CMPA Honorary Voting Member, JACK KRAAN reports on his career in planning and the growth of his business. I began my association with the extractive industries in the mid 1970’s, not long after graduating from Latrobe University with an honours degree in Agricultural Science. I commenced working with the then Soil Conservation Authority at Gisborne. …
SARAH SHEDDEN, R&M Solutions reports on the value and reliability of the companies’ unique service. QUITE often if a machine is still working – most individuals would not really think it needs to be fixed. Why fix it now? Just fix it when it breaks down, right? Wrong. Reactive Maintenance is really not maintenance at …
VECCI provide OHS advice on what to do when issued an enforcement notice. WORKSAFE Victoria inspectors can issue three types of enforcement notices when occupational health and safety risks arise: improvement, prohibition and non-disturbance notices. Read on for more information about each notice and what to do if your business is on the receiving end. …
TOM MCKENNY, Industri Communications reports on the steps generally taken to formulate, execute and measure a strategic marketing plan. THESE steps I have outlined here are simple and effective and have worked well for industrial sector businesses including quarrying suppliers. It is an approach to marketing that is designed to remove complexity and improve time …
PETER MCCLUSKEY provides an update on the Victorian Limestone Producers Association. “CARING FOR OUR COUNTRY – LAND MANAGEMENT TRENDS”- REPORTS INDICATE NEED FOR LIMING The Commonwealth Government’s Division of Land and Coast has produced a series of reports on land management practice trends in horticulture, broad acre cropping, grazing and the dairy industry. The reports …
ANNE BIGNALL, Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations, Gippsland provides an update on statutorily endorsed Work Plans. STATUTORILY ENDORSED WORK PLANS As of the 1st of February 2012 the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (MRSD) now requires that work plans, and work plan variations, be statutorily endorsed where there is a need to also obtain …
Manual handling is the biggest cause of workplace injury in Victoria. Below is an extract from the CMPA’s updated WORK SAFELY REFERENCE MANUAL providing handy hints on managing manual handling on your work site. MANUAL handling is any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift , push, pull, carry or …
SEAN KINDER, Documentation Officer CMPA reports on his visit to the Safety in Action Trade Show. ON the 19th April, 2012; as part of improving the Work Safely training with the CMPA, I was able to visit the Safety in Action Trade show at the Melbourne Exhibition Building. This year, there was an emphasis on …
The Department of Primary Industry (NSW) latest safety alert looks at inappropriate maintenance practices on mobile plant. INCIDENT An excavator operating at an above ground mine was removing overburden from the ore body. A dump truck driver waiting to be loaded observed flames in the excavator engine bay and alerted the excavator operator by radio. …
SHAYNE MORRALL of Victorian Construction Equipment Pty Ltd reports on the first Terex® TL310 loader to be sold in Australia. THE first Terex® TL310 loader to be sold in Australia has been purchased by Northern Quarries, a division of Conundrum Holdings Pty Ltd and a proud member of the CMPA. Situated seventeen kilometres north of …