AndreQuin, Author at JGID

Business, Business & Management, Corporate, News & MediaMay 18, 2021

Managing risks to health and safety

Under government legislation, PCBU's must ensure they are managing the risks to health and safety. In fact, they have a dusty of care that they must identify reasonably foreseeable hazards that could give rise to risks to health and safety. A duty holder, in managing risks to health and safety, must— (a) eliminate risks to health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable, and (b) if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety—minimise those risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Can the right software make it easier for PCBU's to manage the risks to health and

Business, Business & Management, Corporate, News & MediaMay 8, 2021

JGID in the Spotlight

We recently came across an independent review from Eve Consulting! We first met the CEO of Eve Consulting, back in early 2014-15. Deborah has over a decade of business management experience in the industrial rope access and working at heights sector and is the current Secretary of the Working at Heights Association of Australian and a former member of the IRATA International Health and Safety Committee. She holds multiple qualifications in the field including IOSH Rope Access Manager, QMS Lead Auditor and KONG PPE Inspector. As the former General Manager of three IRATA Member Companies and a current independent consultant to

UncategorizedApril 20, 2021

Building a health and safety culture

Here we show you how to make a healthy, safe and productive workplace part of your ‘business as usual. A productive, healthy and safe workplace shows that everyone shares common values that make worker health and safety a priority. It means that everyone anticipates unsafe acts and corrects them before harm is done. It demonstrates that injury and prevention is a priority and everyone takes ownership of health and safety issues. ‘What we’re trying to do is to create an environment where we don’t have to think about it too much, so it’s just seamless and it becomes second nature

News & MediaMarch 25, 2021

Did you know? NSW scaffolds under scrutiny

SafeWork inspectors will be visiting construction sites across NSW to inspect scaffold structures, issuing on-the-spot fines and stop-work notices for failure to comply with NSW’s safety standards. Minister for Better Regulation Kevin Anderson said there would be a zero-tolerance approach where scaffolds have missing critical parts, or where unlicenced workers have removed or altered scaffold components. “This is the third annual scaffold compliance program we’ve conducted, and we will continue to visit sites until the industry meets the safety levels SafeWork expects,” Mr Anderson said. In the last two years, SafeWork has issued more than 1,700 notices relating to scaffolds,

Business, Corporate, News & MediaMarch 3, 2021

WorkSafe QLD – Codes of practice updated

Nearly all national safe work codes of practice have been reviewed and updated by the Queensland Government and other states and territories, to come into effect 1 March 2021. This is in line with a nationwide agreement in 2015 that all Australian work health and safety regulators will review the codes of practice every five years. In consultation with industry stakeholders, the 21 Queensland codes of practice that are based on national codes of practice have been updated and approved for this state. This process ensures the new codes reflect Queensland specific legislation and laws, so that workers, businesses and