Australia’s infrastructure pipeline is in danger of being stymied by a deepening skills shortage and tough competition for access to the basic resources needed to build roads and other major projects.

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Changes to the Chain of Responsibility (CoR) laws were introduced on 1 October 2018.

The CMPA has reviewed the “On Road Truck Pickup & Delivery Checklist” (CMPA form 1337) to ensure that it is compliant with CoR guidelines. The checklist has been reviewed by CMPA Members, NHVR and VicRoads.

The purpose of the On Road Truck Pick Up and Delivery Checklist is to ensure drivers are compliant with CoR and to provide the drivers with information of controls and the issue resolution process in the event of concerns being raised.

Included in this current issue review is a section on basic fatigue management. This format is not to replace the National Truck Drivers Work Diary required by NHVL. It is to provide management information in a single format even where drivers are working within 100km radius of the home base. Should the driver carry out work above 100km the National Truck Drivers Work Diary will still be required to be completed.

Key points:

• Being able to identify that drivers are taking rest breaks through use of the On Road Truck Pickup & Delivery Checklist;
• A means of management ensuring drivers are monitoring their rest breaks at all times additional to the National Truck Drivers Work Diary and inclusive of work <100km from home base;
• Reducing the amount of paperwork drivers are required to complete by including rest time in their daily run sheet;
• Drivers are able to use the recorded information to complete their National Truck Drivers Work Diary in the event of being given a +100km job after doing previous <100km jobs;
• While this does not replace the need to complete the National Truck Drivers Work Diary, it gives management a point to cross check conditions of employment are being complied with;
• Administration can use the checklist as ‘cross check’ for recorded GPS tracking data.

The checklists are available now to purchase from the CMPA in a A4 size, bound, hole punched with 50 duplicated sheets and 10 duplicated Issue Resolution sheets in the back of the book.

Cost is $30 per book for members and $50 per book for non-members.

You can purchase using the Publication Order Form or from the CMPA Store.

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The CMPA has continued its commitment to assisting Members in the conduct of their construction materials businesses be it training, networking, occupational health and safety, industry-government advocacy, approval processes or compliance.

Changes and activities to benefit our Members’ are as follows:

• Looming Quarry Materials Shortage – VCAT Project, Media Releases;
• Lobbying of Ministers, Shadow Ministers, DJPR, DELWP, EPA, Aboriginal Victoria, Red Tape Commissioner, Commissioner for Better Regulation and Worksafe Victoria;
• Number of submissions to Government on behalf of Voting Members including lobbying for improvement of performance of the approval process for workplans;
• Development of Guidelines and Checklists
• Annual Dinner held in August 2018 in Essendon Fields for over 280 members and guests with a presentation by The Hon Tim Pallas MP, Treasurer of Victoria;
• General Meeting of Members held in May 2019 in Tullamarine with a presentation by Anna Cronin, Commissioner for Better Regulation;
• Workshops held on Dust Management, Slimes Management, Fire Response and Readiness Management Plan and Pest Animal and Weed Management.

Membership includes a copy of the latest Preferred Suppliers Manual, a copy of the next six issues of Sand & Stone, on-line monthly safety update, weekly news updates on the CMPA website and LinkedIn as well as Member Rates for all publications and workshops held till the end of the next financial year. To join go to
https://cmpavic.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/V-Blank-Application-Form-2019-20.pdf

The CMPA needs your support to ensure the Extractive Industry is sustainable for future generations.

The Andrews Labor Government is urging Victorian farmers to be vigilant about their safety practices as part of National Farm Safety Week.

Five people died as a result of workplace incidents on Victorian farms in the 2018-19 financial year, which tragically included two children.

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Orica will be running a Conduct Surface Shotfiring Operations course in late July (see below). This course is approved by WorkSafe Victoria for the Licence to Use Blasting Explosives (Shotfirer licence), and also provides nationally recognised training competencies.

Dates:                                   July 23^rd to 26^th 2019
Venue:                                 Orica Quarry Services, Deer Park VIC
Maximum Numbers:      10
Cost:                                      $3000/person

Please note that applicants will also need to compile a portfolio of evidence and undertake a WorkSafe assessment, in addition to this training course, in order to apply for their Victorian licence.

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To make a booking, attendees will need to send an email and Purchase Order to:

Graham Gordon | Territory Manager – Quarries and Construction VIC / TAS
Orica Mining Services |www.oricaminingservices.com |+61 3 8363 5310
+61 439 116 613 | graham.gordon@orica.com

Victoria is in the midst of an infrastructure boom, but the state is running out of sand, rock and gravel to build planned government projects

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The Helping Victoria Grow: Extractive Resources Strategy recognises the role that planning and investing in innovative end uses for quarries can play in improving social, environmental and economic outcomes for communities and the extractives sector.

Improving the beneficial end use options of quarry sites is becoming even more important as competition for land and the demand for extractive resources is growing each year, requiring new quarries to be established and exhausted quarries to be re-purposed.

What Next?

As an early activity, the Department is working with the Extractive Industry Taskforce to showcase diverse examples of innovation in post quarry end land uses from Victoria. We will use these case studies to help investigate the feasibility of different end use opportunities for quarries, including defining a potential role for government and others to play.

How you can participate right now

If you have an example of innovation in post quarry end land use from Victoria that you think should be included to raise awareness and learn from please send to the Extractive Resources Strategy inbox: ExtractiveResources.Strategy@ecodev.vic.gov.au

The CMPA welcomes the State Government’s 2019/20 Budget commitment to the extractive industries sector supplying the construction materials necessary for Victoria’s record infrastructure investment program.

Treasurer Tim Pallas allocated $13.2 million over 4 years for further work aimed at securing strategic extractive resources through improved land use planning, exploring alternative modes of transport and the upgrading of critical road networks; this funding initiative is applauded by the CMPA.

We look forward to working with the State Government to achieve its transport and enhanced community infrastructure goals and trust that these objectives can be achieved Statewide.

Premier Daniel Andrews announced that the North East Link is fully funded and $6.6 billion earmarked for the next 25 Level Crossing removals.

$815 million has been allocated to the State’s road network. Unfortunately the rural and regional component of this figure for repairing and maintaining roads has marginally decreased from $433m to $425m.

The CMPA recommends that priority consideration be given for increased allocations to rural and regional roads in future budgets, if the State Government’s aims of:

• reducing the road toll;
• promoting regional economic growth; and
• improving statewide population distribution, are to be achieved.

Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager CMPA, participated in the State budget “lock up” on Monday 27 May 2019.

Under an “unprecedented” silica-dust intervention strategy unveiled in Victoria, WorkSafe are planning to target more than 300 high-risk workplaces, and intend to take a variety of enforcement actions including “banning work processes and changing workers’ compensation laws”.

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Does your business understand and comply with its legal obligations for workplace health and safety? Would your business benefit from safety accreditation?

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