Chain of Responsibility courses

Take responsibility for your actions

The need to continually improve safety and develop training for members has resulted in 27 Chain of Responsibility (CoR) courses being subsided across the country.

The HRIA has secured funding from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) with courses running now.

“The Chain of Responsibility courses are important for everyone in the hire industry because the legislation that went live in October 2018 clearly outlined the responsibilities across a broad scope of roles in our industry,” James Oxenham, HRIA CEO, said. “If a driver has a crash whilst delivering hire equipment with a gross vehicle mass in excess of 4.5 tonne, it is not just the driver the investigation will focus on.

“As an executive, employer or contractor, you should be ensuring that safety systems and controls are in place to prevent breaches. In a prosecution, the courts may consider the actions of each party in the supply chain. This includes what measures that have in place to prevent breaches of the Heavy Vehicle National Law regulation occurring.

“Each party in the chain must demonstrate that they took all reasonable steps to prevent the breach or show the court that there were no steps they could reasonably be expected to have taken to prevent the breach.”

The NHVR and was successful in obtaining funding to issue 27 courses across Australia. There is no fee to attend and the courses are open to members and non-members. The HRIA is encouraging its members to invite the transport providers they work with.

The courses are purpose built

The HRIA face-to-face Chain of Responsibility and Load Restraint Training courses has been developed specifically for the hire industry. The course has been designed for those with CoR knowledge as well as those who may not be across all the details of the legislation.

“The HRIA works with the team who are delivering the course by sourcing venues, organising catering, sending out communications, managing attendee lists and sending out certificates,” Linda Papendieck, HRIA senior administrative officer, said.

“We have scheduled the courses all around Australia with a mix of regional areas and city centres and the course can be completed in a day.”

knowledge gained from part one and part two in a practical way.” The course is being presented by our specialist load restraint engineers, each with extensive experience in transport safety across a variety of industries. Their experience includes designing load restraint systems; incident As an executive, investigations, development employer or of chain of contractor, you responsibility documentation should be ensuring and training organisations that safety systems across a broad variety of and controls are industries in Practical knowledge that you can use in place to prevent CoR and load restraint. immediately breaches. “The HRIA has submitted

The practical aspect of the a further CoR courses can’t be underestimated. application to

“The training is broken into two parts,” the NHVR to build on the CoR courses we Warwick Brown, Engistics, senior logistics are currently rolling out,” Oxenham said. engineer, said. “Part one involves explaining the “Our intention is to offer online training and CoR law, what is covered and how this relates load restraint resources to the industry and to themselves and the hire and rental industry. sub-contracting transport companies. This

“Part two centres around load restraint will be the third offering from the HRIA since and giving the group the fundamental tools October 2018 when we launched the CoR to transport their equipment safely, including awareness online course, followed by face to loading and unloading. We have developed a face courses launched in December 2020.” range of case studies, relating to the industry, that are used throughout the session. For more information contact the HRIA

“These case studies assist in applying the head office.

Leadership comes from within

HRIA are pleased to announce the Young Professional Network (YPN) Leadership Development Program will culminate at HIRE21 with the Networking for Success workshop, which will see the Women in Hire and Access and the Young Professional Network programs combine for an interactive and informal evening of networking.

“As we look forward to the 2021/2022 program, we are excited to announce the return of more frequent face-to-face workshops whilst leveraging the benefits of online delivery where appropriate,” Katie DeLaurier, HRIA membership engagement manager, said.

“A key feature of the ongoing evolution of the YPN program is the 360 review and debrief that takes place at the conclusion of each graduate cycle. We are already collecting meaningful insights from the relevant stakeholder groups and are confident that the 2021/2022 program will continue to offer an excellent learning asset for our members.”

The 2021/2022 program will see the YPN program continue to anchor itself upon providing information and practical tools to support and grow the Leadership capabilities of this important demographic.

For more information contact the HRIA National Office (info@hireandrental.com.au) or visit www.hireandrental.com.au

Applications now open for Women in Hire & Access Program

HRIA are continuing with the Women in Hire & Access Program in 2021.

“Launched in 2018, the HRIA is pleased to open applications in June for the next cohort of the Women in Hire & Access program,” Dee Delaurier, HRIA executive officer, said.

“Delivery of the course will entail a combination of online and face-to-face sessions. We are looking forward to panel discussions with industry experts.”

There will be smaller groups for 2021 with milestones to be met along the way culminating with Women in Hire and Access Mentee of the Year to be presented in the last session of the program.

HRIA would welcome offers of sponsorship of the program.

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