The president of the Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA), Steve Stewart, has announced the program for the Safety Week Seminar to be held on Tuesday 4 June at the Novotel Sydney, Rooty Hill, from 9 am to 12 noon.
The seminar is a feature of the AITA’s third annual National Forklift Safety Week from 3-7 June 2013. The main theme of the week and the seminar will be an in-depth review of the main changes in the revised AS 2359:2-2013 Powered Industrial Trucks – Operation and the impact on end users.
The seminar will feature speakers on a range of topics around this theme, including implications for training, traffic management, areas of responsibility for safety issues under the new Standard, the impact of WHS harmonisation and other legal issues.
AS2359.2-2013: Stan Palmer, TMHA, and Ivan Mihaljevic, Crown. Implications for Training: Todd Brennan, Forkpro Australia. OHS Harmonisation: WorkCover guest speaker. Height Safety: Warren Gillard, NSW manager, and Adam Goulston, training manager, Spanset. Traffic Management Plans: Anthony Keating, Crown. Attachments and the New Standard: Tri Nguyen, Bolzoni Auramo. Legal Issues: John Makris , Middletons. Q&A Panel of Speakers
There is a minimal charge of $45.00 to attend the seminar. For details of the program and a registration form see www.aita.net.au.
Once again, the Safety Week will be promoted via safety message posters that can be positioned in warehouses and other high-traffic forklift areas, stickers that the members will affix to forklifts being delivered and rented during the nominated ‘Safety Week’, as well as links on members’ websites promoting the event and directing people to locations where additional posters and stickers will be available if required.
