Reviewing CMPA Reference Manuals

SEAN KINDER, CMPA Documentation Officer reviews the CMPA Reference Manuals.

IT has been a big year in education, with SkillsDMC requesting major updates to training materials to coincide with the revised compliance documentation and legislation amendments.

The first of the manuals to be changed have been the Work Safely (containing OHS Policies and Procedures and Conduct Local Risk Control) and Cut, Weld and Bend Manuals (formally known as the Perform Basic Cutt ing and Welding training manual); with particular assistance from Toby Corbett and Carl Hussell of Quantec Solutions, Tony Corra from AllSteel Processing and Noel Pickering and Chris Terry of Box Hill Institute of TAFE.

Due to some legislation changes and amendments, all manuals are being updated with the latest acts, regulations and Australian Standards, including the Minerals Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990, which has replaced the Extractive Industries Development Act 1995. Manuals with multiple Australian Standards have had informative tables inserted into the Appendices, to be used as referral tools. Glossaries of common words and phrases have been added to aid with the learning of theory and increasing relevant vocabulary.

CUT, WELD AND BEND MATERIALS

Oxy-Acetylene cutting and welding as a process and technique has changed very little in the last decade. However; due to the numbers of hot working incidents, safety is always an issue and therefore there have been some newer sections added to the manual including:

• improved fire safety
• explosions and radiation
• electric shock
• manual handling and
• slips, trips and falls.

These added and improved sections were all included to comply with the recently produced Metal Welding Safety Guidance Notes. This has resulted with some sections within the reference manual being reordered to improve the clarity and fluency of reading.

Most importantly however, is the new task on heating and bending metal using oxyacetylene welding unit. This detailed task goes through a safe step by step procedure on how to bend a flat length of steel correctly.

WORK SAFELY

Working safely is an ongoing priority at the forefront of all industries in Australia. With this in mind, there have been several major changes in the reference manual, including the additions of material such as:

• correct and efficient guarding techniques
• alarm systems
• Materials safety data sheet (MSDS) information and
• a list of some of the types of risks encountered on site.

This is combined with elaborations on consultations, correct cable tie usage as guarding, an improved and a more informative risk matrix, and extra information on quarry faces, due to the recent release of Worksafe Victoria’s compliance documentation, Preventing Falls from Quarry Faces.

Updated material in the manuals has been researched thoroughly, ncluding visiting quarries and speaking with site managers, reading various journal articles and attending various trade shows such as Safety in Action 2011, Austech and National Manufacturing Week and Asia-Pacific International Mining Exhibition in Sydney, to examine the newer safety and workshop technology.

The next set of Combined Crushing and Screening, Conduct Screening and Conveying Operations and Conduct Crushing Operations reference manuals are currently being finalised and should be ready and reprinted by the beginning of next year.

A Processing Outcomes section is now being included in all new reference manuals (excluding Work Safely). This is used to demonstrate what sorts of outcomes should be expected of the task and this is followed by a generic site and task leaving procedure.

The majority of added and enhanced sections are based on recommendations by quarry operators.

If there is any feedback or recommendations for future training manuals, please contact the CMPA Secretariat.

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