December 2011
Newsletter Edition # 12, Dec 19, 2011
Season's Greetings
The Board and staff of HPOTS Training would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers a happy Christmas.
Best wishes to you all for a safe and prosperous year in 2012.
We will be closing on
Friday 16th December 2011
and reopening on
Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
Book Now for courses starting in 2012
Courses starting in 2012
Crane (C6) 9/1/2012 - 13/1/2012, 16/1/2012 – 20/1/2012
EWP 4/1/2012 - 6/1/2012, 11/1/2012 – 13/1/2012,
Forklift 3/1/2012 – 5/1/2012, 9/1/2012 – 11/1/2012, 23/1/2012 – 25/1/2012
Intermediate Rigging 16/1/2012 – 20/1/2012
Basic Rigging 30/1/2012 – 3/2/2012
Work Safely at Heights 13/1/2012
DPI NSW-SAFETY ALERTS
The following Safety Alert from Department of Trade and Investment relates to crush injuries sustained by a person when in close proximity to an articulating Load Haul Dump machine.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/419943/SA11-13-Supervisor-crushed-by-load-haul-dump-machine-attachment.pdf
Workcover NSW-Safety Alerts
The following safety alert from WorkCover relates to persons working on vehicles fitted with air suspension systems but is also a timely reminderfor hydraulic systems as well. Unfortunately it is all too easy to forget to use supports when working on systems that use on fluids or gases whichmight collapse in the event of a leak.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/working_vehicles_air_suspension_systems_safety_alert_3507.pdf