The Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA) will examine new workplace safety guidelines for forklifts at a seminar held for its third annual National Forklift Safety Week.
The Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA) will examine
new workplace safety guidelines for forklifts at a seminar held for
its third annual National Forklift Safety Week.
The seminar, to be held Tuesday June, 4 at the Novotel
Sydney, will provide an in depth review of the main changes to
workplace health and safety (WHS) regulations related
to the operation of ‘Powered Industrial Trucks’.
AITA President Steve Stewart says the seminar will feature
speakers on a range of topics including the implications for
training, traffic management and areas of responsibility for
safety issues under the new standard.
“It will also tackle the impact of WHS harmonisation and other
legal issues,” Stewart says.
Speakers will include Toyota Material Handling Australia’s Stan
Palmer, Ivan Mihaljevic from Crown and Bolzoni Auramo’s Tri
Nguyen.
Forkpro Australia’sTodd Brennan and Spanset Training Manager
Adam Goulston will examine training implications of the new WHS
standards for forklifts while Middletons’ John Makris will cover
the legal issues.,
“Once again, the Safety Week will be promoted via safety message
posters and stickers that can be positioned in warehouses and other
high traffic forklift areas as well as links on members’ web sites
promoting the event,” Stewart adds.
Visit AITA’s
website for more details.