Safety, Quality & Environment
Your projects are in safe hands. Our integrated management system is certified to three international standards and backed by daily toolbox talks, site-specific inductions and a proactive approach to risk.
Certified by Equal Assurance
Fully certified: ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 45001
Our Integrated Management System covers quality, environmental and occupational health & safety management for every activity undertaken by Whitfield Excavations, with project-specific plans documented for each contract.
ISO 45001:2018
Occupational health & safety management systems, protecting our people, contractors, clients and the public.
ISO 9001:2015
Quality management systems: consistent, documented processes from contract review through to hand-over.
ISO 14001:2015
Environmental management systems, preventing pollution and reducing our footprint on every site.
Accreditations & licences
Pre-qualified, accredited and licensed
Our accreditations mean we can work directly on the state road network, within the Victorian electricity distribution network and under heavy vehicle mass management, with the licences and certificates to match.
- Fully certified ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 45001
- VEDN certified for installation & auditing (CW274)
- VicRoads pre-qualified
- NHVR Mass Management accredited
- Integrated GPS survey control
- Traffic management design & implementation (VicRoads)
- Certified underground service locators
- Licensed, experienced gas fitting & plumbing crew
- Enter & work in confined spaces
- Class B / non-friable asbestos licence
- Certificate III Civil Construction
- OH&S Construction Induction (White Card) for all staff
- First Aid & CPR trained personnel
- Overhead power line spotters
Our commitments
Quality, safety & environmental policies
Signed policies for the way we manage quality, safety and the environment are displayed at all our locations. Full policy documents and certificates of currency are available to clients on request.
Quality Assurance Policy
ISO 9001:2015Our quality policy aims to achieve sustained growth by providing services that consistently satisfy the needs and expectations of our customers and comply with applicable legislative requirements.
- Commitment to comply with requirements and continually improve the quality management system
- A framework for establishing and reviewing quality objectives and customer satisfaction
- Continual improvement of the skills and performance of all staff
- Working partnerships with all suppliers to ensure quality supply
- Regular reviews of policy effectiveness and customer expectations
Occupational Health & Safety Policy
ISO 45001:2018We recognise our moral and legal responsibility for the health and safety of everyone in our workplaces, and maintain a working environment where employees, contractors and customers are safe from injury and risks to health.
- Safe workplaces, safe plant and written safe systems of work
- Daily toolbox talks and recorded weekly safety meetings
- Site-specific inductions for all personnel and visitors
- SWMS completed for all high-risk work
- Zero tolerance drug & alcohol policy; smoke-free plant and vehicles
- Every incident investigated with corrective action implemented
Environmental Policy
ISO 14001:2015Our procedures are carried out to protect flora and fauna, prevent environmental pollution and effectively implement our environmental management system across all activities and operations.
- Compliance with environmental legislation and local authority requirements
- Consulting openly with customers, neighbours, regulators and the community
- Preventing pollution and reducing our environmental footprint
- Objectives, targets and action plans for continual improvement
- Environmental emergency response and staff awareness training
Safety you can rely on
If in doubt, stop or stay out, and call your supervisor.
Health and safety is most effective when owners, managers and employees work together to identify and solve problems. Our Director or a qualified supervisor is always available to conduct and record toolbox meetings, and every meeting reviews the tasks ahead and the Safe Work Method Statements that apply to them.
All employees and contractors hold OH&S Construction Induction training and an introduction to first aid, complete a general induction on commencement, and attend pre-start site inductions before work begins on any construction site.
- Reduced risk: strict compliance protects your people and reputation
- Seamless delivery: skilled, well-trained teams from start to finish
- Regular workplace audits and inspections
- Appropriate PPE provided and its use enforced
- Annual training schedule: manual handling, heat stress, ladders, solvents
- Emergency management plan with regular mock exercises
Safe operating procedures
Documented procedures for every task
Our Safe Work Procedures manual covers the plant we operate and the tasks we perform, supported by daily pre-start safety sheets on every machine.
- Temporary barrier fencing
- Concrete installation
- Chainsaw operation
- Excavator operations
- Kerbing operations
- Tractor operations
- Truck operations
- Re-fuelling procedures
- Traffic management device operations
- Horizontal boring operations
- Trenches, footings & foundations
- Forklift operations
- Manual handling
- Non-destructive excavation
- Compaction plate operations
- Engulfment procedures
- Emulsion truck operations
- Ladders & scaffolding
- Hand equipment
- Safe disposal of asbestos
- Risk matrix
Fully insured. Certificates of currency available on request
Public & product liability, mobile plant & equipment and WorkCover insurance are maintained at all times. When subcontractors or suppliers are engaged, they must meet our quality and safety standards and provide all necessary insurances, licences, compliance certificates and permits.