Mentor program to improve safety
16 October, 2012Large and small businesses from throughout Sydney and the Illawarra have come together to improve safety and productivity as part of the WorkCover Mentor Program.
Fair Work educational visits for CBD employers
09 October, 2012The Fair Work Ombudsman will make educational visits to Sydney CBD businesses.
Fire safety officer training for the NSW healthcare industry
27 September, 2012Fire protection specialist Wormald is now offering a fire safety officer training program for NSW healthcare organisations to help them meet their training obligations.
Machine safety courses available
14 September, 2012machineSAFE is holding an introduction and advanced course on machine safety and legislation around Australia.
Red Cross encourages Australians to update their first aid skills
12 September, 2012Saturday 8 September was World First Aid Day and Red Cross College is highlighting the need for Australians to update their skills to ensure they know what to do in a first aid emergency.
NSCA online training courses
31 August, 2012The National Safety Council of Australia has added two online courses - risk management and manual handling - to its existing portfolio.
Premium Health first-aid training
29 August, 2012
Premium Health will be exhibiting its training dummy at The Safety Show Sydney.
ComOps OHS Solutions ROI Workshop
28 August, 2012The ComOps OHS Solutions ROI Workshop has announced a Sydney Safety Show Special for a limited time only.*
Gaming controls to improve workplace safety
09 August, 2012 by Mansi GandhiSentient’s MVX technology can be used for different workplace safety applications such as employee induction and training, site supervision and monitoring and others.
NSCA online training courses
16 July, 2012Six online training courses are now available through the NSCA website. Online training is a valuable method for continuous education and overall productivity enhancement, ensuring that attendees’ knowledge of work health and safety remains up to date.
Support for Tasmanian forestry workers
09 July, 2012Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten and Minister for Employment Participation Kate Ellis have announced a $3.9 million investment for Tasmanian forestry workers facing redundancy to help them access employment and training.
No photo, no expiry, no licence for NSW high-risk workers
06 July, 2012To meet national standards, a number of older high-risk work licences will require conversion and renewal before 31 December 2012. This includes licences issued before 1996, licences issued between 1996 and 2004 without an expiry date, and licences issued with an expiry date but not renewed within 12 months of expiring.
RMIT sets the ball rolling in OHS program accreditation
25 June, 2012The OHS profession moves into a new era with the first university-level program approved by the new Australian OHS Education Accreditation.
Online training to improve safety of transport workers
14 June, 2012PaQS (People and Quality Solutions) has launched a new online safety course tailored to the transport sector. The course has evolved from the original, nationally recognised, competency-based course in Advanced Safety Awareness (ASA), has a psychological approach, is available online and has been designed to fit into the transport sector’s safety induction programs.
Upskilling Darwin maritime workers boosts resources sector
13 June, 2012Maritime workers in Darwin are upgrading their skills while on the job, as a result of the Gillard government’s $700 million National Workforce Development Fund.
