Hire and Rental News - February 2016

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INDUSTRY NEWS
“I’m a big believer in safety on the ground
and at the frontline being part of change
management,” Martine said.
Martine articulated ‘the four pillars’
of safety strategy as being plant,
procedures, people and leadership. Plant
and sites should be regulation compliant
and up to date. “I’ll enable that with the
right systems and tools for employees
and clients to manage critical risk.
“Raising awareness, training, consistent
communications and positive
reinforcement ensures all staff – the
people factor – understand safety values,
but leadership is the key to best practice.
Site walks and visiting the branches are
central to this.
“Leaders at the Executive and Coates
Hire Leadership Team levels are required
to do walks and be part of the safety
journey, to go on the floor and talk to
people. Walks encourage our people to
work safely.”
The newly formulated Coates Hire
HSEQ team of 18 comprises 10 national
advisors plus one environmental
manager, a systems and contracts quality
management team and a branches and
transport manager.
“We have created a team charter together
covering our purpose, goals and the
behaviours of the team to activate and
support the single vision of the company,”
she said.
“Now we are out of the office and on the
ground communicating directly with
our people and up-skilling, providing
direction, advice, support and coaching.
"The team has set some provisional
benchmarks for 'quick wins we are
working on' as well as longer term
requirements. Now we are looking at
critical issues using lagging and leading
indicators on a month by month basis.
We have set a very high goal for reducing
total recordable injuries, that’s the whole
Coates Hire lag indicator,” Martine said.
“The team’s role is to drive and support
achieving these strategic goals.”
Lead indicators are obtained from
observation and reporting.
“It’s very much about preventative
measures. How we go about that is
One message, simple tools lead to safety success
Coates Hire’s Group Manager HSEQ Martine Briers has implemented her vision for
a national Coates Hire safety culture, setting out on week long tours of the state
branches as soon as she arrived in the Mascot office in Sydney in November.
AWD Group recently partnered with
LiuGong Machinery Corporation for the
distribution of wheel loaders, excavators,
skid steer loaders and forklifts in New
South Wales, Queensland and the
Northern Territory and wheel loaders,
excavators & skid steer loaders in
Victoria.
Building on over 15 years of local
experience supplying Dieci telehandlers
to the Australian market, the AWD Group
has set its sights on becoming one of
Australia’s leading providers of capital
equipment.
AWD Group Chairman Paul Jenkins
said: “Over the years the company has
built a strong and loyal customer base
through an absolute focus on customer
service, a commitment to supplying
quality machines and the development
of its national parts and service
capability.
“We are very excited about this
opportunity to bring world class
products to Australia. We see
this as an opportunity for the
existing LiuGong customer
base in Australia to receive
increased parts and service
support in the eastern
states.”
‘This is also an opportunity
for existing AWD Group
customers to expand
on their ownership and
ensure they are able to get
support from one service
organisation, and customers
AWD Group joins forces with global
machinery giant Liugong
will be able to hire these machines as well
as purchase them via Rough Terrain Plant
Hire – who will be adding these machines
to their fleet.
“LiuGong is a world class manufacturer
of construction and material handling
equipment with a total of 24 manufacturing
facilities worldwide, manufacturing 15
product lines and employing nearly 10,000
people.
“In 2014, LiuGong invested more than
US$66 million into its R&D program
and recently opened a new research
and development centre in its Liuzhou
headquarters, where a team of over 1,000
engineers is focused on innovative, market
leading product development projects. This
strong commitment and heavy investment
in research and development is evident in
the finished product."
The first LiuGong machines for the AWD
Group are due to arrive in Australia in
February 2016.
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identifying risk, always looking at
corrective actions. Near miss reporting
engenders actions that lead to
improvement.
“Appropriate response to injuries
when they occur is part of this. Injury
management covers the quality of
immediate early intervention, which is of
paramount importance,” she said.
“For our managers knowing the steps is
part of their management skills.
“I do believe in having a clear strategy
plan,” she said. “That’s how people come
on board.
“That’s my aim at Coates Hire, creating
easy tools to achieve a good outcome. I
see that outcome for our customers and
employees that nobody gets injured. It’s
our belief it is achievable.”
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AWD Group recently partnered with LiuGong Machinery Corporation
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