If your business engages contractors that operate drones or other Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for commercial purposes, Cm3 can help you meet your obligations for their safe use. There are important rules applied to the use of drones and RPAS, and penalties for breaking them. These include fines, restrictions
Do you, or your contractors undertake excavation works on your site? Excavation work includes the removal of soil or rock from a site to form an open face, hole, or cavity. This includes trenches, shafts, and tunnels. It is important that an employer or PCBU understands the various risks that
Inductions play a key role in ensuring that their employees, contractors, and site visitors are aware of, acknowledge, and understand key information related to an organisation’s operations and environment. Every time you attend a location there will be changes. Even small or subtle ones can alter conditions. Different types
Knight Frank Australia, the domestic division of the world’s largest privately-owned property consultancy, have partnered with Cm3 as their online contractor management system of choice. Across their portfolio of over 2,500 assets, the company manages over 10 million square metres of property and employs a significant number of contractors for
Contractor Management is a process for ensuring an organisation, its contracted workers, and any subcontractors, meet their obligations efficiently and effectively whilst continually delivering on the objectives of the contract. But what is a contractor, what are these obligations, and how do you manage this relationship? What is a
A Principal Contractor of a construction project is defined by Work Health & Safety (WHS) legislation. By default, a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) that commissions a construction project is the Principal Contractor. However, they may appoint another PCBU as a principal contractor at different stages of the
Cm3 is pleased to announce a partnership with the Waalitj Foundation. The foundation aims to lead the provision of education, employment and business opportunities for First Nations Peoples. Through their Waalitj Hub, the foundation assists the Indigenous business sector by supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people wanting to start,
It was recently clarified by the High Court of Australia that when determining whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor, it is the rights and duties provided under a contract that are primarily considered. For the past 30 years, a ‘multi-factorial’ test has been the accepted approach for
Insurance companies require the use of contractors for handling repair and restoration work from claims. As the entity engaging the contractor to perform the work, insurers have direct, albeit shared, responsibility for the safety of the work being conducted and the delivered product. Having a cohort of trusted suppliers and
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have had to become flexible and adaptive in the way they operate. This is important for business continuity and the protection of the health and safety of employees and site visitors. Contractors are also covered by the obligations on a person conducting