Safe and Healthy Workplaces
Australian air Express is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff, contractors and visitors. Our robust Occupational Health and Safety Management System underpins all our safety and wellbeing activities.
Our Safety Initiatives
AaE has implemented wide ranging initiatives to ensure the safety of its people.
Safety initiatives Snapshot:
- Risk Management - a critical element embedded into all aspects of our processes and business activities
- Training - Targeted health and safety training, including inductions, to equip our people with the skills required to perform their role safely
- Manual Handling Attention - Active preventative management of the ergonomic considerations
- Picture Process Maps - Cutting edge learning tools to enhance skills aquisition
- Proactive OHS Consultation - Effective committees and employee involvement, including Toolbox Talk sessions
- Traffic Management - A living project to continuously review the separation of our people and vehicles
- Raising Awareness - Exposure and promotion through internal and external activities
Wellbeing
AaE understands that a well-balanced life contributes to a happy and healthy workplace and our range of initiatives contributes to this.
Wellbeing Snapshot:
- Health checks - including blood pressure and eye tests
- Health Awareness - key speakers on health issues and celebration of health weeks
- Work life Balance - actively encouraging our people to live life with a healthy mix of work, family and fun activities
- Early intervention - positive early treatments to allow people to remain at work without aggravating injuries
- Injury Management - tailored, individual programs for a person's speedy recovery
Chain of Responsibility
AaE is committed to the Chain of Responsibility legislation to ensure all parties in the road transport supply chain are compliant with driver safety responsibilities. AaE documents and monitors all four areas of responsibility, including driver fatigue, speeding, vehicle standards and load restraint.
The objective of this legislation is to ensure that no person is put at risk during the process of freight movement.