What if I told you that sitting in a chair all day – common in so many office and driving jobs – shortens your life by seven years? Got your attention? Good. This is What You Need to Know About Sitting for Long Hours Sitting is such a normal daily activity that it’s hard to Read the full post
By William Cowie Work health and safety professional? Despite the harmonisation of Australia’s work health and safety laws in recent years, each state and territory still regulates and maintains it’s own occupational health and safety authorities. There are also differences between the WHS acts, laws, regulations and codes of practice between jurisdictions. Find your local Read the full post
We’ve previously discussed the benefits of having a fit, happy and healthy workplace in our article on Why you should shape up your workplace (click the link to read more!). Employers and employees can both benefit from having a fit workforce – reduced incidence of illnesses and diseases, increased strength and stamina, reduced stress, depression and Read the full post
Fitness & OHS at Your Work “You’re looking a bit out of shape, maybe it’s time to exercise more?” That might be too blunt for the office! Personal health & fitness is – at best – a touchy subject. As a result, poor physical fitness – which can be a significant OHS risk – Read the full post
By William Cowie Did you know you can get tax deductions to help with the cost of your studies? Some self-education expenses are able to be claimed on your tax return. What are self-education expenses? Self-education expenses are expenses you incur studying an eligible course to obtain a formal qualification from a school, university, college or Read the full post
By William Cowie When someone mentions occupational health and safety, what’s the first thing you think of? Construction? Mining? Manufacturing? These industries are permanently etched in our minds as ‘dangerous’ – and they are! Even so, those are far from the most deadly occupations in Australia. Occupational deaths There were 192 workplace deaths reported by Read the full post
A Short History of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Occupational Health and Safety, or Work Health and Safety (WHS), cops a lot of flak in Australia. If you talk to a lot of Australians about health and safety at work or in their business, you’ll probably hear things like: “We never needed this stuff before.” * Read the full post
Workplace health and safety courses change every few years. They’re updated to reflect the needs of the industry, and changes to occupational health and safety laws in Australia. Do you have an up-to-date occupational health and safety qualification? The latest workplace health and safety qualification is BSB41412 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety. It Read the full post
By William Cowie Why do we need harmonised WHS legislation? Australia’s Commonwealth Constitution does not grant general powers for the Federal government to legislate on OHS nation wide. As a result, Australia has ten separate OHS statutes in place: · Six state based statutes · Two territory based statutes · Two Commonwealth statutes (covering Commonwealth Read the full post
So you want to get a mine job but not sure where to apply? Before you jump in, check out the key mining sectors in Australia and plan your dream career! Welcome To Part 3 Of Mining Jobs – Australian Mining Sectors Remember, if you missed “Mining Jobs Part 1 – How To Get A Read the full post
August 24, 2017
Why Don’t Most RTOs Offer the TAE40116 Online Course? August 24, 2017 Update! The new TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment course is now open for enrolments! Please click here to get complete course information. If you already hold the TAE40110, click here to upgrade to the TAE40116. There’s a new Cert IV TAE in Read the full post
August 24, 2017
August 24, 2017 Update! The new TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment course is now open for enrolments! Please click here to get complete course information. If you already hold the TAE40110, click here to upgrade to the TAE40116. There’s a new training qualification in Australia — the TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and it Read the full post
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