by claire | May 13, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
A policy is an overarching document that details the organisations’ objectives and the broad strategies for achieving these. The primary policy should be the organisation’s WHS policy. If the organisation is seeking compliance with AS/NZS 4801...
by claire | May 3, 2015 | News
In March changes were made to a number of qualifications in the Business Services Training Package. From a Work Health and Safety perspective the most significant change is to the unit of competency – BSBWHS402. This unit of competency, ‘Assist with...
by claire | Apr 9, 2015 | News
Crest Training is currently working with businesses in the cleaning industry to develop and improve their health and safety management systems. Commercial cleaning involves apparent risks such as working with hazardous substances and manual handling. However there are...
by claire | Jan 31, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
ISO 3100 provides us with principles and guidelines on risk management. It is a framework that can be applied to all organisations. The first step in this framework is ‘establishing the context’ This important step is often missed, resulting in an...
by claire | Jan 18, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
What is harmonisation? Harmonisation is an endeavour to create consistent WHS (Work Health and Safety) legislation across the states, territories and Commonwealth in Australia. Why is it taking place? WHS legislation is periodically reviewed. Whilst we have had minor...
