Work Health & Safety
This was an exciting project that required CSI staff to train and coordinate a number of hazardous chemicals audit teams to get consistency in audit methodology and outcome. This was done over two locations with three and four audit teams…
Aerospace Systems Division (ASD) Systems Project Offices including a focus on hazardous chemicals legal compliance with the WHS Regulations and the Hazardous Chemicals Enforceable Undertaking. As a follow-on of the previous work undertaken with DMO, CSI was engaged to undertake…
Following a number of audits at Questacon over the years, CSI was engaged to develop a compliant work health and safety management system (WHSMS). CSI used work undertaken in DFAT and Austrade to create a base that could be benchmarked…
Undertake a range of tasks for the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) – Aerospace Systems Division (ASD) related to risk management, whole of lifecycle management of risk in relation to the WHS Legislation, Training Needs Analysis, incident reporting and management, high…
CSI were engaged under sub-contract due to its staff’s experience with managing large safety organisations. CSI modelled the proposed Maritime Safety Bureau on the Air Force Safety Management organisation and provided descriptors in relation to position functionality and qualifications. This…
As part of a sub-contracted team, CSI was tasked with leading a team of engineers in the conduct of a hazard identification survey of HMAS SUCCESS. This task took two days and was designed to not only identify hazards but…
CSI conducted safety management systems audits using the Australian Standards on Safety Management Systems (AS/NZS 4804) and the auditing requirements for these systems (AS/NZS 4801), auditing paperwork and documentation and inspecting the workplace and conduction confirmatory interviews. CSI utilised a…
Following the work with DFAT, a safety management system was developed for Austrade using the same template. It was observed that after the initial system, policies and procedures were created, that Austrade provided resources to implement and update the drafts.…
This was the fruit of a long task with another client to create a template for a safety management system for mainly office based hazards and risks. The template was used and adapted to suit DFAT. It is understood that…
CSI were engaged to review and update Defence policy with respect to high risk plant following the release of a harmonised code of practice under the new WHS legislation. This task involved negotiation and interpretation meetings with the Regulator and…
It was apparent that some policy was not being implemented in Defence workplaces and specifically in relation to the test and tag requirements of legislation which was embodied in Defence policy. CSI were engaged to review the legislation, the policy…
Austrade were issued with an enforceable Undertaking (EU) by Comcare in lieu of prosecution following an electrical incident in one of their workplaces. The EU plan included the conduct of a WHSMS audit aligned to SafetyMAP version 4. CSI were…
Austrade were issued with an enforceable Undertaking (EU) by Comcare in lieu of prosecution following an electrical incident in one of their workplaces. As part of the directives in the EU, Austrade were to appoint an external WHS advisor for…
As part of the submission to Safe Work Australia, CSI was recontracted to review and update all of the Defence safety policy as it existed in line with the proposed legislation. This task was completed just before the release of…
CSI was contracted to Defence to review the proposed harmonised safety laws and provide a report to Defence management on their impact and to recommend the Defence responses related to the Defence output in support of the nation. Recommendations for…
Comcare, as the Commonwealth Safety Regulator, made a decision to issue an enforceable undertaking (EU) rather than prosecute Defence for failure to provide adequate management of hazardous substances in the workplace. CSI was contracted to review the existing policy and…
Jet Connect is a subsidiary company of Qantas and similar operating systems are used. This training was the same training provided to Qantas staff but adjusted to suit the New Zealand operating environment of Jet Connect. This training was delivered…
CSI provided leadership lectures to mine personnel and management. These lectures added to the already good safety culture observed at the mine site, both above ground and below ground, emphasising that safety systems continue to create business efficiency in operations.…
This Defence Group deals with computer equipment, hardware and software for Defence. During the use of certain computer hardware a person was injured on a sharp edge and required medical treatment. CSI reviewed the procurement process from a safety risk…
Following the loss of contract support in this area, CSI was contracted to review confined space entry requirements in the Tsunami warning and detection stations that operate under the control of Geoscience Australia. A simplified course was prepared around the…