Real-world, hands-on experience key to all students’ success
The University of Newcastle has announced that from 2023 onwards, all undergraduate programs will include a placement embedded in a workplace.
The rollout of work-integrated learning to all degrees is with good reason, with data from the Australian Skills Commission report in 2021 finding that 75 per cent of employers look for experience before considering an applicant, while 40 per cent of roles are given to someone known to the employer.
In March 2021, the NSW Government announced the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) concept as an NSW Government commitment, in response to the Review on the NSW vocational education and training (VET) sector – ‘Gonski-Shergold Review’.
TAFE NSW is leading two pilot IATs with university and industry partners and education providers, one in Digital Tech and another in Construction. The NSW Government has committed $222.5 million to design and construct the two pilot Institutes, and a further $108.5 million to support more than 26,000 students over the next four years at the two IATs.
The IATs are a NSW Government priority that will reshape the way people access skills and tertiary education.
This builds industry connection and builds the practical experience of students and increases employability.
Whether you’re still in school or just out of school, at University, at TAFE, an Industry or organisations or looking for retraining opportunities Newcastle Rescue & Consultancy Pty Ltd provides skills and micro credentials via onsite training or training at the Beresfield training facility with simulated heights, confined space, rail and asbestos environments. These micro credentials are a requirement to work in various industries.
NRC is a NSW Government supplier and currently delivers competencies in White card, Risk Assessment training for Construction ,Building & Mining, Low Voltage Rescue/CPR for Electrical, First Aid, Confined Space, Silica & Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Removal & Working at Heights for Plumbing & Building & Certificate II in Rail Infrastructure for Civil Construction. Certificate III in Emergency in Emergency Response & Rescue is delivered for for large mining, oil and gas organisations. Fire training for Building, Plumbing and Electrical and more.
Newcastle Rescue & Consultancy is passionate about workplace safety and committed to delivering micro skills and micro credentials in simulated workplace environments with industry-leading, purpose-built facilities and specialist industry equipment for real-life practical experience in high-risk environments. With the relationship to Industry, we will be responsive to changing market needs and awareness of anticipated skills shortages.
Real-world, hands-on experience key to all students’ success
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Congratulations to the 2022 Work Health and Safety Excellence Showcase Champions
Newcastle Rescue & Consultancy Pty Ltd had the privilege to deliver Silica Awareness Training to Core Project Group Pty Ltd,
this training provided clear and concise outcomes to ensure their teams can minimise the associated risks when working with silica products
in the construction industry. Congratulations to the Core Project Group as WHS Safety Champions. Read more from the below link.
Silica Awareness Training is a 3 hour course where the purpose of the training is to ensure workers understand where Silica might be
found and what steps to take to stay safe. The course can be requested for your site or our training facility. The cost is $199 per person or group rate discounts.
The course will provide information on:
• Identification, safe handling and appropriate control measures.
• Silica containing materials.
• Naturally occurring Silica.
• What is Silica and where do you find it
• Identification, safe handling and appropriate control measures.
• Silica containing materials.
• Naturally occurring Silica.
• Silica Exposure & the Impact on your Health
• Work Method Statements
• Confirm Job Requirements and Make Preparations
• Identify Hazard
• Risk Management
• Hazard Controls
• Material and Equipment for Silica
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)
Newcastle Rescue provides extensive training and consulting services supporting the construction industry and more. Please feel free to contact us on 1300 3565 686 or enquiries@newcastlerescue.com.au to discuss your training or consulting requirements.
The Work Health and Safety Excellence Showcase highlights the innovative solutions developed by NSW businesses, unions and industry associations to support the safety of their employees and members.
Follow in the foot steps of the Core Project Group safety champions. Download the Easy to do work health and safety toolkit today.
https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/safety-starts-here/easywhs
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Safe Work Australia has released a 10-year national strategy designed to reduce workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses
The need for an ongoing dedication and commitment from all stakeholders — governments, persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs), workers, industry, unions and WHS practitioners — to continue to ensure that workers return home safely remains critically important.
Serious injury and illness across Australian workplaces directly impacts workers and their families.
Australia has further to go in improving WHS outcomes and ensuring the WHS system is ready to address emerging challenges over the next ten years.
Safe Work Australia suggests that reducing hazardous incidents can contribute to significant economic growth — some tens of billions of dollars each year, and that to make further gains, it is essential that WHS is core to how Australian workplaces do business.
WHS conversations need to be commonplace in every workplace across the country, with education, innovation, and collaboration critical enablers of safety success.
Read MoreSurge in medicinal cannabis use creates growing problem for WA’s mining industry
Mining companies in Western Australia are standing down workers who legally use prescription cannabis, as they struggle to determine what level of use makes an employee unfit for work.
Tom received a prescription for medicinal cannabis about a year ago after a devastating family tragedy.
“I was on sleeping tablets for a year … and they didn’t really agree with me,” he said.
“I could actually go to sleep [after taking medicinal cannabis].
“Because you’re pretty time poor up there … you need to have a shower, have dinner, and go to sleep as quick as you can.”
Last week, the WA parliament’s Select Committee on Cannabis and Hemp recommended reforms to the way medicinal cannabis was regulated.
But the mining industry urged caution.
In its submission, the Chamber of Minerals and Energy said the lack of consensus on impairment, led to the current strict approach.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-08/medicinal-cannabis-fifo-workers-prohibition-safety/102190122
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Asbestos company fined $150k after fatal veranda fall
SafeWork SA Acting Executive Director Glenn Farrell said falls from heights, particularly below 3 metres, were among the most common causes of workplace injuries and deaths, all of which are preventable.
‘The lack of consideration and suitable controls to adequately prevent this tragedy is not acceptable,’ Mr Farrell said.
Highlighting the importance of safe systems for working at heights.
https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/hazards-a-z/working-at-heights
Read MoreAustralia’s increased risk of asbestos exposure
Fears Australia’s recent fires, floods and COVID-19 outbreak could lead to increased risk of asbestos exposure.
“The Australian Mesothelioma Register shows that an increasing number of exposures are now linked to home building work, which increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic; there is also concern about potential exposure related to the recent natural disasters in Australia.
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Silicosis alert: Cases of deadly lung disease in Australian tradies
Young Australian tradies and workers are facing a health crisis as new findings reveal the extent of the public health threat silicosis poses to lungs.
The Australian Workers’ Union, the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the CFMEU launched the “Stop this Killer Stone” campaign on Monday, urging regulatory bodies to take immediate action to stop rising cases of silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica dust.
The condition is incurable and can cause lung inflammation and fibrosis.
“(We know) silica exposure is all but certain to be occurring at dangerous levels. Our members are working in environments so dusty they can’t see more than 50 metres in front of them. They’re getting covered from head to toe in dust and they walk out with that dust on them which continues to spread,” Walton said.
Read MoreCrystalline silica presents a serious risk to health
For your Silica Awareness Training from Newcastle Rescue & Consultancy Pty Ltd on your site or ours please call 1300 356 686 or Email Us
Silica dust is harmful when inhaled into your lungs. As it is 100 times smaller than a grain of sand, you can be breathing it in without knowing.
Construction materials such as sandstone, concrete and bricks can contain up to 90% silica dust. When drilling on these materials, you can generate and breathe in fine crystalline silica dust, which can cause serious illnesses such as silicosis and lung cancer.
Learn about planning your job and using the correct safety controls to help protect workers and others from silica dust on site – working safely around it could save your life.
Approximately 587,000 Australian workers were exposed to silica dust in the workplace in 2011. It has been estimated that 5758 of these will develop a lung cancer over the course of their life as a result of that exposure.
Click here to understand the dangers of inhaling silica dust: Kevin’s story
The occupations with the greatest exposure include:
- miners
- construction workers
- farmers
- engineers.
You may be exposed to silica dust if your work involves:
- breaking, crushing, grinding or milling material containing silica dust
- sand blasting or casting
- paving, surfacing or cement finishing
- bricklaying
- demolition work
- road construction
- stonemasonery
- mineral ore-treating processes
- manufacture of glass, ceramics, brick, concrete, tile, metals or machinery
Click here to Safework to find out how to protect yourself and workers
Read MoreAsbestos Training for Tradies
For your Asbestos Training from Newcastle Rescue & Consultancy Pty Ltd please call 1300 356 686 or Contact Us
Learn how to identify risks and hazards, how to properly set up a removal area, what personal protective equipment is required, safe handling and decontamination. Asbestos lurks in more places than you think – working safely around it could save your life.
Watch all the asbestos videos on the SafeWork NSW YouTube asbestos playlist.
The first of five videos in a series, showing tradies how to manage asbestos safely on the job. This video covers the hazards and risks associated with asbestos and includes images of many asbestos containing materials.
The second of five videos in a series showing tradies how to manage asbestos safely on the job. This video demonstrates how to set up an asbestos work area if you need to work with or remove less than 10sqm of non-friable asbestos.
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