The Tradie Price Index, a list compiled by ServiceSeeking.com.au which ranks tradies pay in Australia indicates that the boom in residential construction on Australia’s east coast has led to the hourly rates of tradies soaring. In fact some tradies saw…
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Tradespeople Benefit from Construction Boom
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: builders, building industry, construction boom, construction industry, electricians, plumbers, tilers, tradespeople, tradies, whitecard
Mental Health Issues on WA Construction Sites Leading to Suicide
August is tradie health and safety month and that includes mental health. Sadly this is a topic too often ignored on the construction site and as a result hundreds of workers are dying every year. According to a new report…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: builders, building, Construction, Construction site, mental health, tradespeople, tradies
Collaboration to Improve Workplace Mental Health
Mental health has been a major focus of workplace health and safety initiatives recently given the high number of construction workers succumbing to depression and mental illness, and its an issue we have discussed often. Now WorkCover Queensland and SuperFriend…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: building, Construction, tradespeople, tradies, whitecard, Workcover Queensland, workplace health and safety, workplace mental health
The Impact of Anxiety on Tradespeople
A recent article on Couriermail.com.au told the story of a commercial site manager in the construction industry who didn’t sleep for 100 days while working on a major hospital project in Brisbane city. The pressures of the job were too…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: builders, building, Construction, health and safety, mental health, ohs, tradesmen, tradespeople, tradies, WH&S
Employers, Beware of Apprentice Safety Around High Risk Sites
Late last year there were 2 early career apprentices badly injured on ACT construction sites, prompting Skills Canberra to submit a written request to employers that school based apprentices not be involved in any high risk activities on construction sites.…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: apprentice, building, Construction, high risk sites, ohs, tradespeople, tradies, WH&S, whitecard, workplace health and safety
Coronial Inquest into Workers Death Announced
The coronial inquest into the death of a construction worker on a Canberra site five years ago began this week. According to reports following the accident that claimed the life of Ben Catanzariti, workers at the Kingston foreshore site heard…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: builders, building, Construction, ohs, tradespeople, tradies, WH&S, White Card, workplace health and safety
Call for A Crackdown on International Asbestos Trade
The International Trade Union Confederation has called for global action to stop the trade of chrysotile asbestos, which is still being exported internationally, particularly in developing countries. In a statement the ITUC said the first step should be adding chrysotile…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: asbestos, builders, building, Construction, ohs, trade, tradespeople, tradies, WH&S, whitecard, workplace health and safety
31 Improvement Notices Issued During Cross Border Construction Inspections
A joint operation by WorkSafe ACT inspectors and SafeWork NSW targeted at construction safety on both sides of the borders between 6-12 April resulted in 31 improvement notices being issued as well as 5 prohibition notices. Inspectors visited residential and…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: builders, building, cross border construction inspections, SafeWork NSW, tradespeople, whitecard, workplace health and safety, WorkSafe ACT
Construction workers discover 2000 year old Roman Town
Construction work often unearths some amazing things but this ancient Roman town discovered by construction workers in the south of France must be one of the greatest. While digging for the construction of a boarding school, set to open in…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: builders, building, Construction, Construction Workers, ohs, tradespeople, tradies, WH&S, whitecard, workplace health and safety
Study Shows Laziness Contagious
Have you worked in places where the entire workforce seemed to be lazy and others where everyone seemed to work harder than they should? Well a new study may explain why. The study from INSERM in Paris shows that people…
Posted in Light Hearted Safety Stuff Tagged with: builders, building, Construction, ohs, safety news, tradespeople, tradies, WH&S, workplace health and safety
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