2010

FEBRUARY BIZ TIP

Would foreign language and cultural skills be valuable to your business?

Through selective work experience placement, Business SA Connect offers South Australian companies and international business students the opportunity to benefit from each other’s skills and experience.

Businesses provide students with a short-term work placement, which is designed to meet individual business needs.

Prior participants in the program have found that this ‘skills exchange’ has saved them money and time while also helping the student gain valuable work experience.

Work experience projects could include:

• Business/export planning
• Website development
• Marketing/market research
• Logistics evaluation
• Language translation of materials in order to appeal to a broader market.

Once a student has been screened and approved, they will attend a series of business culture workshops.

On completion the student is eligible for a two-week work placement. This placement could consist of two weeks full-time (or equivalent) at the workplace, or completion of an off-site project for the business.

If you believe this could be a valuable resource for your business, check out Business SA Connect at http://www.business-sa.com

 

JANUARY BIZ TIP

The new South Australian approved Code of Practice for First Aid in the Workplace will come into operation on 10 December 2010.

However, there is a 12-month transitional period - which commenced on 10 December 2009 - to give workplaces an opportunity to begin implementing the new provisions.

The new code reflects a more contemporary and best practice approach to first aid, better recognises the needs of different workplaces and brings South Australia's requirements more in line with those interstate, paving the way to a smoother transition to national uniformity.

The new code provides for:

• Design of First Aid Kits to approved standards and adequate labeling
• Location of First Aid Kits to ensure safety and accessibility
• Contents of First Aid Kits (refer to Table 1 in the Code)
• Maintenance of First Aid Kits to ensure contents are complete, in good working order, have not deteriorated and are within their ‘use by’ dates.

The code also includes provisions for First Aid Policies and Procedures, First Aid Rooms and First Aid Personnel depending on the size, location and risk situation of the workplace.

To access the full copy of the Code of Practice for First Aid in the Workplace, visit SafeWork SA’s website