OpReg rewrite and Demerit System workgroup meetings.
I would be happy to serve in this role for the next year if that is your wish.
Dave Smith APF President Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 5 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Dear Members Stemming from the year 2012 we had some high profile members who were disciplined for various OP REG breaches. It is sad to see the lies and untruths some of these members have tried to spread amongst the rest of the membership, let’s put this into perspective. Firstly let me say that it is only a small minority behaving this way. Sadly it is people who should know better, and in some cases should be setting the bench mark for the up and coming new members in the industry and the sport, but for some unexplainable reason they do not want to move into the 21st century. The people responsible for spreading these untruths are doing a disservice to all the volunteers. The volunteers work so tirelessly to keep us all safe and in the air because of their passion for this federation, and all of this at a cost to themselves. There are a number of senior members out there who still don’t get it [rules are rules]. There are consequences when one of our members’ safety is compromised. It is also up to every member to take responsibility and accountability while enjoying this great activity we all love [ie: look after fellow members] - if you see something that is not quite right, SPEAK UP. Having said this it is pleasing to see the new systems that one of our largest DZs has put into place, it is a credit to all concerned. On a lighter note we have managed to improve on our investments in 2012 which in turn is good, so our funding and development can move forward as planned and keep our fees to a sustainable level. Again I would like to thank all board members, office staff and most of all the volunteers who give so much of their time.
Jack Cross Chair of the Board
P.S. let’s stay safe and look after each other!
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 6 MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
It is with much pleasure that I present the 2012 Australian Parachute Federation Annual Report. I am delighted to be able to reflect upon and report on the many successes that we have achieved as an industry over the past twelve months and of course touch upon the challenges that we face moving forward. Perhaps the most pleasing aspect of the year, and what may be classified as the best indicator for the health of our sport, has been the continual growth of our membership base with a further 17% increase in new members on the previous year. In competition the Australian Parachute Team that attended the WPC in Dubai was the largest contingency ever to attend a World Parachuting Championships. This is another indicator of the health of the sport with the apparent revival of interest in competitive skydiving in all disciplines. The APF has pledged to support competitive skydiving by developing initiatives that will both attract new competitors and assist our elite competitors at International level. APF’s commitment to development does not stop with coaching and competition but extends to supporting and enhancing safety and training initiatives in order to provide a safer environment for all members to enjoy their chosen sport and pastime. Whilst we can be proud of our successes throughout 2012, this was overshadowed by the tragic deaths of 6 of our fellow skydivers and whilst we may expect some misadventures, the number fatalities experienced raised concerns. It was considered that at least 3 of these may have been avoided had individuals in positions of authority been more diligent in regard to the level of oversight or duty of care extended in these individuals. It is every member’s responsibility to not only abide by the Regulations but to use common sense and show a duty of care for others. It is also every member’s right to expect a safe environment in which to carry out their skydiving activities! APF can write and enforce rules, it can ensure operators have proper safety systems in place to manage their risks, it can assist industry with safety education and information, however at the end of the day it is up to each and every individual to help make our skydiving environment as safe as it can practicably be. The day-to-day responsibility for the safety of a particular operation inevitably lies with the CI’s and DZSO’s. APF will be working hard to ensure everyone in the industry is aware of their responsibilities and achieving the best possible safety outcomes but will also act decisively against operators unwilling or unable to maintain appropriate safety standards. There were critical goals that were set soon after my appointment as CEO which has involved major changes to our geographic location, our structure and the way we conduct business in our day to day operations across the Federation. We have also strived for APF to have a closer operational engagement with the industry for which we have safety oversight responsibility. I have a very clear focus on producing meaningful safety outcomes, of having the best people in the right positions, with a better trained safety team spending more time where it matters, in the field and overseeing systems and processes. With the Boards confidence and support, made evident by their commitment to the provision of the necessary resources, these and other objectives will be more achievable. In listening to member feedback the APF has been revising the Operational Regulations and the existing disciplinary system, with the two needing to work side by side. As always the task of ensuring that APF’s regulations are relevant, effective and aligned with international best practice is an enduring and challenging responsibility. The goal in this project has been to develop a better defined, simpler system, easier to manage and understand and reflective of a fair and just culture, that is transparent, has clarity and defines all accountabilities and responsibilities. The new disciplinary system will be referred to as the Infringement Policy which also introduces a Demerit Point system. This has been a huge project that is nearing completion and has included industry consultation for which we are grateful. Industry consultation is identified as being crucial to the success of all major initiatives that APF drives, and we are keen to engage industry consultative bodies, industry experts, operators and committees in a variety of forums to discuss sport, safety, training and operational issues. It is fair to say that we are a very different organisation from the APF of past years, and I have no doubt that APF will be an even more effective organisation this time next year. It will continue its commitment to making further improvements to the way it operates and will strive to achieve high-level objectives. APF is also very fortunate in having a great team of well trained, dedicated and professional staff, and a host of committed volunteers at hand, who through their diligence and hard work contribute tangibly to the Federation and parachuting in Australia. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to these people for their efforts, and for their patience on a journey that is sometimes challenging and difficult, but never boring!
Brad Turner Chief Executive Officer
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PART ONE: ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 8 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE CHART
Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer
National Office Management Committee Area Councils Operations Manager (Technical Directors) Technical Officer Manager Training National Development Officer Accounts / I.T Officer Executive Assistant Senior Administrator Clubs Administration Assistant Administration Assistant
Members
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 9 DISCLOSURE OF FEDERATION INTERESTS
Positions Name Interest declaration OFFICE BEARERS APF President Dave Smith Commercial Aviation Rigger Chair of the Board Jack Cross NIL Chief Executive Officer Brad Turner NIL Secretary Graeme Windsor Drop Zone Owner / Operator / CI Secretary (retired) Geoff Campbell NIL Public Officer Graeme Windsor Drop Zone Owner / Operator / CI Public Officer (retired) Geoff Campbell NIL APF BOARD
Board representative – NTPC Trevor Collins NIL Board representative – NQPC Jack Cross NIL Board representative – NQPC Des Ewing NIL Board representative – SQPC Jason Cooke Skydiving Equipment Manufacturer Board representative – SQPC Bruce Towers NIL
Board representative – NSWPC Grahame Hill Drop Zone Owner / CI Board representative – NSWPC Mark Szulmayer NIL Board representative – VTPC Carsten Boeving NIL Board representative – VTPC Matt Hill NIL Board representative – WAPC Graham Cook NIL
Board representative – SAPC Al Gray Drop Zone Owner / Operator / CI
Board representative – ACTPC Neil Fergie Drop Zone Owner / Operator
TECHNICAL DIRECTORS
Director Aircraft Operations Grahame Hill Drop Zone Owner / CI Director Safety Stephen Fickling NIL Director Instructors Ralf Jaeger NIL Director Competitions Lisa Perdichizzi NIL Director Judging Lindy Rochow-Williams NIL Director Rigging Brett Newman Parachute Rigging Loft Owner
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 10 FEDERATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Under the terms of its Constitution, the APF has eight (8) Area Councils, each of which can appoint up to 2 members to the APF Board. The APF Board of Directors meets bi-annually with the Annual General Meeting being held in November. The Federation Board manages the business of the Federation in accordance with the Constitution and the Regulations and may exercise such powers and do such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Federation. In 2012 the Members of the Federation Board comprised:
North Queensland Parachute Council Board representative Jack Cross (Chair) North Queensland Parachute Council Board representative Des Ewing South Queensland Parachute Council Board representative Jason Cooke South Queensland Parachute Council Board representative Bruce Towers South Queensland Parachute Council Board representative Andrew Preston (retired) New South Wales Parachute Council Board representative Grahame Hill New South Wales Parachute Council Board representative Mark Szulmayer Australian Capital Territory Parachute Council Board representative Neil Fergie Victorian Tasmanian Parachute Council Board representative Carsten Boeving Victorian Tasmanian Parachute Council Board representative Matt Hill Victorian Tasmanian Parachute Council Board representative John Kinton (retired) South Australian Parachute Council Board representative Al Gray West Australian Parachute Council Board representative Graham Cook Northern Territory Parachute Council Board representative Trevor Collins
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Formed in November 2010, the Management Committee consists of four Technical Directors and is chaired by the CEO with the other Technical Directors considered ‘as required’ members of the MC.
The Federation Board delegated such powers and functions of the Federation Board, to the Management Committee, as are necessary to implement and give effect to the APF Strategic Plan.
In 2012 the following positions constituted the Management Committee:
• CEO (Committee Chair) • Director Safety • Director Instructors • Director Aircraft Operations • Director Rigging - Director Competition (as required) - Director Judging (as required)
Over 2012 the Management Committee have focused on further defining their responsibilities and the expectations of their roles, reviewing existing and previous processes and making decisions and taking action where necessary. Furthermore the members of the MC are also key operational Technical Directors with busy portfolios in their respective areas of expertise. The Committee meet regularly and continue to oversee operational aspects within the Federation.
TECHNICAL DIRECTORS There are six Technical Directors whose main function is to provide technical expertise to the APF as an industry ‘expert’ in specific key operational areas.
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 11 In 2012 the following members held Technical Director positions:
• Director Safety Stephen Fickling (appointed 19/07/2012) • Director Safety Richard Petters (retired) • Director Instructors Ralf Jaeger • Director Aircraft Operations Grahame Hill • Director Rigging Brett Newman (appointed 19/07/2012) • Director Rigging Rory Hatchett (retired) • Director Competition Lisa Perdichizzi • Director Judges Lindy Rochow-Williams
AREA PARACHUTE COUNCILS Each state has an Area Parachute Council which is responsible for administration of clubs and members within their area. Queensland is divided into 2 Councils being South Queensland and North Queensland separated by the Tropic of Capricorn. Victoria and Tasmania are combined into the Victorian Tasmanian Parachute Council. Performance of the Area Councils is monitored by reviewing the minutes of Council Meetings and through liaison with elected officers. Current Area Councils are:
• North Queensland Parachute Council • South Queensland Parachute Council • New South Wales Parachute Council • Australian Capital Territory Parachute Council • Victorian Tasmanian Parachute Council • South Australian Parachute Council • West Australian Parachute Council • Northern Territory Parachute Council
COMMITTEES REMUNERATION COMMITTEE The Remuneration Committee shall be responsible for the performance review and remuneration package for the Chief Executive Officer and shall consist of up to four Federation members appointed by the Board. The Remuneration Committee members in 2012 were: • David Smith • Jack Cross • Carsten Boeving • Grahame Hill (retired) • Neil Fergie (retired) GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE The function of the Governance Committee is to provide guidance in matters of governance relating to consistent management, cohesive policies and processes. The Governance Committee is elected at the Annual Board Meeting. Committee members for 2012 were: • David Smith • Brad Turner • Paul Osborne • Carsten Boeving • Andrew Preston (retired) • Matt Hill
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 12 AWARDS VALIDATION UNIT The Awards Validation Unit is responsible for receiving and considering nominations for the various APF awards.
Members in 2012 were: • Lindy Rochow Williams (Chair) • Brad Turner • Neil Fergie • Lisa Perdichizzi • Peta Holmes
FUNDING COMMITTEE The Funding Committee assists the Federation with decisions relating to the Fiona McEachern Sport Development Fund.
Members in 2012 were: • Kelly Brennan (Chair) • Jason Cooke • Mark Szulmayer • Lisa Perdichizzi • Peta Holmes
APPOINTMENTS
Delegate to Australian Sport Aviation Confederation (ASAC) Dave Smith
Delegate to ASAC, Alternate Brad Turner Delegate to ASIANIA Faye Cox
Delegate to ASIANIA, Alternate Ray Williams
Delegate to International Parachuting Commission (IPC) Lindy Rochow-Williams Delegate to IPC , Alternate Mark Szulmayer Delegate to Parachute Industries Association (PIA) Jo Chitty (retired)
Delegate to PIA Brett Newman (appointed 15 November)
Delegate to PIA, Alternate Rory Hatchett (retired) Delegate to PIA, Alternate Jo Chitty (appointed 15 November)
Disciplinary Chair Andrew Preston (retired)
Disciplinary Chair Jack Cross (appointed 15 November) Disciplinary Chair, Deputy John Kinton
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PART TWO: CURRENT AFFAIRS
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 14 FIONA MCEACHERN DEVELOPMENT FUND (SDF) The Fiona McEachern Development Fund (originally the Sport Development Fund and referred to herein as the SDF) continues to be an important source of funding for skydiving events across Australia in combination with State Parachute Council contributions. FUNDING OUTLAY In 2012 the APF continued to support worthwhile member initiatives by approving funding for 94% of applications received, totalling approved funding outlays of:
• $16,818.70 – Level 1 • $24,250.00 – Level 2 • $25,964.50 – Level 3 • $67,033.20 - Total
Applications were received from drop zones situated in the five largest Council areas to support various Federation objectives, as per the charts below:
Total applications received from each council area (count and %) SAPC, 0, 0% NTPC, 0, 0%
VTPC, 5, 15% NQPC, 7, 21% WAPC, 2, 6% SQPC, 9, 27%
NSWPC, 10, 31%
Approved applications by type (count & %)
1, 3% Coaching Events (Wingsuiting, Freefly, B-Rel & Starcrests, Canopy Disciplines, FS) 7, 23% Media Events
2, 6% 21, 68% Boogies
Record Attempts
Coaching events were the most popular and constituted the bulk of Level 1 applications, while applications to support larger-scale boogie events were most often submitted under the umbrella of Level 2 funding.
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 15 NEW YEAR DEVELOPMENTS TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS The SDF application process has transitioned from paper to online to improve service delivery for applying members and to facilitate a more rigorous process of assessment and evaluation. The decision aligns with the APF’s commitment to a model of constant improvement, and the responsible spending of member funds. Benefits of the updated system include: • Quick and easy to fill out online forms which remove the need for printing, scanning and posting. • Full email automation at every step of the funding process so members know how their application is progressing from the time of their initial submission to receipt of their final funding amount. • Online tools to help members demonstrate their funding eligibility, including a downloadable budget template with built in formulas to help them keep track of their event expenses. • Simplified and user friendly post-event reporting forms to make it quicker and easier for members to demonstrate their eligibility for post-event funds, speeding up the assessment process so they can get their final payments faster. • Participant satisfaction surveys included as part of the post-event evaluation process to reward applicants who put on great events. • Applicant feedback survey included in the post-event reports so members can tell us where and how we can improve the SDF in future. • The APF believes the new application process is simpler, easier and more efficient to use than its predecessor and will help to lift the standard of applications submitted, ensuring member funds are well spent.
APF ANNUAL CONFERENCE “FUTURE DIRECTIONS 2012 – SPORT, CAREER, OPPORTUNITY” The 2012 APF Annual Conference held at Sea World Resort & Water Park on the Gold Coast from the 8th to 10th of May provided delegates with a unique opportunity to learn about and engage with their sport; and a chance to give back to the wider skydiving community. Key themes explored at the APF’s most important annual industry event included: STAYING SAFE In keeping with the APF’s commitment to maintaining high standards for safety in our industry, a strong safety focus pervaded all of the workshop and presentation content. International presenters Jim Cowan and John LeBlanc conducted highly informative sessions on canopy control and emergency response which were beneficial for skydivers of all experience levels; while workshops covered important safety issues and perspectives on how to forge positive future directions in those areas, including: • canopy downsizing – how soon is too soon? How can drop zones and more experienced skydivers better support the canopy skills development of novice jumpers to improve safety and performance standards? Facilitated by Jules McConnel & Michael Vaughan. • Freefly training – what are the dangers of this increasingly popular skydiving discipline and how can we, the APF, work together to protect younger jumpers from injury? Facilitated by Tyler Baird & Mason Corby. • Canopy piloting – proposal for a National Safety Day to educate skydivers about canopy control and flight. Facilitated by Robbie McMillan. • AFF, S/Line and Tandem Instruction –discussion around various op regs and their safety implications, and suggestions for improvements. Facilitated by Mark Gazley and Paul Smith. • Rigging – canopy relining and reserve packing sessions to improve delegates’ knowledge of how to successfully maintain their own gear. Facilitated by Brett Newman & Tom Parker. • High Altitude Descents – safety issues to consider and procedures that can be adopted to ensure the safety of skydivers when undertaking jumps from above 15,000ft. Facilitated by Ralph Hamilton-Presgrave and Ralf Jaeger. SUPPORTING OUR INDUSTRY The 2012 Conference also saw integration of a variety of presentations and workshops of relevance to commercial operators. The APF recognises that if we are to grow we need to understand how to run our commercial operations more successfully. We believe part of the solution is providing access to educational opportunities that increase our knowledge of successful business models and practices which we can then apply at our own home drop zones. The following Conference sessions supported these aims: • Corporate Social Responsibility for Clubs – have you considered your triple bottom line? This session covered the basics of how to make positive business decisions via a holistic stakeholder management process; and described the economic advantages of doing good (looking after the environment and society) whilst still making a profit. Facilitated by Janine Hayes. Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 16 • Marketing your Drop Zone – Professional marketer and QUT marketing communications lecturer, Bill Proud, discussed the marketing mix – price, product, place and promotion – to give Conference attendees tips on how to sell the skydiving experience to their target markets. • Understanding Social Media – keen VFS skydiver and Managing Director of Pusher Digital Creative Agency, Kim Hopwood, explained the world of social media with a particular focus on how skydiving clubs can use Facebook to promote their skydiving products and events. • First Responder and Drop Zone First Aid – Victoria University Paramedic Sciences lecturer, Jason Quick, covered the most appropriate methods to deal with skydiving-related medical emergencies. SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES The APF is keen to support the development of our competitive members. The 2012 Conference integrated in-depth sport psychology sessions with Queensland Academy of Sport preferred provider Dr Clive Jones to assist our athletes to perform better whilst training and during competition. MEMBER ENGAGEMENT Interactive workshop sessions rather than presentations were the priority in 2012. Most workshop sessions were dedicated to a particular discipline area and all were facilitated by local experts in the field. Based on positive member feedback we feel this is a more successful format to adopt for future Conference agendas as it allows for discussion and debate of the real issues affecting skydivers in the field. It also provides a constructive forum for members to work together to forge real solutions to address these issues. For the APF to move in the right direction we need all our members to take part and contribute. We feel that maintaining consistency in workshop session focus for the majority of the agenda will also improve members’ ability to contribute toward and promote discussion. SOCIAL EVENTS After all the scintillating discussion during the day, Conference 2012 also provided delegates with evening entertainment and an opportunity to socially connect with their peers. With assistance from gold sponsors CASA and Insuranet, and smaller in-kind sponsors Cloud VBS, Lifestyle, ASM, Blue Skies Magazine, Downward Trend Rigging Services, United Parachute Technologies, Total Control Skydiving Gear, Koppel Solomon Skydive Wings, Sea World, Sunpath, POPS Australia and Way Cool Industries, the Conference opened with a Welcome Gourmet BBQ event on the first night; and followed with the Awards Night Gala Dinner on the second night where we celebrated the achievements of our members. Great food, a large prize pool, roller coaster rides and a very clever sea lion were all included as part of the entertainment, much to the delight of our delegates. MEMBER FEEDBACK Feedback from the 2012 APF Conference satisfaction survey yielded the following insights about how our members viewed their Conference experience and provided the APF with opportunities to improve future events: Key Stats: Based on collected delegate feedback: • 82% rated the 2012 Conference as good to excellent overall • 96% would recommend attending the Conference to fellow members • 84% said they were motivated and inspired by what they heard and saw at the Conference CONFERENCE DELEGATE HIGHLIGHTS Based on collected delegate feedback, common positive themes included: - Quality and variety of relevant presentations and workshops - Overseas presenters - Opportunity for exchange of information - Awards Night - Jet Rescue Roller Coaster and BJ the Sea Lion - Welcome BBQ Event CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS We received a lot of positive feedback about last year’s workshop and presentations sessions. However, to fit it all in we had to run some sessions concurrently and to a tight timeframe. Some common delegate feedback was: • Delegates were at times torn between sessions, wanting to attend both. • Not enough time was given to fully extend and explore workshop ideas and themes.
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 17 APF INSURANCE POLICIES The APF does not hold an Australian Financial Services License, however via our General Insurance intermediary, Insuranet Insurance Brokers, the following programs have been arranged specifically for the APF and its members. In 2012 those programs were: PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE Automatic upon membership to the APF: Cover is arranged to respond in relation to negligent damage caused to third party person or property whilst participating in parachuting under an APF licence. Cost for this insurance is included in membership fees. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE Directors and Officers liability insurance protects Federation Board Members and other officers, employees and agents (including persons holding any positions on committees created or appointed under rule 7.1 and also volunteers) and Councils and individual members and Clubs of the Federation who may be indemnified against any costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses incurred in the proper execution of their powers and functions unless the amount was incurred as a result of their own wilfully wrongful act, neglect, default or dishonesty. PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE An optional cover that can be applied for as an APF licenced member. Provides a range of benefits including capital benefits and non-Medicare medical costs resulting from an accident whilst participating in parachuting activity under an APF license. The Product Disclosure Statement must be referred to for full cover details. This cover can be applied for at any stage of APF membership via completion of the Personal Accident application form and paying the applicable premium; or, by selecting the personal insurance option on Form M2 renewal at the applicable rate. In 2012 Personal Accident Insurance was extended to Student Members as added benefit that can be applied for at the time of initial sign up. Student members have the option to opt in or opt out of the program on either the physical Student membership form (pink Card) or the online Student Registration system. GEAR INSURANCE PROGRAM Optional cover that can be applied for as an APF member. Provides personal property cover for your parachuting equipment anywhere in Australia. The Product Disclosure Statement must be referred to for full cover details. This cover can be applied for at any stage of APF membership via completion of the Gear Insurance proposal form and premium payment.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The past few years have seen significant advancements in the APF’s utilisation of Information Technology. These advancements are helping not only to improve the National Offices’ productivity and in turn service levels to the membership, but is also assisting in increasing our capacity to provide higher end services and improved communications capabilities to the membership as well. With many IT projects currently in progress and more in the pipe line, the APF has and will continue to increase its capacity to manage and support the increasing need of relevant and appropriate IT resources and support capacity for our membership. ONLINE STUDENT REGISTRATION The Online Student Registration System was successfully launched on the 01/09/2011. The system works on a range of operating systems and mobile devices across most major Web Browsers with participating clubs enjoying substantial savings over the use of physical ‘pink cards’. Overall feedback on the system has been very positive. The system is now being widely used by clubs throughout the country with 65% of all training clubs now utilising the online system and over 45,000 new members registered via the online system in 2012. Following on from the release of the Online Student Registration system and the feedback received, a second release of the student system is due in 2013 with significant improvements to the look and feel, functionality and flexibility, making the process more mobile device friendly. It will also see the addition of the ability for students to extend their own memberships by 1 or more months and to add PA insurance at any time during membership, plus many other enhancements. The change will also see the most complex aspects of the Full Online Membership system introduced., SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook, has become an integral component of the APF communications strategy to disseminate information quickly to the intended audience, track the mood of the organisations members and provide a forum opportunity between APF members and the organisations administrators. Social Media is also being used as a portal for visiting skydivers to ask and quickly receive answers relating to Australian events. The move to utilise Facebook to its fullest potential has Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 18 allowed the APF to reach an audience far greater than its members alone! The APF fully monitor’s social media and control’s the content to ensure that the APF brand remains professional, has integrity and share’s up to date and relevant information quickly and to the source! SCANNING SOFTWARE Scanning software introduced into the APF in 2010 which is being used to automatically interpret physical Student Membership Forms (Pink Cards), has significantly reduced the time needed to enter data from pink cards into the student membership system. The scanning software automatically names and stores the files in a secure location. This process has been so successful that during 2011 the APF commenced scanning all historical paperwork held within the office. With the legal requirement to maintain documentation for up to 7 years and, in some circumstances, this has required substantial physical storage to maintain the physical records. Scanning of these documents enables us to maintain the necessary information without the physical storage requirements. The end of 2012 sees us completing the scanning of all the historical pink cards previously maintained in the APF’s offices, with over 750,000 now stored electronically. With the completion of this scanning, attention in 2013 will turn to scanning of other retained documentation such as membership, certification and rating applications amongst others.
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PART THREE: EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 20 AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA
The APF Office provides regular updates to AirServices Australia on the location of drop zones so that they may be depicted on aeronautical charts with a parachute symbol. RAPACs (Regional Airspace Users Advisory Committees) are the forum for discussion of all matters relating to Airspace and Procedures in Australia. Membership is open to all significant airspace users and through the major industry associations/organisations etc.
The APF encourages its Area Councils to appoint a local representative to each RAPAC to ensure parachuting maintains reasonable access to and use of airspace. The APF Director of Aircraft works closely with AirServices to resolve airspace concerns and improve communications. As congested airspace issues increase the APF needs to remain vigilant in its support to affected organisations.
AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION (ASC)
Whilst the ASC discontinued its Elite Athlete Development funding to the APF some years ago, the APF remains the recognized National Sporting Organisation for Parachuting and retains access to a number of ASC services and facilities. In return for recognition, the APF agrees to implement certain policies and acknowledge ASC support. APF is required to commit to a Member Protection Policy, have a Risk Management policy, and implement a Commonwealth Government compliant anti-doping policy. The APF continues to rally for funding to support our elite athletes.
AUSTRALIAN SPORTS FOUNDATION (ASF) The ASF was established to develop sport in Australia. Unconditional donations to the ASF are tax deductible and donors may choose to support a registered project. APF have registered the ‘Australian Parachute Teams’ project, which is used to raise funds to assist national teams with training for and competing at international events.
Through the Team Fund donors can nominate a specific team they would like to support and APF endeavours to distribute funds received accordingly. The Team Trust also forms part of the ‘Australian Parachute Teams’ project. The Trust invests all funds received and uses the proceeds to assist in the training of our National Teams. Note: In accordance with tax law, team members and their relatives cannot donate and receive a tax deduction.
CONFEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT (CAS) The APF is a member of Australia’s peak sport industry lobby group. CAS was established in 1976 to advance the interests of the Australian sports community and to give the industry a united voice in discussions and negotiations with governments and key stakeholders.
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY (CASA) The Australian Parachute Federation has, by Instrument issued under Civil Aviation Regulation 152, been given authority to conduct parachute operations in Australia in accordance with its Operational Regulations.
The APF has a Deed of Agreement (DoA) with CASA, whereby the APF has agreed to carry out functions relating to the setting and monitoring of parachuting standards for which CASA provides financial assistance to the APF. The APF has also agreed to perform certain other functions as requested by CASA, with no financial assistance. The APF’s Deed of Agreement Milestone Report supplied to CASA in November 2012 indicated that the APF was very much on track and in some cases, well ahead of the requirements as defined in the DoA milestones.
Over recent years the APF/CASA relationship has continued to improve with CASA acknowledging that the APF continues to exhibit development and improvement across most areas, in particular risk management. Financial assistance from CASA for the 2012 / 2013 period is $111,468.46 (GST exc). This level of assistance remains well short of the cost of performing these functions which is estimated at over $500,000 per annum. As at 31 December 2012, the APF was still waiting for the amended Deed to be signed and no funding had been received.
Under CASA CAR 209, Instrument 405/09, APF is authorised to issue APF Jump Pilot Authorisations (JPA). Since the inception of this program up until December 31 2012, the APF issued four hundred and forty five (445) Jump Pilot Authorisations and has seventy one (71) JPA Examiners. There have been considerable benefits to this initiative including the development of a National database of Jump Pilots, better enabling improved oversight, communication, education and training platforms. This instrument has now been replaced with instrument 244/12.
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PART FOUR: PARTNERSHIPS
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 22 AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE TEAM ADVANCEMENT COMPANY TRUST TEAM TRUST Australian Parachute Team Advancement Company (APTAC) has a perpetual trust whereby donations received have been invested in a diversified range of managed investments. The market value of APTAC investments and holdings for the Team Trust Fund is $762,457 as at 31 December 2012. Each year the APTAC Directors/Trustees reviews the Trust’s performance and make a distribution to the APF for Australian Parachute Team training, in accordance with the APF Performance Based Funding guidelines. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FUND In 2011 APTAC entered an agreement with APF for the established of the ‘Project Development Fund’ for the distribution of APF funds to be held in Trust. The purpose of the Trust Fund is for funding future projects approved by the APF Board. The market value of APTAC investments and holdings for the Project Development Fund is $910,079 as at 31 December 2012.
AUSTRALIAN SKYDIVING MAGAZINE The APF’s has a contract with Susie McLaughlan to produce the Australian Skydiving Magazine (ASM) for a term of 2x2x2 years as from April 2012. The contract is for the provision of 5 issues per annum. The Magazine provides a platform for which to promote the APF and disseminate information to APF members and continues to enjoy a high membership approval level.
AUSTRALIAN SPORT AVIATION CONFEDERATION (ASAC) The APF is a member of ASAC which was formed in 1989. In 1990 ASAC joined the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body of sport aviation. ASAC is Australia's official sport aviation representative body. ASAC is particularly active in relation to issues relating to CASA, Air Services and other Sport Aviation Organisations. The APF President and CEO are APF’s Delegates to ASAC.
LANDER & ROGERS LAWYERS The APF Board has found that the arrangement with the ‘Sport Specialist’ law firm Lander & Rogers is still working well and have been retained for another year. The past year saw APF receive advice in relation to disciplinary matters, liability claims, policy’s, contracts, and corporate governance. Although other Legal Services are utilised, Lander & Rogers remain as APF’s primary Law Firm.
PARACHUTING PROTECTION COMPANY (PPC) PPC owns property at Lots 210 and 211, 2994 Logan Road Underwood Queensland, and leases this property to APF. APF is the sole shareholder of PPC and beneficiary of the PPC Trust. The Trust is expected to make distributions from time to time to assist the APF to meet its objectives. Under a Memorandum of Agreement the Trust also holds the APF’s insurance front end aggregate deductible and has guaranteed payments of APF liabilities incurred under these provisions.
PARACHUTE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (PIA) The APF is a member of the PIA. The PIA Delegate for 2012 was Jo Chitty (retired) and Brett Newman (appointed 15 November). The Delegate maintains correspondence with PIA and reports on matters of interest. The Delegate also reports on and represents APF at the PIA Symposium held every biennium.
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PART FIVE: NATIONAL SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 24 COMPLIANCE APF parachuting safety is monitored by a designated Drop Zone Safety Officer (DZSO) at affiliated clubs and by an Area Safety Officer (ASO) for each Council Area. The APF office maintains an incident reporting system, whereby all incidents are documented on an incident report form by the clubs and then forwarded to both the Area Safety Officer and the APF Technical Officer. Incident reports are recorded in a database by type and reports are produced to assist in identifying trends and developing safety education material. Compliance is mainly achieved through membership education initiatives and a peer pressure system supported by the concept of collective responsibility through the nominated Drop Zone Safety Officer, and the Chief instructor of registered training organisations. In addition, the APF Constitution provides the authority for dealing with complaints and rule breaches, including breaches of the APF Code of Ethics as well as operational transgressions. Any breaches are treated seriously and sanctions can be immediately imposed, with automatic reviews of more serious breaches by the APF disciplinary system. Several types of media publications, including; Australian Skydiver Magazine, APF News-Sheet, Aircraft ENews, email broadcasts and the APF web site (www.apf.asn.au), are used to educate members on the requirements of the respective regulations and procedures and of members responsibilities toward them. The Area Safety Officer and Area Instructor Examiner for each Council area are actively involved in supporting the various affiliated clubs who in turn assist in overseeing the membership. Annual Club audits are conducted by the ASO, and this provides a useful forum for reviewing club activities and procedures. Visiting parachutists can be inducted into the Australian system either prior to their visit, by accessing material on the APF web site or visitors can also be inducted at the local drop zone level after arrival. The APF actively liaises with the International Parachute Commission of the FAI and with other sporting bodies and offices of overseas associations.
STANDARD FUNCTIONS The setting of standards for parachutists, parachute instructors, riggers and packers is achieved at the APF Annual Conference, where all Technical Directors raise items for review and recommend changes as appropriate. In addition each Technical Director has an expert team to provide advice and articles for dissemination throughout the year. The Technical Directors assist in the preparation of material for the Annual Conference. The Conference may recommend improvements to the existing standards or draft new or replacement standards for approval by the Management Committee or APF Board. The APF regularly liaises with and advises CASA on relevant issues through the attendance at meetings with CASA and through correspondence on various matters throughout the year. This is greatly assisted by CASA providing an easy and direct contact access to the respective offices within CASA, a situation that the APF is pleased to acknowledge to its membership. This relationship itself provides a great level of confidence within the APF membership and greatly assists the passage of information between these respective organisations. With all accidents, the investigation attends to issues such as adherence to standards. Preventative measures are taken by relaying findings of past accidents to the membership in order to reinforce why those standards are in place and the importance of acknowledging and abiding by them.
SAFETY PROMOTION All incidents and accidents are reviewed as to cause and contributing factors in order to establish possible trends that can be rectified through improved training or parachutist education programs. In the case of fatal accidents, reports are prepared by our Area Safety Officer or designated investigator, and interim reports are disseminated back to the membership in the interests of safety. The APF produces and distributes a range of safety posters for display at Drop Zones. It also produces regular safety promotion articles for the Australian Skydiver Magazine which goes to all licenced and renewed members, and specific articles directed to rating holders are published in the APF News-Sheet. In addition, Councils safety and canopy handling seminars are supported at National and Council level. These programs are reviewed at the Annual Conference as to their effectiveness and the means by which the organisation can improve the message of safety to its membership. Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 25 SERVICE FUNCTIONS On behalf of CASA, and for its own purposes, the APF administers certification systems for parachutists, displays, instructors and parachute riggers.
The APF utilises a member data base for the purpose of this function. The new database being developed will greatly improve functionality and reporting ability. Customisation of the system is ongoing particularly in the area of automated reports improving overall production time and delivery of services to the members.
The membership look-up function can be accessed through a secure facility on the APF web site, allowing the check- up of licence qualification without documentation at the local level. The look-up function is also used to support the instructor rating and renewal process and regular reports are generated to identify renewal dates.
In addition, the APF maintains a rigorous appointment system for Chief Instructors, Instructor Examiners, Rigger Examiners, Licenced Display Organisers and Display Licence Examiners. Each appointment requires the approval of the relevant Area Council, and in the case of Chief Instructors, a rigorous peer review system, overseen by the Director Instructors and administered by the National Office.
RISK MANAGEMENT INFRINGEMENT POLICY & DEMERIT POINTS SCHEME Work commenced in 2012 on redevelopment of the APF’s disciplinary system and the introduction of a Demerit Points Scheme. Currently the APF’s disciplinary system leaves too much room for inconsistency from state to state in respect of disciplinary actions taken. The goal of this scheme is to develop a system for fairly and consistently addressing and managing infringement and non-compliance issues by members that is simple, succinct, easy to understand and able to be applied fairly in a methodical, transparent manner. This will provide all levels of safety management across the APF with a means of applying a quantitative method for the recording of a breach of the Regulations. The goal is to launch this scheme in 2013. OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS The redevelopment of the APF’s disciplinary system project and the introduction of a Demerit Points Scheme has necessitated considerable redevelopment work on existing regulatory doctrine in 2012, including the Operational Regulations. The new draft which will come into effect in 2013 has been greatly reduced with a good deal of the ‘processes and procedures’ content having been moved out of the regulations and into Regulatory Schedules (RS’s). As these RS’s will be the responsibility of the APF the amount of content requiring CASA approval will be greatly reduced and will mean that changes to regulations can happen more expediently. INDUSTRY SMS Work continued on the APF Industry SMS Manual in 2012 however as this is the document that provides the ‘blueprint’ for all of the APF’s systems and processes, responsibilities and limitations etc which have been under review as part of the Disciplinary Review referred to above, its release has been necessarily delayed. It has been recognised that various components of an SMS that already exist within the APF need further development and enhancement. OPERATIONAL SMS Work commenced in 2012 on development of an Operational SMS for APF Clubs, in the form of a Generic Operations Manual which will be easily adapted to suit the individual organisation. This operations manual has been developed with the assistance of a number of APF Clubs who have provided copies of their manuals for reference. By modelling systems and processes that are currently in use it is hoped the APF template will be a practical, useful and functional resource tool for all clubs who are not currently operating under an operations manual and need to develop one but are not sure where to start. Additionally it includes a number of templates for adaptation including an Emergency Response Plan, How to conduct a Risk Assessment, along with various others. It is intended that this manual will be released for use in 2013 with the goal being to eventually have all APF clubs operating under an Operations Manual. PROGRESS ON ENTERING THE “VOCATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING” (VET) SECTOR Throughout 2012 the APF continued working toward establishing itself as a registered training provider (RTO). Following acceptance of our course concepts, changed requirements by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) necessitated redevelopment of the ‘Certificate III in skydiving and parachuting instructing’. A dedicated part-time specialist will be sought in 2013 to develop a detailed project plan and to continue development of the course Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 26 outlines, individual Units of Competency and our applications for RTO status and course accreditation. This project will bring many benefits to APF members, including: • APF owning accredited courses in skydiving/parachuting helps to protect the APF’s intellectual property; • Member access to quality-assured structured training and nationally consistent and transportable qualifications; • Increased industry credibility.
TRAINING Over the last 12 months the number of members achieving their TAE 40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment has increased substantially. The move towards becoming an RTO is beginning to look more possible with John Meara taking over the management of the Course Development that is essential to becoming an RTO. The units of competency developed so far are currently awaiting support from Service Skills Australia. These units of competency are the foundation of the Certificate III in Skydiving and Parachuting and many of them will have standalone employability skills.
COACHES The coming year will see a shift in the management and structure of the Tutor system. Firstly the name will change from Tutor to Coach. This falls in line with Sport, fitness and recreation sector. As tutors only deal with certified skydivers the system of qualifying will become the responsibility of the CI’s. The member will apply at a DZ level to the CI. The club will provide the learning material and the CI will administer the exam. Examinations, marking sheet and candidates answer sheet will have to be available on the DZ. The candidates answer sheet will then be returned to the National Office where the Manager Training will issue the coaching endorsement. Revalidation will consist of providing evidence of currency to the CI and Manager Training every two years and there will no longer be a written revalidation for coaches. Copies will eventually be available on the APF web site for CI to download.
LIFE MEMBERS The APF welcomes Luke Biggs as a new Life Member. There are currently 294 Life Members.
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR APPOINTMENTS The following Chief Instructor appointments were approved in 2012 Club Name Chief Instructor Appointed Date of Appointment SKYDIVE OZ PAUL SMITH 8/03/2012 HILLMAN FARM SKYDIVERS INC. PETER SWANN 21/03/2012 SKYDIVE KALBARRI GRAHAM (DIXIE) LEE 21/03/2012 SIMPLY SKYDIVE - PENRITH LAKES SKYDIVING STEPHEN FICKLING 15/04/2012 GREAT SOUTHERN SKYDIVERS INC LUKE OLIVER 4/05/2012 SKYDIVE BYRON BAY STUART GOUGH (TEMPORARY) 4/05/2012 COMMANDO SKYDIVERS INCORPORATED SAM MCKAY 9/05/2012 SKYDIVE THE BEACH MAX MOTZO 9/05/2012 FUNNY FARM SKYDIVING ARCHIE JAMIESON 20/05/2012 SOUTHERN SKYDIVERS GLENN STUTT 25/06/2012 BYRON LANDINGS TANDEM SKYDIVE STEPHEN LEWIS 29/06/2012 SKYDIVE BYRON BAY STEVE EDWARDS 9/07/2012 FUNNY FARM SKYDIVING ROBERT MCMILLAN 21/08/2012 ADRENALIN SKYDIVE MATT CHAMBERS 21/08/2012 SKYDIVE BYRON BAY STUART GOUGH 12/09/2012 HILLMAN FARM SKYDIVERS INC. AUSSIE POWER 9/10/2012 SIMPLY SKYDIVE - PENRITH LAKES SKYDIVING RAY PALMER 27/11/2012 COMMANDO SKYDIVERS INCORPORATED PETER KNIGHTS 21/12/2012
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 27 MEMBER ORGANISATIONS There were two new training organisation approved by State Council in 2012 as follows: 21/03/2012 Skydive Kalbarri 28/04/2012 Great Southern Skydivers Inc There were no new non-training organisations approved by State Councils in 2012. Club memberships that have not renewed i.e. active clubs that have not renewed for the 2012/2013 membership year are: Brisbane Skydiving Centre
CLOUD JUMPING APPROVAL CASA Instrument 301/11 delegates to the APF the approval function to authorise jumping through cloud descents. The CASA Cloud Authorisation Delegates in 2011 were Brad Turner and Grahame Hill.
CLOUD MANUAL AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED
Date issued COUNCIL CLUB APF Authorisation No.
02/10/2012 VIC/TAS MELBOURNE SKYDIVE CENTRE (VPC) BARWON HEADS DZ APF 01/2012
18/10/2012 NSW NEWCASTLE SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB (NSPC) APF 02/2012
18/10/2012 VIC/TAS MELBOURNE SKYDIVE CENTRE (VPC) LILYDALE DZ APF 03/2012
APF SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED NIL
APF TECHNICAL DIRECTIVES ISSUED 1. APF TD 01/2012 Issued 20 January 2012. High Altitude Descents from above FL150 2. APF TD 02/2012 Issued 18 May 2012 re Freefly Descents. (Superceded by APF TD 04/2012) 3. APF TD 03/2012 Issued 12 June 2012 re Display ‘B’ Requirements. This TD amends APF OR 12.2.4 4. APF TD 04/2012 Issued 17 July 2012 re Freefly Descents. This TD supercedes APF TD 02/2012 5. APF TD 05/2012 Issued 21 December 2012 re Requirements for Wingsuit Descents
CLUB AUDITS The annual club audit is completed over a calendar year by Area Safety Officers. In the 2012 calendar year there were 55 auditable Club’s with 64 audits to be completed. Note: some clubs have more than one auditable DZ. 72% of audits were completed in the 2012 calendar year.
PARACHUTE DISPLAYS Only 283 display notifications were lodged in 2012 compared to 424 in 2011, a drop of 33%. Details of Display Licences and Licenced Display Organisers (LDO) ratings are shown at Appendix A – Memberships and Licencing.
MANUALS AND PUBLICATIONS A full listing of all APF Manuals and Publications can be found on the APF website with most being available for downloading. http://www.apf.asn.au
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INSTRUCTOR NEWS SHEET The News-Sheet remains a valuable tool to assist in the ongoing education of our Senior Members, Instructors, Packers/Riggers, Pilots, Judges and Administrators. Historically this publication has enjoyed strong contribution from members however this trend has continued to decline over recent years, with the content now largely provided by N.O Staff. As this publication is intended as a forum for the sharing of information all members are encouraged to submit information in the best interest of our Readers.
INCIDENT REPORTING OVERVIEW FOR 2012 CALENDAR YEAR Except where mentioned, the following figures are gained on the whole from data entered for the 2012 Calendar year. At the time of preparing this report, a total of 700 incidents were reported and received at the APF office for 2012 (651 the previous year).
The 2011/2012 membership year saw an 11 % increase of total reported jumps done by renewing licensed members. This substantial increase is likely in part due to the 17% increase in new student memberships (over the 2012 Calendar year), who primarily experienced their first jumps as tandem jumps. INJURIES TO LICENSED MEMBERS 38% injuries that occurred to licensed members were listed as Serious Injury, which is a decrease from the 46% in 2011. TABLE: INCIDENTS/INJURIES Member type 2011 2012 +/- 2012 +/- to 2012 Total Reported 651 700 7 30% (212) of Total Incidents involved 3% incidents % injury Students – all 21% of Total 20% (142) of 72% (103) of All Student incidents 12% incidents Total incidents 1% involved injury Tandem Jumps 36% 36% (252) = 33% (82) of all Tandem Jump 3% of Total of Total Incidents involved injury incidents incidents (69.5% (57) to the student 30.5% (25) to the Instructor) Non TM students 13.5% of 12% (85) 1. 54% (46) of all Non TM student 16% Total of Total 5% incidents involved injury incidents incidents Licensed non TM 51% 46% (320) 26% (84) of all Licensed non TM 4% of Total of Total 5% incidents involved injury incidents incidents
Note: Upon receipt of an Incident Report - if a tandem jump has incurred injury to the student, the data will be inputted into the data base under the name/licence of the student. Other tandem incidents such as malfunctions, deployment problems, out landings, disciplinary etc are recorded under the name of the tandem instructor.
Incident Type 2011 (651) 2012 (700) +/- Aircraft Only 1% 1% = Aircraft/Exit Incident 3% 3% = Canopy Control 8% 10% 2% Deployment Problem 15% 13% 1% Disciplinary 5% 1% 4% Freefall 3% 7% 4% Landing 22.5% 20% 2.5% Malfunction 39% 38% 1% Procedural 1% 0.3% 0.7% Rigging Report 5% 6% 1% Other 2% 0.7% 1.3% Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 29
APF 2012 Incidents by Category
AIRCRAFT ONLY INCIDENT 6
AIRCRAFT/EXIT INCIDENT 20
CANOPY CONTROL INCIDENT 67
DEPLOYMENT PROBLEM 94
DISCIPLINARY INCIDENT 8
FREEFALL INCIDENT 47
LANDING INCIDENT 142
MALFUNCTION 264
OTHER TYPE INCIDENT 5
PROCEDURAL INCIDENT 2
RIGGING REPORT INCIDENT 45
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A common annual trend – The Malfunctions / Deployment Problems categories tend to be the most prevalently reported incident types (358/51%). 87% of these resulted in cutaways. Additionally 30% of the cutaways were attributed in part or whole to packing issues. STATISTICS Basic statistics are submitted by all member organisations on incidents that occur. These statistics are combined with overall member statistics and collated by the APF to assist in determining early signs of trends that may affect safety. The data collected is not used individually; however it can be used to assess variations by State/Territories, disciplines or equipment types. FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INCIDENTS There were six fatalities in 2012. 1) 27/05/2012. QLD. 66 year old male - ‘F’ Certificate with 2250 jumps. Category: Deployment Issue. 2) 17/07/2012. NSW. 27 year old male – ‘E’ Certificate with 1400 jumps. Category: Canopy Control. 3) 25/08/2012. QLD. 32 year old male – ‘C’ Certificate with 300 jumps. Category: Canopy Control Issue. 4) 08/12/2012. NSW. 33 year old male – ‘C’ Certificate with 241 jumps. Category: Freefall Incident. 5) 18/12/2012. NSW. 30 year old male – ‘F’ Certificate with 7024 jumps. Category: Canopy Control Incident. 6) 23/12/2012. VIC. 26 year old male – stage 1 AFF student. Category: Other (Medical)
There were 85 serious injuries (75 in 2011), of which 72 (85%) were understandingly suffered on landing. (83% in 2011).
Students (42) and novices (6) accounted for 56% of the total of serious injuries. (56% in 2011)
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TABLE: PARACHUTING FATALITIES
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total Total 5 4 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 6 29
STATISTICAL AVERAGES TO 2012 (INCLUSIVE) Numbers of fatalities in Australia are probably too small to derive meaningful statistical data on which causes and trends can be derived. Cause and trend determination is best done by individual case examination. Review period Fatality rate p.a. Data Last 10 years 2.9 f/yr 29 fatalities; 2003 – 2012 inc. Last 15 years 2.7 f/yr 41 fatalities; 1998 – 2012 inc. Last 5 years 2.6 f/yr 13 fatalities; 2008 – 2012 inc. Previous 5 years 3.2 f/yr 16 fatalities; 2003 – 2007 inc. 5 years prior to that 2.4 f/yr 12 fatalities; 1998 – 2002 inc.
REPORTING Over the last 10 years*, - an average of just less than three fatalities per year (actual 2.9) remains consistent and this figure mainly comes from the ranks of skydivers with a Sporting License. -21% (6) of the 29 were Students/Novices I.e. 17% (5) students. 3% (1) Certificate ‘A’. *Previous 10 years data is used for media and reporting purposes
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Number of Fatal APF membership (rounded Year Accidents to nearest 100) Fatalities per 1000 jumpers 1992 4 15,800 0.25 1993 4 25,400 0.16 1994 2 27,600 0.07 1995 3 39,000 0.08 1996 1 44,000 0.02 1997 3 44,800 0.06 1998 1 52,500 0.02 1999 4 61,700 0.06 2000 2 67,600 0.03 2001 5 70,700 0.07 2002 0 73,500 0 2003 5 73,700 0.06 2004 4 71,600 0.05 2005 4 72,800 0.05 2006 1 73,700 0.01 2007 2 83,000 0.02 2008 1 95,400 0.01 2009 4 111,700 0.04 2010 1 103,900 0.009 2011 1 114,900 0.008 2012 6 133,500 0.04 2012 All Injury Numbers by Certificate Level 120
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Type 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total Tandem 68277 65063 73,046 68,880 80,726 81,185 104,298 100,344 110,412 129,405 jumps Tandem Injuries 47 56 37 29 53 37 63 45 48 57 Serious of these 10 19 14 6 19 15 22 15 11 21 above Tandem 1453 1162 21974 2375 2784 2194 1655 2230 2300 2270 jumps/injury Tandems/ 6828 3424 5217 11480 4248 5412 4741 6690 10037 6162 serious injury 1st jumps non 1227 1307 953 587 909 1357 1187 1152 1403 1391 tandem AFF/SL Injuries 1st 17 12 16 6 jump 15 11 19 12 7 12
(not tandem) Serious of these 6 5 8 2 7 6 7 7 3 3 above
1st jumps non 72 109 59 98 61 123 59 96 200 116 tandem/injury
1st jumps non tandem/serious 204 261 119 293 130 226 170 165 468 464 injury Student Injuries 35 31 49 21 33 25 24 38 27 34 2 jumps & more Serious of these 20 11 24 9 18 12 11 16 17 18 above
OTHER INJURIES
Type 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Licensed Jumpers 105 98 82 91 72 73 76 88 94 95 109
Serious injuries from 44 40 35 30 18 27 35 33 41 44 42 these ALL member injuries 22 21* 16** 11* 10 14 9 19** 7 14 11** involving low turns
*1 low turn fatal **2 low turn fatal
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 33 RESERVE ACTIVATIONS NOTE: These figures are taken from the incident DB, not the figures claimed from annual renewals. Type 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total Reserve 270 266 232 232 231 263 314 290 309 313 Activations Total Tandem jumps 68277 65063 73,046 68,880 80,726 81,185 104,298 100,344 110,412 129,405 Tandem Reserve 71 85 77 81 87 100 115 84 101 115 Activations Tandem Jumps per Reserve 962 765 949 650 928 812 907 1195 1093 1125 Activations 1st jumps non tandem 1227 1307 953 587 909 1357 1187 1152 1403 1391 AFF/SL 1st Jump Students (not tandem) 3 4 3 4 5 1 2 1 3 2 Reserve Activations 1st Jump Students (not tandem) per 409 327 318 147 182 1357 593 1152 468 695 Reserve Activations Student >1 jump Reserve Activations, 18 26 16 21 18 30 21 21 30 28 (not tandem)
STATISTICS COLLECTED FROM MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS (JULY 2011 – JUNE 2012) Below are figures collected from the Annual Membership Renewal forms that relate to the 2011/12 Membership year. While they do not include statistics from non-renewing members, they still provide a reasonable indication of annual activity including cutaways.
The number of jumps recorded does not represent the year’s activity as members who do not renew are excluded from the total, as without renewing, their data cannot be collected.
Year end 30th 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 June Total number of jumps from Annual 283,873 265,785 265,348 259,323 288,168 294,106 317,932 310,127 271402 300,684 Renewals Malfunctions reported from 342 326 304 336 396 399 489 354 362 368 Annual Renewals Jumps per malfunction 830 815 873 772 728 737 650 876 749 817
% increase / decrease No. of 4% -6% -0.2% -2% 11% 2% 8% -2% -12% +11% jumps on previous year
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PART SIX: SPORT AND COMPETITION
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 36 SPORT AND COMPETITION 2012 was a fruitful year for Australian competition skydiving, with strong participation and performance across national and international events. A recap of significant events and achievements is outlined below. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Australian National Championships (Canopy Piloting), Sydney, Picton, NSW, 8 – 12 February 2012 Participation: Thirty skydivers participated in the Open event (four of which were international guests) and nine competed in the Intermediate event. Results: Excluding international guest results, the top eight Australian competitors who automatically qualified for selection onto the 2012 Australian Parachute Team performed as follows:
Name Speed Distance Rank Accuracy Overall Keven Walters 11th 7th 2nd 1st Andy Woolf 13th 2nd 3rd 2nd Kaz Sheekey 1st 20th 6th 3rd Ben Lewis 3rd 23rd 9th 4th Michael Vaughan 12th 3rd 8th 5th Robbie McMillan 9th 25th 4th 6th Drew Lipinski 2nd 28th 1st 7th Gary Hamilton 10th 1st 15th 8th
Skydivers who finished in the top eight overall also took out the gold, silver and bronze medals across the individual events as indicated in bold in the table above. In the Intermediate division the medallists in each event were as follows: Rank Speed Distance Event Accuracy Overall 1st Fully Sik Fully Sik Michael Rogers Fully Sik 2nd Nathan Smith Michael Rogers Andy Stewart Michael Rogers 3rd James Cooper Shannon Straubinger Nathan Smith James Cooper
N.B. A comprehensive record of results with individual round scores can be viewed on the APF website. Records: One standing record was set at the Nationals last year in the Intermediate Speed event. Current record holder Michael Rogers swooped over a 56m course in 2.470 seconds on 10.02.12. Media Interest: Positive media coverage was secured by the APF with results across mainstream print, digital and broadcast media, and social media (see Appendix 1). Australian National Championships (FS, VFS, CF, AE, Style & Acc), Skydive Ramblers, Toogoolawah SEQ, 5-11 Apr 2012 Participation: Over 150 skydivers competed in Open and Intermediate divisions of events within the disciplines above. Results: The following teams were selected onto the Australian Parachute Team based on their performance at the Nationals and interest in competing overseas: • 8-Way FS Open – Velocita (1st) • 4-Way FS Open – Rotor Out (1st) • 4-Way VFS Open – The Addicted (1st) • 4-Way CF Sequential Open – K4 (1st) • Women’s 4-Way FS – Valkyries (3rd Open Division) • AE: Freestyle Open –WD40 (2nd) • 2-Way CF Sequential Open – Ookoonono (1st), CHAPS (3rd) • Accuracy Landing – Janine Hayes (1st), Mike Dyer (2nd), Dave Boulter (3rd), Tibor Glesk (4th), Andy Pike (5th), Mark Edwards (6th) For a full list of medallists and results please visit the APF website. Records: Standing records that were set at the 2012 Nationals include: • FS 4 Way Intermediate Team “Ayr Monkeys” achieved 18 points in time. Team members were Alan Moss, Andrew Fabbro, Paul Beahan, Oliver Fong and Lisa Perdichizzi (videographer). Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 37 • VFS 4 way Open Team "The Addicted" achieved 11 points in time. Team members were Kim Hopwood, Tim Golsby-Smith, Catherine Comyns, Lucas Georgiou and Scott Hiscoe (videographer). Media Interest: The APF secured positive media attention for the event across mainstream print, digital and broadcast media, including organising a special weather segment with top-rated TV breakfast show “Sunrise” that saw weather presenter Grant Denyer jump out of a plane to present the weather at the Championships. The skydiving live broadcast on April 3rd generated around 28 minutes of nationally-televised coverage to a direct equivalent advertising value of $355,000 for the sport. This media initiative was particularly successful because: • It achieved maximum coverage – the live weather cross was broadcast nationally from 6-9am ensuring that promotion of the sport translated beyond South-East Queensland to the benefit of all the APF’s affiliated member drop zones across Australia. • Grant loved his jump and did a brilliant job of endorsing every aspect of the experience to the audience to encourage participation by the non-skydiving community. • One of the Nationals teams, Velocita, was thrust into the spotlight, increasing awareness of Formation Skydiving in the community. • The APF presented Grant with a Certificate to undertake his first jump course, valid at any APF affiliated drop zone, to provide further avenues for promotion of the sport via Grant’s involvement. • Further spin off television coverage resulted for the Nationals as the evening TV news, social and online media outlets ran stories on Grant’s jump “Australia’s first ever live to air skydive” and noted that the Sunrise broadcast was to promote the upcoming National Skydiving Championships. Social media was also utilised to keep our members engaged and informed during the competition period. Results included an increase of 1217% in positive APF Facebook community online engagement; achievement of 8297 unique page views; and 3500 views of competition footage on YouTube.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION World Games Test Event (Canopy Piloting): Cali, Columbia, 7-11 August 2012 Participation: Luke Oliver and Brad Jones represented Australia at this FAI second category by invitation only event, competing against thirty of the world’s best Canopy Pilots. Results: Luke Oliver finished 5th overall and secured a silver medal in the Freestyle event. Brad Jones also briefly held the Australian record for distance under the new Australian Canopy Piloting rules by recording a flight of 94.70m. 1st Asian IMSC Championships and Indonesian Military Championships, Kajarta City, Halim Perdanakusuma AFB, Indonesia - 22 Sep – 1 Oct 2012 Participation: Australian Defence Parachute Association (ADPA) skydivers Francisca Molnar, Sean Walsh, Matthew Hawkins, Barry Calver, Shane Pieschel, Shaunn Segon and Marilyn Tomlinson competed for Australia in the FS 4-Way Open event at the Championships. Australian judge Faye Cox was also in attendance. Results: The Australian team secured a bronze medal at this event, outperforming seven other international teams and narrowly missing out on the Silver medal by just one point to Indonesia. World Parachuting Championships (WPC) Mondial, Dubai, UAE, 28 Nov – 9 Dec 2012 Participation: The WPC Mondial generated unprecedented interest from skydivers in Australia and around the globe. Fifty-nine nations and over 1600 individuals registered to attend the event, including the largest Australian Parachute Team in history. Sixty members in total travelled to Dubai as part of the delegation, including 48 athletes, one head of delegation, five team managers, two coaches, and four supporting accompanying personnel. Three Australian judges were also in attendance. Aussies competed in nine of the 11 discipline events listed in the WPC program. Results: Skydivers on the 2012 Australian Parachute Team performed strongly over the nine days of competition, achieving the following results: "Velocita" FS 8-Way Open Team: In a very close contest, “Velocita” finished in 11th place after eight rounds, just one point and one place behind progressing rival team Qatar. The team finished the event with a 10.25 point average, more than a point higher than their Nationals average. “Valkyries” Women’s FS 4-Way Team: In their debut performance at a World Parachuting Championships event, our women’s team performed incredibly well, placing ninth overall in a field of 14 competitors. They improved their Nationals average of 10.7 to an impressive 13.4 points and managed to score 19 points in time on their final jump. “Rotor Out” FS 4-Way Open Team: Steph Vaughan, Craig Vaughan, Gary Nemirovsky, George Attard and Palle Nygren finished ninth overall in a field of 38 teams, placing them in the top 25% of FS competitors in the world. They Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 38 also managed to set a new Australian record on their final jump – 28 points in time – and improve their round average from 17 to 19.3 points in time. “The Addicted” VFS Team: Our VFS team ended their event in seventh place in a field of nine teams. They equalled their current Australian record of 11 points in time during their second round of competition and improved their Nationals round average of 6 to 6.63 points in time. “Ookoonono” CF 2-Way Sequential Team: Jules McConnel, Michael Vaughan and Craig Bennett took home a bronze medal for Australia as well as a new Australian record with the achievement of 27 points in time on their sixth round jump. The medal is the first the trio have won together at a WPC event. “CHAPS” CF 2-Way Sequential Team: Richie Dronow, Scott Brown and Carl Jefferis finished 17th out of 23 teams. In their WPC debut, the trio improved their Nationals average of 3.38 to 5.63 points in time. “K4” CF 4-Way Sequential Team: Our only CF 4-Way Sequential team had a tough draw competing against Russia, the USA and France. They finished in fourth place but managed to achieve a team best on their sixth round jump with the achievement of 4 points in time. “WD40” AE: Freestyle Team: Amandine Genin and Wade Edwards finished in 10th place out of a field of 12 world teams. The pair improved their Nationals average of 2.4 to 4.2 points per round at the WPC. Canopy Piloting: Andy Woolf was our top placed Aussie, finishing in the top 8% of competitors with an overall placing of 10th in a field of 129 competitors with a score of 684.509. He also came 7th in Distance, 16th in Speed and 32nd in Accuracy, and set the current Australian record for distance with a flight of 149.84m.
Other Australian results included: • Robbie McMillan: 20th overall, 61st Accuracy, 8th Distance, 60th Speed • Ben Lewis: 22nd overall, 49th Accuracy, 34rd Distance, 22nd Speed • Keven Walters: 35th overall, 7th in Accuracy, 74th Distance, 46th Speed • Drew Lipinski: 52nd overall, 58th Accuracy, 60th Distance, 33rd Speed • Dan Smith: 72nd overall, 46th Accuracy, 101st Distance, 68th Speed • Rob Verner: 73rd overall, 39th Accuracy, 85th Distance, 105th Speed • Gary Hamilton: 87th overall, 108th Accuracy, 20th Distance, 108th Speed Individual Accuracy Landing: Tibor Glesk was our top Australian competitor, placing 115th from 199 competitors with a score of 028cm after eight rounds. Our other Accuracy results were: Dave Boulter (150th, 044cm), Mark Edwards (174th, 057cm), Mike Dyer (158th, 048cm) and Andy Pike (179rd, 068cm). In the Women’s event, Janine Hayes placed 68th with a score of 053cm over seven rounds. In the Team Accuracy event, Australia placed 32nd out of 39 teams.
Freefall Style: Once again, Tibor Glesk was the lead Australian in 46th place. Mike Dyer was next in 57th position, followed by Mark Edwards (69th), Dave Boulter (71st) and Andy Pike (72nd). Janine Hayes was ranked 38th in the women’s event. Para-Ski: IPC President Graeme Windsor placed in the top 50% of competitors, coming in at 26th in the Para-Ski demonstration event. Media, Promotion and Sport Development Mainstream Media Coverage: Media interest in the event was strong with a television feature on the event airing on top-rated public affairs program Sunday Night on March 3rd this year. The broadcast which featured competition highlights and interviews with Australian Parachute Team FS 8-Way member Laurence Garceau and Aussie daredevil Chris “Douggs” McDougall positively promoted competition skydiving and the sport in general to a national audience of 1.129 million. The direct equivalent advertising value of the coverage was over $1.2 million. Achievements of other members of the Team such as Canopy Pilot Andy Woolf and Valkyries Women’s FS 4-Way Team skydivers Kate Rogers and Kate Langley, were also celebrated through television appearances and in digital print. APF Digital Communications: To acknowledge, celebrate and promote the achievements of our nation’s most elite skydivers, the APF launched a dedicated Australian Parachute Team website in the lead up to the WPC last year. Linked in with social media, the website (wpc.apf.asn.au) recorded over 16,000 unique page views within two months of its launch in October and was widely positively received by members. Athlete feedback the APF received included the following: Australian Parachute Team Pre-WPC Training and Support Australian Institute of Sport Training Camp, 22-23 September 2012: In keeping with the APF’s commitment to competition skydiving, in 2012 the APF funded a weekend away at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for members of the Australian Parachute Team. The camp was designed to assist athletes to prepare for the upcoming Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 39 WPC and included lectures and practical sessions on strength and conditioning, recovery, nutrition, biomechanics, self-massage and sport psychology. Twenty-one out of the 48 athletes on the team attended the program, including members of VFS team “The Addicted”, Women’s FS 4-way team “Valkyries”, 8-way FS team “Velocita”, CF 2-way Sequential team “Ookoonono”, and competitors participating in CP and Style and Accuracy Landing disciplines. The unanimous highlight of the weekend for everyone in attendance was the sport psychology session conducted by registered sport and exercise psychologist Gayelene Clews. Gayelene is a former World Number One Triathlete and has worked with many top tier sporting teams. Currently she is Leadership and Dynamics educator to Soccer Australia (NSW), Australian Cricket, the AIS, ACTAS and the ASC. She is widely regarded as an expert in team dynamics. APF Performance Based Funding: Last year the APF approved $75,000 worth of funds to support athletes on the Australian Parachute Team who had met the specified performance standards at the 2012 Australian National Championships. COMPETITION & PERFORMANCE RECORDS The following international performance record involving five APF members was recorded in 2012:
World Record - Largest Head-Down Formation Claim number : 16599 Sub-class :G-2 (Performance Records) Category: General Group : Largest Formation Records Type of record : Largest head-down formation Course/location : Chicago, IL (USA) Performance : 138 parachutists Previous record : 108 parachutists (31.07.2009) Team: International 138 head-down Date :03.08.2012 Members : William Blackie (AUS); Catherine Comyns (AUS); Kim Hopwood (AUS); Adam Long (AUS); Leigh McCormack (AUS);
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PART SEVEN: MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 42 Note: Reporting periods for statistics contained in the Annual Report are defined as follows:
Calendar Year 01 January 2012 – 31 December 2012 Membership Year 01 July 2011 – 30 June 2012
MEMBERSHIP AND LICENSING STATISTICS – MEMBERSHIP YEAR – 30/06/12
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS – MEMBERSHIP YEAR STATISTICS – 30/06/12
5000
4500 4372
4000 3550 3500 3334
2943 3000 2637 2654 2506 2569 2500 2314 2369
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1500
1000
500
0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS BY TYPE – MEMBERSHIP YEAR STATISTICS – 30/06/12
Membership Type 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Change* Associate Member 1 9 13 10 11 8 7 -12.5% Financial Member 154 160 130 143 147 155 105 227 243 293 +20.58% Life Member – Financial 2 5 8 22 5 10 8 53 44 75 -70.45% Life Member - Pilot Associate 1 1 -100% Life Member – Sporting Licence 332 333 333 318 293 323 299 241 225 219 -2.67% Pilot Associate Member 87 206 307 49.03% Short Term Member 1 99 88 226 230 251 218 -13.15% Sporting Licence Member 2061 1930 1802 1793 1798 1867 2010 2105 2170 2371 9.26% Student Member 87 78 41 92 218 198 285 379 402 882 119.40% Total 2637 2506 2506 2369 2654 2654 2943 3334 3550 4372 23.15%
* These figures represent a unique members’ highest renewal for the membership year **Change represents the change between the 2011 and 2012 membership year Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 43
SPORTING LICENSED MEMBERS – MEMBERSHIP YEAR - 30/06/12
3000
2589
2500 2346 2395 2255 2292 2179 2149 2086 2047 2026 2000
1500
1000
500
0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
SPORTING LICENSED MEMBERS BY GENDER – MEMBERSHIP YEAR - 30/06/12 2500
2191
1980 2021 2000 1930 1817 1761 1797 1711 1710 1696
1500
Female
1000 Male
438 500 417 389 370 333 329 351 362 366 366
0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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SPORTING LICENCED MEMBERS HIGHEST CERTIFICATE HELD – MEMBERSHIP YEAR - 30/06/12
Certificate 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
A 390 357 291 295 308 326 373 389 425 493
B 165 159 162 148 131 153 171 203 246 260
C 278 253 243 233 232 245 291 297 287 336
D 484 476 444 417 423 442 442 439 451 496
E 536 546 553 565 568 615 637 663 629 645
F 402 388 393 389 364 368 378 355 357 359 Total 2255 2179 2086 2047 2026 2149 2292 2346 2395 2589
SPORTING LICENCED MEMBERS COUNCIL AREA – MEMBERSHIP YEAR - 30/06/12
Council 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 ACTPC 35 33 27 23 24 29 27 25 22 19
NSWPC 629 668 603 614 626 670 707 753 781 859
NQPC 200 191 183 184 168 184 199 192 199 193
NTPC 51 35 41 44 44 42 48 48 48 42
SAPC 138 114 106 95 97 105 123 134 129 142
SQPC 487 479 501 488 483 528 545 514 513 570
VTPC 403 375 345 323 307 327 346 363 390 416
WAPC 297 271 274 269 272 263 296 313 312 347
Total 2240 2166 2080 2040 2021 2148 2291 2342 2394 2588
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 45 MEMBERSHIP AND LICENSING STATISTICS – CALENDAR YEAR – 31/12/12
PINK CARD SALES & NEW ONLINE SALES (CY) - CALENDAR YEAR STATISTICS – 31/12/12 140000 128989
120000 111614 108217 99803 100000 94117
80000 70085 69529 66490 69022 68181
60000
40000
20000
0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
PINK CARD & ONLINE REGISTRATION SALES – CALENDAR YEAR - 31/12/12
Pink Card & Online Registration Sales Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. Sold 70085 66490 69529 69022 68181 94117 111614 99803 108217 128989
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A.C.T. Parachute Council N.S.W. Parachute Council
North QLD Parachute Council N.T. Parachute Council
S.A. Parachute Council South QLD Parachute Council
Vic./Tas. Parachute Council W.A. Parachute Council
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Council 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 % ** ACTPC 682 750 752 665 999 822 1108 831 762 795 +4.3 NSWPC 13956 14731 18235 18131 19047 22302 29014 29865 34671 41465 +19.6 NQPC 22281 20151 25475 22851 24761 26756 33066 28881 27500 31116 +13.1 NTPC 195 464 535 507 550 392 867 710 718 759 +5.7 SAPC 2211 2392 2202 2304 2040 2727 3113 2767 3825 3988 +4.3 SQPC 19069 18843 17890 15260 16586 17713 24663 23196 25709 27484 +6.9 VTPC 6362 4494 4782 5467 5904 6932 8308 9470 9846 12108 +23.0 WA 4790 4591 4163 4329 5800 4897 5317 6156 8898 13221 +48.6 Unknown 4 4 4817 14 4 6 5 Total 69550 66420 74034 69514 80504 82555 105456 101880 111935 130935 +17.0
*2007 figures manually calculated due to data loss ** Variation between 2011 / 2012 figures
NEW MEMBERS – FIRST JUMP TYPE – CALENDAR YEAR - 31/12/12
Jump Type 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 % AFF 1038 1033 894 450 757 1097 838 877 816 894 +9.6 Observer 3 1 1 3 6 7 12 24 52 62 +19.2 Overseas/Military 43 50 35 48 11 5 1 142 2 80 +3900 S/Line 190 274 57 136 152 261 289 265 524 497 -5.1 Tandem 65583 64512 71785 67381 79551 77496 102594 97425 107165 128533 +19.9 Tandem/AFF 194 83 57 41 30 42 92 136 171 263 +53.8 Unknown 2499 467 1203 1455 1127 3647 1630 3011 3205 609 Total 69550 66420 74034 69514 81634 82555 105456 101880 111935 130938 +17.0
*2007 figures manually calculated due to data loss ** Variation between 2011 / 2012 figures
NEW MEMBERS – GENDER – CALENDAR YEAR - 31/12/12
Gender 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 % Female 31254 29315 32197 30448 34076 27414 45812 42856 46409 54341 +17.1 Male 37278 36550 41268 38464 46188 35679 57159 53129 60457 72957 +20.7 Unknown 1018 555 569 602 1370 19462 2485 5895 5069 3640 Total 69550 66420 74034 69514 81634 82555 105456 101880 111935 130938 +17.0
*2007 figures manually calculated due to data loss ** Variation between 2011 / 2012 figures
Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 48 NEW MEMBERS – CITIZENSHIP – CALENDAR YEAR - 31/12/12
Gender 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 % Australian 29365 30856 33412 28679 33108 27310 31339 40737 50166 66809 +33.2 Overseas 39956 35381 40352 40465 47467 54606 73626 60715 61394 63849 +4.0 Unknown 229 183 270 370 1059 639 491 428 375 280 Total 69550 66420 74034 69514 81634 82555 105456 101880 111935 130938 +17.0
*2007 figures manually calculated due to data loss ** Variation between 2011 / 2012 figures
NEW MEMBERS – AGE RANGE – CALENDAR YEAR - 31/12/12
Council 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 %** Under 20 6888 6961 7229 6765 7840 8368 11167 10322 11504 14385 +25.0 20 – 25 29701 27046 32319 30908 36995 37974 48939 45317 47548 54152 +13.9 26 – 35 19667 18743 20498 19464 23534 22891 29632 29317 33518 40011 +19.4 36 – 45 6158 6458 7166 6196 7127 7266 8463 8294 9967 11467 +15.1 Over 45 3464 3902 4228 4105 4955 4657 6324 7186 7816 8969 +14.8 Unknown 3672 2310 2594 2076 1183 1399 931 1444 1582 1954 Total 69550 66420 74034 69514 81634 82555 105456 101880 111935 130938 +17.0
*2007 figures manually calculated due to data loss ** Variation between 2011 / 2012 figures
CERTIFICATE A’S ISSUED BY FIRST JUMP TYPE – CALENDAR YEAR - 31/12/12
Jump Type 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
AFF 132 136 121 86 60 89 141 113 127 127 Observer 1
S/Line 23 24 10 10 6 13 20 20 23 37
Tandem 136 124 119 158 142 137 173 147 190 212
Tandem/AFF 17 10 12 3 3 8 6 17 18 16
Unknown 73 25 36 65 114 86 70 76 71 54 Total 381 319 307 322 325 333 410 373 430 446
NEW CERTIFICATIONS – CALENDAR YEAR – 31/12/12
Crests 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Star Crest 136 127 107 96 100 106 135 126 132 130 Night Star Crest 9 9 3 5 2 4 Canopy Crest 2 3 3 4 12 11 8 5 13 13 Freefly Crest 2 1 80 16 47 Wingsuit Crest 37 Total Crests 149 139 114 105 114 121 143 211 161 227
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Certifications 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Certificate A 381 319 307 322 325 333 410 373 430 446 Certificate B 184 197 168 149 162 190 249 247 273 291 Certificate C 164 154 132 136 164 154 194 207 212 275 Certificate D 133 114 111 114 141 136 177 160 171 181 Certificate E 79 74 84 63 67 74 109 105 96 108 Certificate F 25 13 12 16 7 12 19 11 16 9 Total Certifications 966 871 814 800 866 899 1158 1103 1198 1310
NEW LICENCES AND RATINGS – CALENDAR YEAR – 31/12/12
Display 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Display B 33 22 30 27 24 33 31 27 23 28 Display C 6 7 6 8 9 15 12 7 11 4 Display D 99 116 114 107 105 111 174 99 170 163 Total Display Licences 138 145 150 142 138 159 217 133 204 195
Display Organisers 7 5 4 2 5 2 2 4 3 2
Jump Pilot Authorisations Held 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 95 95
Instructors New 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Instructor A 2 2 4 5 2 2 4 3 3 8 Instructor B 21 4 14 19 17 15 20 22 11 15 Instructor C 2 28 13 6 Instructor D 56 47 55 37 52 45 55 67 48 65 Instructor E Tutor 7 6 9 9 8 8 23 2 Master Instructor 3 Packing Instructor 2 1 Endorsement AFF 52 20 44 23 43 23 28 55 27 43 Endorsement Static Line 3 9 3 4 2 5 1 9 7 6 Endorsement Tandem 26 34 34 38 39 39 53 44 43 64 Tandem Supervisor 3 2 3 6 2 3 1 8 2 4 Tutor Freefly 13 3 6 2 1 4 11 5 14 Tutor RW 9 9 6 15 10 12 22 17 18 8 Tutor Wingsuit 21 7 Total Instructor Ratings 194 136 178 157 177 153 213 266 198 243
Instructors Held 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Instructor A 83 78 80 81 78 78 81 83 85 90 Instructor B 214 200 196 200 198 196 197 206 185 188 Instructor C 2 30 43 45 Instructor D 355 328 317 310 306 307 330 351 323 339 Master Instructor 0 Total Instructor Ratings 652 606 593 591 582 581 610 670 636 662
Packer/Rigger 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Packer A 25 23 14 18 15 11 21 20 13 16 Packer B 87 69 91 59 96 74 116 114 97 118 Rigger 1 5 4 2 1 4 4 Total Packer Ratings 113 97 109 79 112 85 141 134 110 138
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PARACHUTE DISPLAYS – CALENDAR YEAR – 31/12/12
Parachute Displays Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 No. 480 462 479 436 446 455 520 423 424 283
0
600
520 500 480 479 462 455 436 446 423 424
400
300 283
200
100
0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Australian Parachute Federation 2012 Annual Report | 51
PART EIGHT: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
CONTENTS
Independent Audit Report
Committee's Report
Income Statement
Statement of Comprehensive Income
Statement of Financial Position
Statement of Changes in Equity
Statement of Cash Flows
Notes to the Financial Statements
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $
Revenue 2 3,650,618 2,948,975
Other income 2 314,504 1,023,243
Employee benefits expense (678,866) (626,744)
Depreciation and amortisation expenses (69,643) (40,022)
Other expenses (3,204,860) (3,314,920)
Profit (loss) before income tax expense 11,753 (9,468)
Income tax expense - -
Profit (loss) for the year 11,753 (9,468)
Profit (loss) attributable to members of the entity 11,753 (9,468)
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $
Profit (loss) for the year 11,753 (9,468)
Other comprehensive income:
Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets 46,515 (7,911)
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax 46,515 (7,911)
Total comprehensive income (expense) for the year 58,268 (17,379)
Total comprehensive income (expense) attributable to members of the entity 58,268 (17,379)
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $ ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents 3 768,993 706,284 Trade and other receivables 4 251,873 102,515 Financial assets 5 110,918 107,552 Other current assets 6 798,049 817,305 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 1,929,833 1,733,656
NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment 7 232,475 265,656 TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 232,475 265,656 TOTAL ASSETS 2,162,308 1,999,312
LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables 8 720,204 651,642 Borrowings 9 9,431 13,628 Provisions 10 94,172 65,121 Other 11 260,499 248,576 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,084,306 978,967
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Provisions 10 24,398 25,610 TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 24,398 25,610 TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,108,704 1,004,577 NET ASSETS 1,053,604 994,735
EQUITY Reserves 12 (8,597) (55,712) Retained profits 1,062,201 1,050,447 TOTAL EQUITY 1,053,604 994,735
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012
Investment Retained fluctuation Earnings reserve Total $ $ $ Balance at 1 January 2011 1,059,915 (47,801) 1,012,114 Comprehensive income
Profit (loss) attributable to members (9,468) - (9,468) Other comprehensive income for the year - (7,911) (7,911) Total comprehensive income for the year (9,468) (7,911) (17,379) Balance at 31 December 2011 1,050,447 (55,712) 994,735
Balance at 1 January 2012 1,050,448 (55,112) 995,336 Comprehensive income Profit attributable to members 11,753 - 11,753 Other comprehensive income for the year - 46,515 46,515 Total comprehensive income for the year 11,753 46,515 58,268 Balance at 31 December 2012 1,062,201 (8,597) 1,053,604
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $
Cash flows from operating activities Receipts from operations 3,800,856 2,868,840 Payment to suppliers and employees (3,742,645) (2,858,674) Dividend received 4,127 6,655 Interest received 22,705 24,312 Distribution from Parachuting Protection Trust - 524,870 Net cash provided by operating activities 17 85,043 566,003
Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of investments - (35,014) Proceeds from sale of investments 14,128 16,156 Purchase of Property Plant & Equipment (36,462) (73,769) Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (22,334) (92,627)
Net increase in cash held 62,709 473,376 they fall due. 706,284 232,908 Cash and cash equivalents at end of financial year 17 768,993 706,284
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
The financial statements cover Australian Parachute Federation Incorporated as an individual entity. Australian Parachute Federation Incorporated is an association incorporated in Australian Capital Territory under the Associations Incorporations Act 1991.
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Preparation The financial statements are special purpose financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with Accounting Standards, (including Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Associations Incorporations Act 1991.
Australian Accounting Standards set out accounting policies that the AASB has concluded would result in financial statements containing relevant and reliable information about transactions, events and conditions to which they apply. Material accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are presented below and have been consistently applied unless otherwise stated.
The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historical costs, modified, where applicable, by the measurement at fair value of selected non-current assets, financial assets and financial liabilities.
The issue of these financial statements was authorised by a resolution of the Board on the date of signing of the attached Statement by Committee.
(a) Income Tax The Federation is exempt from income tax under section 50-1 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) as an association established for the encouragement of a game or sport.
(b) Property, Plant and Equipment Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at cost or fair value as indicated less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
Plant and Equipment Plant and equipment are measured on the cost basis and are therefore carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. In the event the carrying amount of plant and equipment is greater than its estimated recoverable amount, the carrying amount is written down immediately to its estimated recoverable amount and impairment losses recognised either in profit or loss or as a revaluation decrease if the impairment losses relate to a revalued asset. A formal assessment of recoverable amount is made when impairment indicators are present.
Subsequent costs are included in the asset's carrying amount or recognised as a separate assets, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the association and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the statement of comprehensive income during the financial period in which they are incurred.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012 Depreciation The depreciable amount of property, plant and equipment (excluding freehold land) is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Depreciation commences from the time the asset is available for its intended use.
The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable asset are:
Class of Fixed Asset: Depreciation Rate Plant and equipment 10% and 33.3% Software 20% and 33.3%
The assets' residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period. An asset's carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset's carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount.
(c) Financial Instruments Initial recognition and measurement Financial instruments and initially measured at cost, including transactions costs, on the date contracted. Subsequent to initial recognition these instruments are measured as set out below.
Classification and subsequent measurement (i) Loans and receivables Receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. They are stated at the amount due and are normally settled within 30 days. The collectability of debts is assessed and specific allowance is made for any impairment.
(ii) Available-for-sale financial assets Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets, such as equity securities and certain debt securities, held for an indeterminate period and which the Federation may sell at any time. They are measured at fair value. Changes to the fair value, other than impairment losses, are recognised in other comprehensive income. Gains and loss arising from disposal or impairment are recognised in comprehensive income.
(iii) Financial liabilities Non-derivative financial liabilities (excluding financial guarantees) are recognised at original debt less any payments of principal.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012 (d) Impairment of assets At the end of each reporting period, the Federation reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have been impaired. If such evidence exists and there is the probability of a negative effect on estimated future cash flows that can be reliably estimated, the excess of the assets carrying value over its recoverable amount is recognised in the comprehensive income as an impairment loss.
Receivables are reviewed at the end of each reporting period for impairment. The Federation considers the following is objective evidence of impairment of receivables:
- Awareness of financial difficulties of debtors - Default on payments, or - Debts being more than 90 days overdue - Irreconcilable disputes where action for recovery is not economic
Where there is objective evidence of prolonged impairment to available for sale assets, the impairment loss is recognised in comprehensive income. As the Federation expects to holds its investment for a period of 5-7 years the period deemed by the Federation to be prolonged is not less than 3 years. Impairment would be considered to exist if during the prolonged period the average price was 20% or more less than the acquisition cost and the reduced value were still relevant at the end of the reporting period. Once expensed the impairment loss is irreversible.irreversible.
If any indication of impairment exists at the end of the reporting period, the asset's recoverable amount is estimated. The recoverable amount of an asset is the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. As a non-for-profit entity, value in use, according to AASB 136 Impairment of Asset, is depreciated replacement cost.
(e) Trade and Other Receivables Trade receivables are recognised initially at the transaction price (i.e. cost) and are subsequently measured at cost less provision for impairment. Most sales are made on the basis of normal credit terms and do not bear interest. Where credit is extended beyond normal credit terms and is more than 12 months, receivables are discounted to present value.
At the end of each reporting period, the carrying amounts of trade and other receivables are reviewed to determine whether there is any objective evidence that the amounts are not recoverable. A provision for impairment of trade receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the association will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
Other receivables include loans granted by the association and are discounted to present values using the interest rate inherent in the loan.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012 (f) Employee Benefits Provision is made for the association's liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to the end of the reporting period. Employee benefits that are expected to be settled within one year have been measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liability is settled. Employee benefits payable later than one year have been measured at the present value of the estimated future cash outflows to be made for those benefits. In determining the liability, consideration is given to employee wage increases and the probability that the employee may not satisfy vesting requirements. Those cash flows are discounted using market yields on national government bonds with terms to maturity that match the expected timing of cash flows.
Contributions to all superannuation plans for the benefit of employees of the Federation are charged to comprehensive income during the financial period in which they are incurred. Amounts due at the end of the reporting period but not yet paid are included with employee benefits in the statement of financial position under trade and other payables.
(g) Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities on the statement of financial position.position.
(h) Revenue and Other Income Revenue from member activities Revenue from members, being subscriptions, license and other levies, is brought to account in the year to which it relates. That proportion of monies received which relates to the period after the end of the reporting period is brought to account in the statement of financial position as income received in advance.
Interest received is brought to account on an accruals basis.
Dividend revenue and trust distributions are recognised when the right to receive them has been established.
Other income is recognised when the related goods or services have been provided and the income has been earned.
All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST).
(i) Trade and Other Payables Trade and other payables represent the liabilities for goods and services received by the association that remain unpaid at the end of the reporting period. The balance is recognised as a current liability with the amounts normally paid within 30 days of recognition of the liability.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012 (j) Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount of GST receivable or payable. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the ATO is included with other receivables or payables in the statement of financial position.
(k) Comparative Figures When required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for the current year.
(l) Rounding of Amounts Amounts in the financial statements have been rounded off to the nearest dollar.
(m) Critical Accounting Estimates and Adjustments Management evaluates estimates and judgements incorporated into the financial statements based on historical knowledge and best available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on current trends and economic data, obtained both externally and within the association.
(n) Public liability insurance The annual premium is expensed in the year to which it relates. That proportion of the expense which relates to the period after the reporting date is brought into account in the statement of financial position as prepayments.
(o) Aggregate Deductible As part of arrangements with its insurers the Federation is required to set aside each year an amount referred to as the "aggregate deductible" to cover claims and legal fees for the year. The Parachuting Protection Trust (of which Parachuting Protection Company is the trustee) holds the accumulated unspent balance of these monies and has agreed to indemnify the Federation for any claims and legal fees deemed payable from those funds.
The aggregate deductible is expensed proportionately over the year to which it relates. That proportion of the amount paid which relates to the period after the reporting periods is included in the statement of financial position as prepayments, or, the proportion of the expense unpaid at the end of the reporting period is included in the statement of financial position as payables.
(p) Distribution to Australian Parachute Team Advancement Company (APTAC) Trust During each reporting period The Federation considers whether to make a distribution to APTAC Trust to enable APTAC Trust to fund its activities. The decision made for the 2012 reporting period was to distribute to APTAC Trust $600,000 to assist APTAC funds to be self sustaining. These funds include the Refunded Aggregate Deductible on closed insurance year from PPC of $234,422, donations received of $2,072 and the remainder was sourced from net profits. Distributions to APTAC Trust are charged to comprehensive income in the period in which they are incurred.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012 (q) Distribution from Australian Parachute Team Advancement Company Trust Distributions from APTAC trusts are made to the Australian Parachute Federation (APF) for the purpose of funding Australian Parachute Federation Teams attending World Parachuting Championships (Competition Expense) and for projects to assist the sport of parachuting.
(r) Inventories Due to a change in policy in relation to provision of Medals to the Nationals, Medals are now being provided FOC as opposed to being on sold and as such are expensed immediately and no longer held as inventory.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $ 2. REVENUE AND OTHER INCOME Revenue 3,650,618 2,948,975
Other Income Other income 314,504 1,023,243
3. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Petty cash 104 76 Cash at bank 135,627 132,887 Cash Maxi 604,172 561,434 Undeposited cheques 5,265 5,778 Cash in managed funds 23,825 6,109 768,993 706,284
4. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES CURRENT Trade receivables 63,002 102,261 Amounts receivable from other related entities: Loans to Parachuting Protection Co 186,171 - Other debtors 2,700 254 251,873 102,515
5. FINANCIAL ASSETS CURRENT Available-for-sale financial assets (a) 110,918 107,552
(a) Available-for-sale financial assets: Unlisted investments at fair Value - Shares in unlisted trusts 110,917 107,551 Unlisted investments at fair Value - Shares in controlled entities 1 1 Total available-for-sale financial assets 110,918 107,552
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Available for sale financial assets compromise investments in the ordinary issued capital of various entities. There are no fixed returns or fixed maturity dates attached to these investments.
Unlisted Investments at fair value: The fair value of the investments in managed funds is determined by each fund and is based on the underlying assets of the fund. The valuation is provided by the fund to a research house which collates the information in a reporting system accessed by the Federation's portfolio service provider.
Unlisted investments at cost: The fair value of the unlisted share in the Parachuting Protection Company, which is a controlled entity of Australian Parachute Federation cannot be reliably measured as variability in the range of reasonable fair value estimates is significant. As a result the value of the unlisted share in Parachuting Protection Company is recorded at cost.
Note 2012 2011 $ $ 6. OTHER ASSETS CURRENT Prepayments 798,049 817,305
7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Software 39,831 30,702 Less accumulated depreciation (18,854) (9,839) 20,977 20,863
Wiki project 44,000 44,000 Less accumulated depreciation (28,136) (19,336) 15,864 24,664
Office furniture and equipment 78,646 85,497 Less accumulated depreciation (30,747) (40,267) 47,899 45,230
Membership system at cost 193,318 186,318 Less: accumulated depreciation (45,583) (11,419) 147,735 174,899 Total property, plant and equipment 232,475 265,656
(a) Movement in carrying amounts For disclosure on movement in carrying amounts please refer to note 19(a) at the end of this financial report.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $ 8. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES CURRENT Good and services tax 29,781 8,718 Sundry creditors 186,664 163,197 Withholding taxes payable 13,264 18,784 Superannuation payable - 969 Amounts payable to other related entities: Loans from APTAC 490,495 459,974 720,204 651,642
9. BORROWINGS CURRENT NAB Mastercard 9,431 13,628
10. PROVISIONS
Provision for AL: Opening balance at 1 January 65,121 43,678 year to date movements 13,856 21,443 Balance at 31 December 78,977 65,121
Provision for LSL - CL: Opening balance at 1 January - - year to date movements 15,195 - Balance at 31 December 15,195 -
Provision for LSL - NCL: Opening balance at 1 January 25,610 18,327 year to date movements 13,982 7,283 Amounts used - - Provision for LSL - moved to CL (15,195) - Balance at 31 December 24,397 25,610 AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $ Analysis of Total Provisions
Current 94,172 65,121 Non-current 24,398 25,610 118,570 90,731
11. OTHER LIABILITIES CURRENT Income in advance - Membership & license fees 260,499 248,576
12. RESERVES This reserve records the changes in fair value of listed and unlisted investments measured at fair value in the statement of financial position.
13. CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS (a) Operating Lease Commitments Non-cancellable operating leases contracted for but not recognised in the financial statements Payable: not later than 12 months 136,836 113,036 between 12 months and five years 144,928 239,989 281,764 353,025
A lease of office premises has been entered into from 22 January 2010 for a term of five years with an option to renew for a further five years. Further floor space in the same property was rented from 1 August 2011 to the end of the existing lease with an option to renew for 5 years. Rent on commencement is $80,580 per annum, with annual CPI increments, estimated at 2%, on the anniversary date.
Expense commitments (i) Production of magazine Payable not later than 12 months 114,715 - Payable 1 to 5 years 22,943 - Total 137,658 -
The Federation’s magazine is produced under contract which covers 5 issues, the last of which is due in February 2014. The contract also has 2 options for further extension of 2 years each.
(ii) Membership system software Payable not later than 12 months 92,400 92,400 Payable 1 to 5 years - - Total 92,400 92,400
The contract to build this software was entered into in 2009.
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
14. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES Claims At the end of the reporting period there are a series of liability claims in process against the Federation. The amount of each claim cannot be reliably estimated but are expected to be within the indemnity provided by the aggregate deductible and public liability cover.
15. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT Financial Risk Management Policies Details of the significant policies and methods adopted, including the criteria for recognition, the basis of measurement and the basis on which income and expenses are recognised, with respect to each class of financial asset and financial liability are disclosed in Note 3 to the financial statements.
The federation's financial instruments consist of deposits with banks, investments, accounts receivable and payable, loans to and from trusts in which the Federation is a beneficiary and leases. The main risks the Federation is exposed through its financial instrument are interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk,
(a) Credit Risk The Federation monitors credit risk by actively assessing the rating quality and liquidity of counter parties. The majority of the operating income of the Federation is from membership activities for which no credit terms are allowed. Receivables from trusts of which the Federation is a beneficiary, are payable and have, historically been paid on request. Grant funds are receivables under enforceable contracts. (b) Liquidity Risk The Federation manages liquidity risk by the regular monitoring of actual operating income and expenses against budgets and ensuring that adequate funds are available to meet financial obligations as they fall due. Trade and other creditors and accruals are expected to be settled on normal commercial terms. (c) Interest rate risk Interest rate risk for the financial assets is managed by the Federation selecting interest earning investments in financial institutions which are regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. Exposure to interest on financial liabilities is limited to credit card facilities (used for purchase of travel and other regular expenses) and short-term finance to pay the public liability insurance premium in some years.
There are no unrecognised financial assets or liabilities.
A sensitivity analysis has not been undertaken for the interest rate risk of the Federation as it has been determined that the possible impact on profit and loss or total equity from fluctuations in interest rates is immaterial. AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
(d) Market risk Market risk the risk that changes in market prices will affect the fair value of the investments held.
With a view to minimising its market risk the Federation engages the service of an independent wealth advisory company to manage its investments. The Federation's policy is for a long term balanced fund.
Net Fair Values Fair value estimation The carrying values of financial assets and liabilities at the end of the reporting period, as set out below, are a reasonable approximation of fair value:
2012 Carrying Amount Net Fair Value Financial Assets Cash assets 768,993 706,284 Receivables 251,873 102,515 Unlisted Investments 110,917 107,551 Total financial assets 1,131,783 916,350
Financial Liabilities Payables 808,612 730,391 Total financial liabilities 808,612 730,391
16. ASSOCIATION DETAILS The registered office and principal place of business of the association is: Australian Parachute Federation Incorporated Unit 3 Portal Office West 2994 Logan Road Underwood Queensland 4119
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
Note 2012 2011 $ $ 17. CASH FLOW INFORMATION (a) Reconciliation of Cash Cash at the end of financial year as shown in the Statement of Cash Flows is reconciled to the related items in the statement of financial position as follows: Cash 104 76 Cash at Bank 745,064 700,099 Cash in managed funds 23,825 6,109 768,993 706,284
(b) Reconciliation of cash flow from operations with profit Profit after income tax 11,754 (9,468) Non-cash flows in profit: Amortisation & depreciation 69,643 40,022 Loss on disposal of investments 29,621 13,670 Changes in Assets & Liabilities: Increase in trade & sundry debtors (149,358) 48,374 Decrease in prepayments 19,256 42,734 Increase in trade creditor & accruals 76,288 423,388 Movement in provisions 27,839 7,286 Net cash provided by operating activities 85,043 566,003
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
18. KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL (a) Details of key management personnel during the financial year:
Australian Parachute Federation (i) Non-executive including Board
David Smith Allan Gray John Cross Grahame Hill Geoff Campbell (resigned 15/11/2012) Matthew Hill Carsten Boeving John Kinton (resigned 16/11/2012) Trevor Collins Andrew Preston (resigned 21/3/2012) Jason Cooke Mark Szulmayer Graham Cook Bruce Towers Des Ewing Graeme Windsor Neil Fergie
(ii) Executives Bradley Turner Chief Executive Officer
Australian Parachute Team Advancement Company (i) Non-executive Board members Andrew Barker Bradley Turner Trevor Collins David Smith Jason Cooke Mark Szulmayer John Cross Graeme Windsor (resigned 15/11/2012)
Parachuting Protection Company (i) Non-executive Board members Andrew Barker Grahame Hill Trevor M Collins David Smith Jason Cooke Bradley Turner John M Cross Graeme Windsor (resigned 15/11/2012)
(b) Total compensation of key management
Note 2012 2011 $ $ Australian Parachute Federation Short term employee benefits 137,330 123,853 Post-employment benefits 11,190 11,147 148,520 135,000
AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE FEDERATION INCORPORATED ABN 75 061 266 510
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER, 2012
Office furniture and Software equipment Total $ $ $
19. (a) MOVEMENT IN CARRYING AMOUNTS
Movements in carrying amounts for each class of property, plant and equipment. Balance at 1 January 2011 22,859 34,959 57,818 Additions 197,567 37,454 235,021 Carrying amount at 31 December 220,426 72,413 292,839 2011
Additions 16,129 20,333 36,462 Depreciation expense (51,979) (17,664) (69,643) Carrying amount at 31 December 184,576 47,899 232,475 2012