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The WGCMA is committed and obligated to providing and maintaining a high standard of health, safety and wellbeing for all people within the workplace. Workplace Health and Safety responsibility, is not only to an employer’s own employees, but to other persons who may be required to work or enter a work site.
The principle pieces of legislation within Victoria are:
- Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
- Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017
- Compliance codes/code of practice eg: Code of practice for the Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods 2012
Risk in regards to safety is determined by the activities required to be undertaken on individual projects.
It is expected that contractors to the WGCMA will have their own Work Health and Safety Management System (WH&MS) that meets the standard of the WGCMA.
Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) will be used for detailed, site-specific, safety planning at all work sites and will be re-visited daily. Everyone who enters the worksite needs to read, fully understand and sign the SWMS. Before any work commences the SWMS must be reviewed by the WGCMA.
The safety system will inform and guide how all work at the project site is undertaken by the contractors and their employees.

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of the region, the Gunaikurnai, the Bunurong, the Boonwurrung and the Wurundjeri peoples, their rich culture and spiritual connection to Country.
We also acknowledge the responsibility to care for Country of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and organisations in Natural Resource Management and pay respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.