The Automotive Industry Awards (AIA) are open to all Victorian and Tasmanian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC/TACC) members, both accredited and non-accredited. 

• Applicants must be a current financial member business and the primary holder of the membership throughout 2025. 
• Each application must represent one member business. Businesses with multiple sites must ensure each site is a financial member with its own member number. 
• A maximum of two award categories may be entered per member business. 
• Entries must relate to business activities undertaken between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025. 
• Member businesses or individuals found in breach of the VACC/TACC Code of Business Practice during the qualifying period are ineligible to enter. 

Awards

President’s Award – Employer of the Year

The Employer of the Year can be a business or an individual. An employee may nominate the business or business owner. Alternatively, the business owner can nominate themselves for this award. 

Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is not open to apply. The recipient will be selected by the Executive Board of Directors in recognition of an exceptional and enduring contribution to the automotive industry in Victoria/Tasmania. 

Business location classification

Some award categories have been classified into business location – e.g. metropolitan or regional Victoria. 

Business size classification

AIA administrators will cross-check applications to ensure the correct award category classification based on business size. 

Applicants need to acknowledge if they own a small or large business. 

Small business:      1-19 staff (full time or part time)  

Medium business: 20-99 staff (full time or part time – metropolitan Victoria only) 

Large business:      20 staff or more (full time or part time – regional Victoria and Tasmania) 

                                        100 or more staff (full time or part time – metropolitan Victoria)