Brain Teaser 5 women sit at a circular table. Ms Smith is between Ms Cooper and Ms Andrews. Annie is between Connie and Ms Grey. Ms Cooper is between Annie and Yvette. Elizabeth has Ms Summers on her left and Ms Andrews on her right. Teresa paid the bill. What are the full names of…
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Seeking Photos As members would be aware the CMPA has been working with Box Hill Institute of TAFE on training materials. We are now drafting the service and maintain units for crushers, screens, conveyors, bins, feeders and hoppers. We need…
Medical Templates The draft documents have been presented to the Management Committee. The templates will now be sent to major companies and possibly the mines for their comments. Following this, the documents will be sent to a third party for…
Noise/Dust ‘Blitz’ The noise/dust control ‘blitz’ carried out by officers of the Minerals and Petroleum Regulation group recently, is now complete. Officers made unannounced visits to thirty-one worksites (mines and quarries) across the State to investigate the effectiveness of controls…
Rino Giobbi – RIP 19/10/06 We pass on our deepest sympathies to the family of CMPA Workforce member, Rino Giobbi who passed away this month. Get in Early for a Discount on 2007 AGM Accommodation Organisation for the 2007 CMPA…
When it comes to arranging equipment finance, Heavy Equipment Finance Australia Pty Ltd (HEFA) offers its clients seven key strategies to success. HEFA is pleased to share them with readers of CMPA News: Choose the right product Choose the appropriate…
New arrangements for the regulation of occupational health and safety across Victoria’s earth resources industries were announced on Tuesday 24 October by the Minister for Energy Industries and Resources, Theo Theophanous, with the transfer of the responsibility for OHS regulation…
Each day, quarry managers are faced with a myriad of challenges. The ever increasing demands on productivity levels, operating costs and blast performance can be tough for all quarries to meet, regardless of their size. Sometimes, however, it’s the financial…
Caterpillar Institute is now delivering the unit ‘Service and Handover Front End Loaders’ from the Extractive Industries Training Package both as a full training course and as a shortened, recognition of prior learning course. The full course is recommended for…
Procedure for Prevention of Falls from Heights As a result of several recent incidents, all members are asked to review their current procedures for preventing falls from heights. It is a regulatory requirement to identify and manage any task that…
Impact of Asbestos Legislation Since the completion of the review of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, the CMPA has been working with WorkSafe to ensure that the definition of asbestos ensures that sites can still operate in ultramafic…