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With the new Health & Safety at Work Act we check out the lingo
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A smOOTh fINIsh!

NZ INTERIOR PLAsTERING APPRENTICE BEsT IN AUsTRALAsIA
BCITO recently supported interior plastering apprentices to travel to the AWCI
GI Workskills competition held in Darwin Australia and one performed ahead of
the rest.
Rikki Dewes, a BCITO interior plastering apprentice with Atlas
Fibrous Plastering in Hastings has been voted Best Apprentice
in the Association of Wall & Ceiling Industries (AWCI) Annual
GI Workskills competition held in Darwin, Australia.
Rikki beat apprentices representing every state in Australia
and from across New Zealand to the title. Rikki says, “It was a
great experience and really tough competition with so many
talented apprentices. The challenges really drew on all our skills
in plastering, plasterboard fixing and professional finishing.”
Rikki and fellow New Zealand competitor Ben Ross were
supported by BCITO to travel to the international competition.
“Supporting and celebrating high achieving apprentices is
such an important part of what we do. Both Rikki and Ben’s
achievements are certainly a testament to the high level of
training and inspiration they each receive from their employers
every day in the workplace,” says Warwick Quinn, Chief
Executive, BCITO.
The AWCI Australia and New Zealand GIB Workskills
competition aims to develop the professionalism and skills
of interior fit-out specialists. Stu Phelps, AWCI President CONGRATULATIONs RIkkI AND ATLAs fIBROUs
commented, “This sector of the construction industry is very
PLAsTERING - WhAT A smOOTh fINIsh!
short of skilled workers and apprentices. The GIB Workskills
competition is an important element of developing and training
new entrants. The competition is fantastic for the young guys
and really lifts them to bring out their best.”
Fourteen apprentices won regional competitions across New
Zealand and Australia held throughout the year. These finalists
competed at the international competition held at the AWCI
Australia/New Zealand conference held in Darwin, Australia.
Rikki outlined, “Competing in the final heat really focuses you
and even though it was a competition, I learned many new skills
that I’ll be sharing with my fellow apprentices back in New
Zealand.”
Atlas Fibrous Plastering in Hastings have a strong history of
preparing top performing apprentices and have previously had
15 of their apprentices attend the international event.
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NEWs
WOmEN TRANsfORmING
CONsTRUCTION sECTOR
contract. The Auckland tower will be the
tallest office building in New Zealand when
completed.
Judges praised Gemma’s use of sustainable
design solutions and her ongoing leadership
in engineering throughout her 25-year
career.
Described as “a role model for women in
architecture”, Megan Rule of South Pacific
Architecture won the Helen Tippet Award
for actively promoting the participation of
women in construction. Megan co-founded
Women + Architecture and is actively
involved in mentoring younger architects.
She leads by example and has made a
significant contribution to highlighting the
career paths available to women in the
construction industry.
Winners of the second annual Hays first” earned praise from the judges. She set
The Excellence in Construction
NAWIC Excellence Awards have been up Beca’s architectural team in Christchurch
Administration Award went to Carolyn
hailed as “inspirational leaders who are and is driven by a humanistic approach
Pitman of Fletcher Construction. Described
passionate about changing the construction to architecture. Karen gives back to her
as the “go to guru” for policies and
sector” during the recent awards ceremony industry by mentoring young architects.
at Mac’s Function Centre in Wellington. processes, Carolyn successfully deals with
Carmen Sutton from McIntosh Builders
a wide range of subcontractors and plays a
The awards celebrate the outstanding took out Tradeswoman of the Year for
pivotal role in her team.
achievements women are making in her strategic leadership and outstanding
New Zealand’s construction industry. communications skills. Vanessa Coxhead of Victoria university
With 10 percent yearly growth rates School of Architecture won the Apprentice
A home renovation project saw Carmen
predicted through to 2019 it makes sense and Student Award (professional category)
switch careers from truck driving to
to encourage more women to work in for her entrepreneurial approach to
building houses and she has never looked
construction and to highlight career paths architecture and her ability to showcase
back. She now leads sole-charge building
available in this exciting sector. the values of architecture to the wider
projects while also training apprentices.
Outstanding leadership and a commitment community.
Vanessa Carswell of Warren and
to putting people first saw Lynne
Natalie Thornton of City Decorators won
Mahoney and Gemma Collins of Fletcher
Makepeace of Fletcher Construction and
the Apprentice and Student Award (trades
Karen Sanderson from Beca jointly win Construction were named joint winners
category) for her outstanding work as an
the Professional Woman of the Year Award. of the Outstanding Achievement in Design
apprentice painter.
Lynne won the award for the construction Award.
category and Karen won the award for the A desire to create a better life for
Vanessa employed innovative ideas to
professional category. her family led Natalie to take up an
resolve complex design issues on the
apprenticeship. She is highly motivated and
Recognised as an “incredibly effective rebuild of the iconic Isaac Theatre Royal.
leader”, Lynne leads a team of 180 to Working in difficult conditions with limited often has full responsibility for painting an
ensure that the Auckland’s $1.5B Waterview power in Christchurch’s red zone proved entire house. Now in the final stages of
Connection project is completed on time, no obstacle for Vanessa who re-engineered her apprenticeship, Natalie is focused on
on budget and with zero harm to the team. the theatre to expand the functional space eventually leading her own crew.
Her high standards and outstanding team by an additional 400m2.
leadership skills inspired the judging team.
Gemma, who manages a team of 35 building
FROM LEFT:
Karen’s innovative approach architecture services engineers, is credited with playing Donna Howell, NAWIC president, Lynne Makepeace
Vanessa Coxhead, Vanessa Carswell, Carolyn Pitman, Karen Sanderson
and her commitment to “putting people a lead role in securing the Commercial Bay Gemma Collins, Carmen Sutton, Natalie Thornton, Megan Rule
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SNAEFWEsTY
TOP NOTCh APPRENTICE
TAkEs ThE WIN!
Callum Bryson from Palmerston North has been named the country’s top
carpentry apprentice, taking out the title of Registered master Builders Carters
2016 Apprentice of the Year at this year’s national competition.
On 4th November, the ten national The gala awards evening was held at The The national judges said Callum
finalists had the opportunity to show off Cloud on Auckland’s waterfront and was is a deserving winner, passionate,
their skills during a practical challenge, hosted by Sam Wallace.
with an outstanding breadth of
where they were put to the test building
Registered Master Builders Chief knowledge across the sector.
a children’s playhouse to be donated
Executive David Kelly says it was
to a local school. Callum’s playhouse
fantastic to see the level of talent and
impressed the judges enough to take
skill across the young apprentices,
out the top prize, and will be donated to
who will be essential in supporting the
Kelston Primary School.
growth of New Zealand’s construction
Callum, 25, is employed by McMillan industry.
& Lockwood PN Limited and trained
“These apprentices are joining a growing
through BCITO.
industry. Construction is New Zealand’s
Wade Puklowski, a 23-year-old from fifth-largest sector by employment,
Nelson, was awarded second place in the yet we are facing a skills shortage.
competition. He is employed by Coman Now really is the ideal time to join the
Construction and trained through trades.”
the Nelson Marlborough Institute of
“Apprentice of the Year is a great
Technology (NMIT).
opportunity to recognise our most
Third place was awarded to Ryan talented apprentices and the excellent
Tesselaar, a 21-year-old from Morrinsville. workmanship they bring to the industry.
He is employed by Foster Construction These are our future leaders, who
and trained through BCITO. will support and grow New Zealand’s
construction industry to ensure a better
The national judges said Callum is a
built New Zealand.”
deserving winner, passionate, with an
outstanding breadth of knowledge across CARTERS National Sales Manager Rob
the sector. Watson says that CARTERS are proud
to continue supporting the recognition
“Callum is a strong all-rounder, achieving
of emerging talent in the industry.
excellent results at every stage – the
written submission, interview and “Congratulations to Callum and all
practical challenge,” they said. the other finalists in the competition.
Competing as a finalist in this
“While modest and humble, he has
competition is a fantastic achievement
proven himself as a very capable leader,
and the passion and workmanship
with a fantastic career ahead of him.”
displayed throughout the competition
The two-day national competition saw was thoroughly impressive. CARTERS
each of the ten finalists undergo a 45 are looking forward to constructing
minute individual interview with the lasting partnerships with these
judging panel, followed by the challenging apprentices and look forward to
practical component which was viewed assisting with their future growth within
by family, friends and the general public. the industry.”
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SsAAFfEETTYY
LEARN
ThE
LINGO
There’s been a lot of hype about the new health and safety at Work Act.
And before you can get to grips with what it all means, you’ll need to make sure
you understand the lingo. The helpful team at site safe have come up with a
quick cheat sheet to help you stay in the know.
• Duty holder there are four types of • Upstream PCBUs this term means • Reasonably practicable this term is
duty holders under the new act, PCBu’s, upstream in the supply chain, for example used throughout the Act to talk about the
officers, workers and other persons, which architects and designers can be upstream duties people have for health and safety. It
are outlined below. PCBus. means that you don’t have to do absolutely
• PCBU ‘person conducting a business or • Control measure a way of eliminating everything to get rid of risk, but you do
undertaking’ - Despite the name a PCBu is or minimising the risks that you have need to do what’s reasonable and prudent
not usually an actual person, it is a legalism identified. in the circumstances. What is reasonably
referring to a business entity. In most cases • Toolbox Talk this is a communication practicable will be a judgement call that
the PCBu will be the business itself, e.g. tool which normally takes the form of a you make as a PCBu and it will involve
a company or an organisation. short group meeting or discussion about a weighing the risk against the resources and
• Officer these are people in senior work related topic and normally includes knowledge needed to manage it. This will
positions who have a significant influence a relevant health and safety issue or topic. also include risk assessment.
over the way the business is run. This They are a way for information to be • Risk Assessment every risk identified
includes CEOs, directors, sole-charge provided to workers, and for workers to must be assessed to determine the level
owner operators and anyone else at that have their say. of risk it poses. If the level of risk is high,
level. • Worker engagement and the work may not be able to progress until
• Worker this is the new term for participation this is a key focus under controls are put in place that lower the
employees. Workers are individuals the Act. It means that PCBus must engage risk to a more acceptable level.
who carry out work for the PCBu. A with their workers on health and safety
manager who only has influence over daily matters and provide opportunities for
operational matters is also classed as a workers to get involved in improving
worker. health and safety.
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• Due diligence - in plain language this means treating health and • Notifiable incident – relates to serious near-miss incidents where
safety like you are planning any other important aspect of your people could have been seriously harmed, but by luck, weren’t.
business, such as financial forecasting. Under the new Act Officers Notifiable incidents are listed in Section 24 HSWA.
have to use due diligence.
So now you know the lingo, you’re probably
• Notifiable event - there are three types of workplace event wondering what does all of this mean for me
that are considered to be notifiable events that WorkSafe must be and my business? To find out more, check
informed of: death, notifiable injury or illness and notifiable incidents. out Site Safe’s free Health and Safety at Work
These terms are explained below. Guide: a practical guide for small business
• Notifiable injury or illness – relates to serious injuries and owners available for download online at
illnesses as listed in Section 23 HSWA. www.sitesafe.org.nz
WhO Is sITE sAfE COURsEs
LEARN foundation Passport – Building Construction
A general entry-level safety awareness course for those new to health and safety
sITE sAfE? training.
foundation Passport - Civil
An entry-level safety course for those new to health and safety training. This
course focuses on examples specific to the civil industry.
Site Safe is a nationwide foundation Passport – Consultants
ThE not-for-profit membership Learn how to deliver projects on time and within budget, through applying
organisation with more effective health and safety practices.
than 4500 member foundation Passport – electricians
companies. A safety awareness course including Electrical Workers Registration Board
practising licence refresher and First Aid/CPR.
Established in 1999 with the
goal of reducing injury and Passport Plus – height
A safety awareness course introducing the basic risks of working at height.
LINGO harm in the New Zealand construction industry, Site Safe
has been influential in creating a positive change in the Passport Plus – Tools and Plant
A safety awareness course focusing on how to use tools and plant safely.
health and safety culture of construction.
Passport Plus – Worker health
Site Safe provides training and resources on best practice
A safety awareness course highlighting the risks of hazardous substances, noise,
systems and behaviours known to improve onsite health drugs and alcohol, violence and bullying, and stress and fatigue.
and safety. As well as helping to develop future health
Advanced Passport
and safety leaders, Site Safe gives consultancy advice to
This course is designed to provide training on the Site Specific Safety Planning
businesses on solutions that make a real difference and (SSSP) process.
ensure that everyone goes home safe at the end of
Contractor Management
each day.
Achieve your project goals and meet your legal requirements when contracting
work out to others.
The organisation has three main offices in Auckland,
Wellington and Christchurch, as well as a team of Fall Arrest Systems
regional health and safety advisors. Each year, Site Safe Learn the skills needed to use harness equipment while working both in restraint
and arrest.
courses
help more than 70,000 people to stay safe on-site. leadership in safety
Learn now to lead an improved safety culture and effective health and safety
What training does Site Safe offer? systems.
Many major New Zealand contractors require Site
low level Prefabricated scaffold
Safe’s Site Safety Cards (Passports) for entry on to their
Learn how to erect and dismantle prefabricated aluminium scaffold towers below
sites. Site Safe’s most popular course is the Foundation 4m.
Passport, which is offered in four industry-specific
options: building construction, civil, electricians and
OTheR UsefUl heAlTh AND sAfeTy TOOls ON OffeR:
consultants. The Passport explains basic health and
Another useful Site Safe tool is SiteWise. Companies or contractors who
safety responsibilities and gives trainees points towards
wish to grade their health and safety capabilities can sign up
becoming a licensed building practitioner. For those
for SiteWise, an online prequalification system. This system allows main
looking to set themselves apart with a higher-level
contractors to view the independently-assessed results of potential
qualification, Site Safe offers an Advanced Passport in site
subcontractors’ health and safety assessments. Businesses are given either a
safety planning and courses in contractor management,
“green”, “amber” or “red” score depending on their
leadership and supervision. They also offer training for
assessment, allowing main contractors to select the business with
health and safety representatives and for specific skillsets,
the best health and safety scores.
such as working at height. Credits from these courses
can be put towards the Certificate in Construction Site Site Safe also gives out free copies of the Site Specific Safety Plan (a
Safety, Site Safe’s highest qualification. package of documents that help manage health and safety on individual
sites) online as a free download. A lot of other practical guides and
resources are available online on the website www.sitesafe.org.nz
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SAFETY
ThE hEALTh
AND sAfETY
AT WORk ACT
fROm ThE
GROUND UP
The health and safety at
Work Act came into force on 4
April. Worksafe New Zealand’s
Vadim spice explains how it
applies on a typical residential
building site
Just about the first job on any new building site is to
put up a safety fence, do the foundation work and lay
the slab. You’ve got to get that right before anything else
can go up.
Once the slab is ready it can get pretty hectic on
site – with any number of tradies from any number of
companies on site at any one time. From the outside,
and to an untrained eye, it can look chaotic. But it
needs to be organised chaos. All the various parts need
to work together to pull the project together.
It’s the same with health and safety. You need strong
foundations and everyone needs to work together.
Take that typical new house build. There are lots of
players involved – the client, maybe an architect, a lead
contractor and all the subbies. under the Health and
Safety at Work Act which came into effect in April this
year they all have a role to play in keeping not only
their own workers safe on site but others as well.
It’s called ‘overlapping duties’ but in practice what it
means is the person or business that is best placed to
manage a risk that affects more than just their own
workers has primary responsibility to do so – but
everyone has to play their part.
So, on a house build the company that’s contracted
to dig the drains has a duty to ensure the excavator
is operated safely – with proper measures in place
to keep workers on foot away from the digger and
the like. But if the lead builder (let’s call them ABC
Construction) has workers in the area too they have
a duty to ensure their people are kept safe as well. So
there needs to be discussion and agreement between
ABC and the drain layer about how the risks associated
with the digger are being managed.
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