We are using LM Safety for the workplace monitoring, but they should also be able to help you with the health testing, either that we get advice from an Occupational Physician when needed, they have a website as well. https://anzsom.org.nz/

Awesome team, this all definitely helps :)

How about Woman thinking they have to have all the experience before they apply for a role, not believing in themselves.
And my personal favourite right now, going through menopause and it affecting their physical and mental health to pitch at a higher level......

It has helped our people leaders gain more confidence on what to do with a worker suffering a mental health crisis and understand the differences of mental health issues.
Ambulance at the bottom of the cliff though but has given our people leaders some confidence.

Look at drug wise as they do saliva testing that can also be sent to lab without the need for urine as well. We currently do urine only and are moving to saliva for random.

There is a standard for platforms, stairs and guardrails that gives good guidance on design, construction etc.
https://www.standards.govt.nz/shop/nzsas-16571992/

I have 15 years experience in high risk industries and nearly finished L6 qualification, my base salary is around the figure they have mentioned as the average without extra's added on. Senior H&S leader roles are going for more like $140-$160 and I am currently at manager/business partner level, so I guess it feels about right in the scheme of things.

Thanks team, that aligns with our thinking nicely, will amend our policy accordingly.

Hi team
We have a fleet of 120 light vehicles (leased and swapped out 3 yearly), daily walkaround and monthly formalised checklist completed via APP or PC into our safety database. Provide defensive and 4WD driver training which covers training on vehicle inspections as well.
For mobile plant we have both paper based and APP based inspections- daily for loaders, forklifts.
Trailer inspections before use - paper based.
Pool vehicles are inspected monthly by someone based at the site they are based at.
Inspection frequency is based on risks.

Lots of information above, but I have a different question, in the hierarchy of controls where does RAT's sit, having some interesting discussions with our workers who see this an an engineering control or isolation, where as I see it as a health monitoring tool which is more at the admin level, have seen some literature that people see vaccinations as elimination which once again we see it as an engineering control, would love to know your thoughts and expert opinions before we launch into our final COVID risk assessment consultation process with our workers.

This is great as I was starting to think about ventilation as its been mentioned heaps, but not a lot of detail provided

Awesome thanks Keith

Thanks Keith, not in ACC EAP, but will read this to help get some guidance on what if practical. It think we need to make a company cut-off for when we force more action from ACC versus waiting for their recovery team to kick in as this isn't always timely.

Thanks Denise, I found this yesterday and its a great resource I will review and see how it will help us

We use EAP Services and have not had any issues with their performance.

We all have iphones, however purchase Lifeproof AP65 rated covers to ensure they are safe in our hazardous atmosphere zones, can also buy these covers for ipads/tablets if needing to do inspections etc.
Unsure on clothing however as these areas a afire risk we ensure the staff are wearing 100% cotton overalls. Our electrician wear electrical arc rated overalls which may suit your needs as well.

We have a large number of sales staff on the roads and we use a combination of controls, mostly mentioned above e.g. emergency kits, F/A training, defensive driver training (off road as well) GPS in cars, lone worker apps and devices etc.
We also encourage teams to keep their outlook calendars up to date and visible to everyone so teams know where they are staying, what farms they are booked to visit and most of our regional teams have also set up whatsapp and messenger groups so check in with each other on, this also helps from a mental health/fatigue point of view as well.