Systems & records
What Does "Audit-Ready" Mean, and How Do You Prove It on the Spot?
What being audit-ready actually means under Victoria's OHS Act, what WorkSafe inspectors check, and how to prove it without notice.
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Systems & records
Running safety and maintenance without a full-time safety manager, and being able to show it.
10 guides, written for the OHS Act 2004 (Vic).
Systems & records
Safety for a Small Manufacturer With No Safety Manager: Start Here
A start-here guide for small Victorian manufacturers with no dedicated safety manager, including WorkSafe's free OHS Essentials program.
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Spreadsheets vs a Live Safety System: The Honest Trade-Offs
A Victorian safety practitioner's honest take on when a safety spreadsheet still works, and when it starts costing you more than it saves.
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Workplace Safety Systems: A Practical Guide for Victorian Manufacturers
What a workplace safety system is, the seven components that matter, how to build one from nothing, and how to tell whether yours is actually working.
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Which spare parts should you actually stock? A criticality approach for a small factory
Not every spare part deserves shelf space. A simple, criticality-based way to decide what to stock, instead of ranking by price alone.
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How many separate systems is your factory actually running?
Safety spreadsheet, maintenance whiteboard, training folder, contractor emails. Count them up and see what the sprawl actually costs a small manufacturer.
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What unplanned downtime actually costs a small Victorian manufacturer
Unplanned downtime isn't just annoying — it has a real, calculable cost. How to work out what breakdowns cost your factory, and what actually reduces it.
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Do you actually need a CMMS? A straight answer for a 5–50 machine site
Whiteboard, spreadsheet, or proper CMMS? An honest checklist for small Victorian manufacturers deciding if it's time to move on from a manual system.
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Preventive maintenance schedule: how often to service common factory equipment
How often to service forklifts, air compressors and pressure equipment in a factory — real intervals from WorkSafe and the relevant standards.
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Why safety and maintenance keep living in separate systems — and what it's costing you
Safety and maintenance are usually run as two separate systems in small manufacturers. Here's the real cost of that split, and what one system fixes.
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