White is the colour of occupational health and safety. More specifically it is the name of the Construction OHS induction certification, i.e. the White Card. To become an owner builder in NSW one needs a permit to build and the White Card is a prerequisite of the Owner Builder Course. Unlike the Owner Builder Course which may be completed online, the White Card course is mandatory face-to-face delivery.
So I picked a Saturday morning to complete my first step towards our home and booked myself into a White Card course at Parramatta. Arriving at 8:30am, I proceeded to spend the next 20 minutes finding a full day's parking in Parramatta's notorious one-way streets and 2 hour parking meters. Once seated in the class room I noticed a diverse mix of students; mostly tradespeople or the unemployed looking for ways to improve their prospects.
As one would hope, the instructor was an expert in all things safety. He was a safety investigator and had a treasure trove of experience investigating when things go horribly wrong. How wrong? Apparently three people die while at work every day in Australia and many more are disabled or seriously injured. So the message of the course was very much about identifying hazards and performing risk analysis to determine what action to take.
At the conclusion of the course we all did an exam and all passed. It turned out the instructor was a fellow student pilot so we talked headsets, course structures and aircraft types while we waited for everyone to finish :-)
Be safe!
So I picked a Saturday morning to complete my first step towards our home and booked myself into a White Card course at Parramatta. Arriving at 8:30am, I proceeded to spend the next 20 minutes finding a full day's parking in Parramatta's notorious one-way streets and 2 hour parking meters. Once seated in the class room I noticed a diverse mix of students; mostly tradespeople or the unemployed looking for ways to improve their prospects.
As one would hope, the instructor was an expert in all things safety. He was a safety investigator and had a treasure trove of experience investigating when things go horribly wrong. How wrong? Apparently three people die while at work every day in Australia and many more are disabled or seriously injured. So the message of the course was very much about identifying hazards and performing risk analysis to determine what action to take.
At the conclusion of the course we all did an exam and all passed. It turned out the instructor was a fellow student pilot so we talked headsets, course structures and aircraft types while we waited for everyone to finish :-)
Be safe!
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