Individual / Organisation Name: Craig Gorham

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Individual / Organisation name: Craig Gorham What state/territory: WA

Review of the National Guidance Material for Working Safely on the Waterfront Public Comment Response Form Complete and submit this form by 5PM AEST FRIDAY 10 AUGUST 2012 to [email protected]

Comments on content of the national guidance material Section/page no. Comment

Comments on additional issues identified in section 4.2 of the Discussion Paper Section/page no. Comment

Hatchmen I do believe that the role of hatchmen should be preserved. They perform an invaluable safety role on day to day work on the stevedoring of vessells. They should be used in all instances of loading and unloading of vessells for the protection of all workers on those jobs.

Stevedoring Should the guidance material refer to the qualifications (Cert II, Cert III and qualifications Cert IV in Stevedoring) that have been developed for the stevedoring industry?

The code should refer to qualifications. It is most important to have qualifications so that workers know the correct safe way of working. Accidents happen when inexperienced untrained people are allowed on jobs.

Safety Induction Should the newly developed stevedoring ‘safety skill-set’ be used to skill-set underpin safety inductions?

All safety units should be in inductions and all new units shoulb be conveyed to the workforce by safety induction updates.

Use of checklists Should the safety checklists, which set out examples of the types of hazards, and acceptable/unacceptable ways of handling those hazards, be maintained in the guidance material?

Checklists are a good way of keeping hazards up front in the minds of everyone daily. Comments on the implementation of the national guidance material in each jurisdiction which may have included launches, information and training sessions, and whether it has been useful in the workplace as a resource for improving safety practices. Section/page no. Comment

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