Careers with a Future
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 [...]
Hastings Deering Enhance Safety with SafeGauge Toolkits
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 [...]
Economic update from CMEIG
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 [...]
Chair’s Address – Winter 2024
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, [...]
Approved Code of Practice for ‘moving plant’ health and safety risks
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 [...]
Refrigerant Handling Licences – Heavy Vehicle Sector
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 [...]
CEO’s Address – February 2024
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 [...]
Queensland Electrical Safety Office
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 [...]
CEO’s Address – Summer 2023
Welcome to our final CMEIG Newsletter for the year and a reflection on the year that was. 2023 was a year that saw construction and infrastructure activity continue strongly despite state budget fiscal tightening and the headwinds of rising interest rates. Mining continued to be resilient and 2023 has, [...]
Advisory Notice on Third Party Risk Assessment
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Addressing the risks of heavy vehicle tyre fires in mining operations
The NSW Resources Regulator has identified a deficiency in readiness and an inadequate response to heavy vehicle tyre fires, which pose the potential for explosions, in certain mining operations. Due to their substantial size and construction, tyres on heavy earth-moving vehicles are susceptible to unplanned explosions when exposed to [...]
PowerStats update from owner, Dima Ivanov
Firstly, a HUGE thank to all who completed our recent ISO questionnaire (and if you haven’t, you can still complete it here. We appreciated your candid feedback about things that aren’t working well for your industry, as well as future feature requests. As two recent examples of how we utilise [...]