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Total Facilities Expo 6th- 7th April - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Posted on 2 April 2016
HAZCON will be at the Total Facilities Expo at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from  6-7th April. Come and see us at Stand A37; we look forward to speaking with you.
Facility Managers can Struggle to Manage HSE in Many Buildings Facility managers often have a dif...
Posted in:Ian Good  

The roles and responsibilities of Supervisors and Managers-The buck stops with the people who have management and control of the workplace.

Posted on 1 March 2016
A number of WorkSafe prosecutions involving industrial accidents has highlighted the level of responsibility placed on managers and supervisors. In one of the  cases, the Supervisor was aware of the inadequate guarding of the plant and the poor work practices used on the site. The acciden...
Posted in:Peter Attwood  

How to successfully manage contractors - help is at hand!

Posted on 28 February 2016
Many of us are now regularly working with contractors in our workplace. The changing nature of work activities mean that the use of contractors, including labour hire is on the increase.
Use of contractors in itself does not result in poor health and safety standards, but failure to manage contr...
Posted in:Richard Forster  

All change for OHS in Victoria - Watch this space!

Posted on 11 February 2016
On Thursday 11th February 2016 The Andrews Labor Government issued a media release that was headed - Improving workplace safety for Victorians. The media release states that "The Andrews Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to ensure high safety standards are ...
Posted in:Richard Forster  

Permits to Work (PTW) and associated isolation points - A better way of working

Posted on 1 January 2016
Statistics indicate that electrocution, being struck by plant or caught in plant is a fairly common risk category and most organisations have well established processes to manage this potentially high risk activity. The common approach for small to medium size enterprises is to have a procedur...
Posted in:Peter Attwood  

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Falls From Heights - Construction Blitz in NSW

Posted by Ian Good on 13 October 2020
A recent blitz by NSW SafeWork inspectors identified a number of non-compliant or unsafe work practices, mainly associated with mid-rise and resi...
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The Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) Conference 2020

Posted by Richard Forster on 18 September 2020
The VTHC conference is scheduled to run on Tuesday 27th October 2020 from 0900 - 1445 and is being delivered via an online format this year. It i...
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