Get position of symbol on stage

Hi,

I am trying to create a drag and drop game. For this i need to know the position of the drop areas so i can 'snap' the dropped items to the drop symbol (drop_1) position.

Ive tried using this code but it only returns 0,0 which i assume is its local position, not its world position on the stage?

sym.getSymbol('drop_1').getSymbolElement().position()

Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks for your help!