DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, CMPA General Manager outlines key highlights of the recent Mining SWAP meeting. The Jobs and Skills Council: the Australian Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance (AUSMASA) Strategic Workforce Advisory Panel (Mining SWAP), met in February 2024 in Melbourne.…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA, provides an insight on MASA, who is responsible for the RII training package. Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) have been established by the Australian Government to provide industry with a strong, more…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA highlights the necessity for using the CMPA Blast Management Plan Template. The overall objective of the Blast Management Plan (BMP) is to ensure there is no negative impact on the workplace, the environment…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager for CMPA provides an update on the Safety Management Systems & RCSD Management Workshop held in Epping. On 30th March 2023, the CMPA held a workshop to support members in meeting the requirements of the…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager from the CMPA provides an extract from the new “Dust Management Guideline”. Objective of Workplace Dust MonitoringThe primary objective of personal dust monitoring is to identify a worker’s exposure to dust so that controls can…
Dr Elizabeth Gibson Chair of the former Extractive Industry Reference Committee (Federal Education) facilitated the development of the Conduct local geotechnical risk control in surface operations (RIIMEX303) as an elective unit for Certificate III in Surface Extraction Operations (RII30120) that…
Dr Elizabeth Gibson provides an update on the progress of the CMPA Guideline Working Safely with Geotechnical Risk in Quarries Version 2. The CMPA has expended $55,000 on the development of the Geotechnical Guideline Version 2 2022 (including the development…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager for CMPA provides an update on the Service & Maintenance Workshop held in Sunshine West. On 10th November 2022, the CMPA held a workshop to provide operators with an understanding of how to properly maintain…
BRIAN CALOVIC, Health Safety and Wellbeing Manager for Conundrum Holdings reports on the CMPA Drugs & Alcohol Policy Webinar. Do you have a Drugs and Alcohol Policy? From 1 April 2021 the Victorian Blood Alcohol Concentration limit is zero (0.00)…
Victoria experienced an average increase of 60% in apprentice and trainee commencements as companies took advantage of government incentives in 2021 according to the National Centre of Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Some are increasing intakes and others hiring for the…