Resources

OHS Management System

The HiQ Group is committed to achieving the highest performance in health and safety with the aim of maintaining a safe and healthy work environment so far as reasonably practicable.

Specifically it is the HiQ Group policy to:

  • Comply with the relevant States health and safety Act and Regulations;
  • Establish consultation with all our workers, contractors and clients recognising the effectiveness of such consultation in the process of hazard recognition and incident prevention;
  • Provide information, instruction, training, and supervision to all our workers and contractors to enable them to perform their tasks in a safe manner;
  • Provide a safe work environment where safe systems of work are the normal practice when undertaking work tasks;
  • Ensure that all worksites, plant, equipment and substances provided for use by the Company for persons to undertake work tasks are safe and without risks so far as reasonably practical; and
  • Provide adequate facilities for the welfare of workers and contractors at work.

The HiQ Group will implement and maintain an ongoing health and safety program including conducting regular inspections aimed at preventing workplace incidents.

The HiQ Group has achieved certification under the Occupational Health and Safety Management System Scheme with Global Mark.

Occupational Health and Safety Management System Scheme – Certificate of Approval System.pdf

Audits of the safety management system are conducted regularly to ensure that they are being adhered to and enable continuous improvement.

Environmental Management System

The HiQ Group policy is to achieve a standard of environmental care and responsibility in carrying out its operations that is consistent with regulatory authorities and community expectations.

HiQ Group acknowledges that environmental management requires continual assessment and improvement with advances in technology and changes in legislation.

It is the HiQ Group’s policy to:

  • Comply with all relevant planning and environmental laws, requirements and standards to adequately protect the environment from impacts resulting from its operations;
  • Consult with local Councils, regulatory authorities and the community relating to environmental issues applicable to operations performed by HiQ Group;
  • Establish and maintain environmental management systems for each separate operation that HiQ Group operates and controls;
  • Communicate awareness to its workers, suppliers, contractors and subcontractors of required environmental management procedures;
  • Improve environmental sustainability and resource efficiency;
  • The HiQ Group maintains its environmental responsibilities by:
    • Conduct regular inspections of its sites and plant aimed at preventing environmental incidents;
    • Conduct regular audits of its environmental management systems to ensure that they are being adhered to and enable continuous improvement; and
    • Assign accountabilities and responsibilities to its management and workers to ensure environmental compliance.

The HiQ Group has achieved certification under the Environmental Management System Scheme with Global Mark.

Pollution Incident Response Management Plan

The HiQ Group maintains a Pollution Incident Response Management Plan (PIRMP) as required by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (NSW EPA).  A copy of HiQ’s PIRMP’s are available for download at the following links:

EPA Licences

Copies of HiQ’s EPA licences for the following sites are available for download at the following links:

Quarries – Approved Plans

Kemps Creek Central

Londonderry

Oallen

Windellama

Monitoring Data

The HiQ Group is required to undertake environmental monitoring at some of its NSW EPA licensed sites and report a summary of the monitoring results on the HiQ website. Copies of the summary of the environmental monitoring results for the following sites are available for download at the following links:

HiQ Group Policies

HiQ Group recognises that the maintenance of quality standards in all administrative and operational actvities is the key to our success and reputation. The company is therefore committed to policies that provide services which fulfill the requirements and expectations of our customers in all ways and also where necessary meets with regulatory requirements.

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