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This month, Caterpillar hosted a "Careers with a Future" Day, aimed at showcasing emerging career paths, the jobs of tomorrow, and the industry’s transition to new, low-emission technologies. As we move towards a more sustainable future, the event highlighted the evolving opportunities available for those ready to embrace these [...]

In an effort to eliminate live testing work, Hastings Deering has rolled out SafeGauge toolkits which are designed specifically to enhance safety during live testing operations. Live work presents inherent risks, yet is an integral part to operations, particularly during machine mobilisation, component replacement and post-rebuild testing. Recognising the [...]

Australia The Australian unemployment rate increased in July from 4.1% to 4.2% with a record participation rate of 67.1%.  Nevertheless, Economists were surprised with the strong employment growth, up a further 58,200 in July. According to the RBA, CPI inflation increased by 1% in the June quarter. Over the [...]

Welcome to the CMEIG Winter Newsletter. It is a pleasure to again be the Chair of CMEIG. I would like to acknowledge our Board and particularly welcome new Board members Karen Poulton and Dale Koster. CMEIG works through our key Pillars of: Engineering & Standards Industry Statistics Education Health, [...]

SafeWork NSW are preparing a new Approved Code of Practice to cover health and safety risks associated with ‘Moving Plant’ (i.e. mobile plant) on construction sites in New South Wales. The intent is to provide additional guidance to construction industry stakeholders to support safe equipment, systems and places of [...]

CMEIG recently sought clarification from the Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC) on whether there are any changes to refrigerant handling licencing requirements with the introduction of new refrigerants such as 1234YF given that the refrigerant being used in modern day mobile vehicles both light and heavy was covered under the [...]

Welcome to our first Newsletter of the year.   In this edition we look at work undertaken with WorkSafe Queensland and the Queensland Electrical Safety Office on clarifying that electrical licensing requirements do not apply for work on the propulsion parts of electric vehicles. We appreciate the clarity provided by the Regulator.   Another [...]

CMEIG recognises and appreciates the recent clarity provided by WorkSafe Queensland and the Queensland Electrical Safety Office, regarding licensing and training requirements for working on electric vehicles.    In 2023, CMEIG published its position related to Queensland’s review of the electrical safety laws, identifying that:   Clarity was needed on whether [...]