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Am I a quarry ?
Is my site a quarry operation and am I a quarry operator? The flow-sheet in the attached document has been developed to assist a number of industries in understanding their potential obligations under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and the Health and...
Proposed Extractives CPD requirements
Proposed CPD requirements for CoC holders, which are set by WorkSafe, have been released for feedback. Attached below is WorkSafe NZ CPD Feedback Statement the CPD Draft for members' input please plus a CPD Response Form Please email your submissions (Response Form)...
Training courses Oct-Dec 2015
See latest schedule of training for CoC renewals for balance of 2015
WorkSafe NZ SSE CoC Oral Exam dates
WorkSafe NZ have released the schedule for Senior Site Executives Certificate of Competence oral examination dates. Download SSECoC Exam dates file
MITO CoC Training Schedule
Take advantage during the last three months of 2015 to update your Certificates of Competency. Latest MITO CoC Training Schedule attached.
2015 MIMICO Environmental Bronze Award
The focus is the long-term rehabilitation of Fulton Hogan’s Gore Crushing quarry area, known locally as Jacobs Springs, following aggregate extraction from former farmland. Given this site adjoins the Mataura River, an internationally prized trout fishing river, it is...
2015 MIMICO Environmental Silver Award
This innovative project uses environmental consent conditions at Winstone Aggregate’s Belmont Quarry to increase staff understanding of resource consents, and other regulatory regimes within which the quarry operates. The quarry has 13 resource consents, 310 consent...
2015 MIMICO Environmental Gold Award
The Holcim NZ project is a major rehabilitation of the Tauranga Bay (Westport) quarry and surrounding land, following Holcim’s decision to close the quarrying and cement making facilities by mid 2016. The aim is to rehabilitate the site into a recreation amenity for...
Dr Morgan Williams Tour – Environmental
The Dr Morgan Williams Tour is coming to your area in September/October. Please see flier. Canterbury Sep 29 Otago/ Southland Sep 30 Auckland Oct 5 Northland Oct 6 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Oct 7 Wellington Oct 27 Hawkes Bay Oct 28 see also Diary page for...
NZQA – letter re NZIT assessors
On 14.8.15 we published notification from NZQA advising suitable contacts for on-going training / assessment. Attached is a letter from NZQA Deputy CEO / Quality Assurance about NZ Industry Training assessors. 19.8.15
Information for ITNZ trainees
NZQA has published information for ITNZ trainees. Please refer to the following web page for information for Industry Training New Zealand trainees: Withdrawal of Industry Training NZ consent to assess (extractive industry ) This is on the home page of the NZQA...
Northland Branch Awards – Aug 15
Northland Branch would love to see you at Kamo Club, Whangarei Sat 15 August 3:45pm for Northland Branch Awards See Diary page for more details
Keith Niederer – Honorary Fellow
The name Keith Niederer is synonymous with quarrying in New Zealand. Since we launched the book (at the 2012 Dunedin Conference ) Profiles in Stone regaling stories from NZ Quarrymen, which included a great one on some of Keith's life, Keith has not been able to...
2015 Niemac Award
Barney Fuller (centre) receives the Niemac Award from Graham Fergusson for his Barney is the Quarry Manager for Walton Park Sand, a division of Blackhead Quarries. Barney has been working in the quarry industry for over 40 years. He started working for Fulton Hogan on...
2015 IOQNZ Awards
This year there were two recipients for the IOQNZ Shield: Gavin Hartley receives the IOQNZ shield from Gavin Laing as he steps down from the IOQNZ Executive. Gavin was President from 2011 to 2013. He rated working with Neil Clayton and Louise Foord to produce the...
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