by OHS_Compliance | May 13, 2019 | All Posts
Training for a Queensland White Card must now be face to face with a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). A Queensland white card is recognised in all Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. Queensland also recognises white...
by OHS_Compliance | Apr 17, 2019 | All Posts
You may be contracting in someone to perform a specialist task in your workplace — but that doesn’t mean you can contract out your safety obligations. The safety of the contractors who you employ (and their workers) must be managed the same way you would manage the...
by OHS_Compliance | Apr 15, 2019 | All Posts
Background This Safety Alert for Bee Smokers has been issued as some battery-operated bee smokers have been imported from China by three separate beekeeping equipment retail businesses based in Queensland. Tests have confirmed asbestos was present in the insulating...
by OHS_Compliance | Apr 11, 2019 | All Posts, General Safety information
SafeWork (NSW) inspectors attended a Macquarie Park worksite on Monday, 1 April 2019, after receiving reports that two workers had become trapped under scaffolding. Tragically, an 18-year-old worker has passed away and another 40-year-old man was air-lifted to...
by OHS_Compliance | Apr 11, 2019 | All Posts, General Safety information
A new code of practice and electrical safety regulations will commence next month to enhance safety in the growing commercial solar farm industry. The Construction and operation of solar farms Code of Practice 2019 comes into effect on 13 May 2019. Industrial...