2 August 2020 / COVID-19

Melbourne Stage 4 Restrictions

The VIC Premier just announced the following at a press conference:

671 new cases and 7 more deaths overnight
From 6pm tonight, a State of Disaster will apply in VIC, and Stage 4 restrictions will come into place for Melbourne:
- People will only be able to shop and exercise within a 5km radius from home
- Only 1 person per household will be able to shop once per day
- No recreational activities allowed, like golf or tennis
- 1 hour of exercise only per day, no further than 5km from home
- No group bigger than 2, regardless of whether in family or home
- Intimate partner visits allowed outside of 5km
- A curfew will be in place from 8pm tonight, curfew will run 8pm to 5am every day in metropolitan Melbourne
- Only reason to be out outside these curfew hours is to get care / give care / go to or from work / be at work
From midnight this coming Wednesday, the rest of Victoria (all regional areas) will move to Stage 3 restrictions. These will be the same restrictions in place for Melbourne currently, and not the additional Stage 4 restrictions above.
Tomorrow the VIC Premier will announce more changes regarding industries and workplaces:
- 3 categories of businesses will apply
- Category that will remain open – supermarkets, bakeries, butchers, takeway food etc
- Category that will remain open with restrictions and less output
- Category that will move to work from home only, or if work from home isn’t possible, will have to shut
In regard to schools, from midnight this coming Wednesday, flexible and remote learning for all students in all schools across Victoria
Children will be able to go to school if their parents are ‘defined industry’ workers or vulnerable children
These measures will last for 6 weeks (from today for the Stage 4 restrictions and from Wed midnight for other restrictions)
More about fines/enforcements tomorrow

These are the local government areas under stage four restrictions from 6:00pm tonight

The new directions begin at 6:00pm today and continue for six weeks until 11:59pm on Sunday, September 13.

The areas moving to stage four restrictions include 31 metropolitan Melbourne LGAs.

They are:

Banyule
Hume
Moreland
Bayside
Kingston
Mornington
Peninsula
Boroondara
Knox
Nillumbik
Brimbank
Manningham
Port Phillip
Cardinia
Maribyrnong
Stonnington
Casey
Maroondah
Whitehorse
Darebin
Melbourne
Whittlesea
Frankston
Melton
Wyndham
Glen Eira
Monash
Yarra
Greater Dandenong
Moonee Valley
Yarra Ranges
Hobsons Bay

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24 March / Training

Funded Spots Available for Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety

This qualification applies to individuals working in, or wishing to transition into, a work health and safety (WHS) role who provide a broad range of technical knowledge and skills and have some limited responsibility for the output of others.

The qualification applies to those working as supervisors, WHS personnel, and workers in other WHS-related roles who manage risks effectively, apply relevant WHS laws, and contribute to WHS within the workplace in known or changing contexts with established parameters.

The specific nature of this course will include contextualisation of Hutchies’ Policies, Processes, Procedures, and Systems relating to on-site hazard identification, risk assessment and hierarchy of control measures within the scope of its operations.

Units of competency for the Cert IV WHS that we will cover are:

BSBHWS412 Assist with workplace compliance with WHS Laws
BSBWHS413 Contribute to Implement & Maintenance of WHS Consultation & Participation Processes
BSBWHS414 Contribute to Risk Management
BSBWHS415 Contribute to implementing WHS Management Systems
BSBWHS416 Contribute to Workplace Incident Response
BSBWHS417 Assist with Managing WHS Implication of Return to Work
BSBWHS418 Assist with Managing WHS Compliance of Contractors
BSBWHS431 Develop Processes and Procedures for controlling Hazardous Chemicals in the workplace
BSBCMM411 Make a Presentation
BSBWRT411 Write Complex Documents

Funding is available for eligible Queensland participants via CSQ.

For course inquiries call / email Warren Belford on 0427 337 379.

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22 March / Event

2025 Hutchies Training Awards

Please join us for a night of celebration to recognise Hutchies’ brightest learners

Every year we identify an exceptional apprentices, cadets and continuous learners from Hutchies’ training and professional development programs.

Date and Time

Saturday, 22 March 2025
5.30pm for 6pm start

Location

Western Districts Rugby Football Club
65 Sylvan Road
Toowong QLD 4066
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Enquiries

Michelle Buckland
0447 758 566
training@hutchinsonbuilders.com.au

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Friday, 14 March 2025

3 - 8 March / Weather Alert

Tropical Cyclone Alfred / Preparations for South East Queensland

With the threat of Tropical Cyclone Alfred tracking towards SEQ and forecast to make landfall from Thursday onwards, it is extremely important that we prepare our projects the best we can.

If all projects between Bundaberg and Byron Bay could today start the process of storm / cyclone preparations.

This should be completed and documented using the Inspections > Site Shut Down - Cyclone Preparation Checklist F-084-C tab located on HammerTech.

Please note, any project that has an erected tower crane will also need to ensure they have updated documented advice from their crane engineer outlining the correct weathervane radius, this should be specific to your project.

Hutchies' owned and managed cranes can coordinate this through Bradley Beck, all third party supplied cranes will need to actioned with their nominated representatives.