Crushing & Screening Reference Manuals
Seeking Photos As members would be aware the CMPA has been working with Box Hill Institute of TAFE on training materials. We are now drafting the service and maintain units for crushers, screens, conveyors, bins, feeders and hoppers. We need your help—do you have or can you take any of the following photos? Alternative, can …
Submissions and Issues (Issue 29)
Medical Templates The draft documents have been presented to the Management Committee. The templates will now be sent to major companies and possibly the mines for their comments. Following this, the documents will be sent to a third party for review. The documents will then be reviewed by the DPI or WorkCover. Small Tailings Storage …
DPI Update (Issue 29)
Noise/Dust ‘Blitz’ The noise/dust control ‘blitz’ carried out by officers of the Minerals and Petroleum Regulation group recently, is now complete. Officers made unannounced visits to thirty-one worksites (mines and quarries) across the State to investigate the effectiveness of controls in place to provide appropriate management of potential noise and/or dust problems arising from their …
‘s News? (Issue 29)
Rino Giobbi – RIP 19/10/06 We pass on our deepest sympathies to the family of CMPA Workforce member, Rino Giobbi who passed away this month. Get in Early for a Discount on 2007 AGM Accommodation Organisation for the 2007 CMPA Annual General Meeting and Dinner is underway. The 2007 event is to be held at …
‘Stuck in the Muck’ with your Finance? Read on…
When it comes to arranging equipment finance, Heavy Equipment Finance Australia Pty Ltd (HEFA) offers its clients seven key strategies to success. HEFA is pleased to share them with readers of CMPA News: Choose the right product Choose the appropriate term Don’t just ‘Go to the bank’ Consider factors other than just the interest rate …
DPI to WorkCover – OHS Management to Change
New arrangements for the regulation of occupational health and safety across Victoria’s earth resources industries were announced on Tuesday 24 October by the Minister for Energy Industries and Resources, Theo Theophanous, with the transfer of the responsibility for OHS regulation from the DPI to the Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) to occur in January 2008. Accompanying …
Quarry operators should consider financial repercussions of new contracts
Each day, quarry managers are faced with a myriad of challenges. The ever increasing demands on productivity levels, operating costs and blast performance can be tough for all quarries to meet, regardless of their size. Sometimes, however, it’s the financial pitfalls you need to be most wary of and, while these should be considered at …
Education (Issue 29)
Caterpillar Institute is now delivering the unit ‘Service and Handover Front End Loaders’ from the Extractive Industries Training Package both as a full training course and as a shortened, recognition of prior learning course. The full course is recommended for people who do not have extensive experience in conducting a 250 hour service on a …
Safety (Issue 29)
Procedure for Prevention of Falls from Heights As a result of several recent incidents, all members are asked to review their current procedures for preventing falls from heights. It is a regulatory requirement to identify and manage any task that will be undertaken which has the potential to fall more than 2 metres. Attached is …