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Editorial
From the Editor
Managing editor Sharon Rainsbury
Editor Michelle Robertson
Contributors Michelle Robertson Anitra Robertson Peter Greilach Laurie Devitt Jean-Marie Ntahonkiriye John Stolk Enzo Alfonsetti Jason Treseder Paul Harris John Stolk Tyler Mason
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It ’ s hard to believe we are almost at the end of another year .
As Christmas approaches , ESV would like to remind everyone to take extra care as you rush to finish those last-minute jobs before enjoying a well-earned Christmas break .
As we ’ ve seen too often over the past 18 months , just a second of inattention or loss of focus can have tragic consequences .
As Michelle Robertson reports on Pg 7 of this issue , another apprentice has died while working on an electrical installation , this time at a home in Camberwell . The third-year apprentice was installing a smoke-detector to an existing circuit when the incident happened . He was only 27 years old .
Sadly , he was the third apprentice to have lost his life in work-related incidents in the past year . ESV will be ramping up its efforts in 2017 to promote electrical safety , starting with a new campaign that targets first-year apprentices their employers , and those responsible for their supervision .
We urge you to teach your apprentices the basics of safe work practices – such as testing for live , isolating and making safe circuits or equipment to be worked on , wearing LV gloves when testing , and locking off and tagging equipment to be isolated .
Employers and supervisors of apprentices have a duty of care and are required by legislation to disconnect from supply circuits to be worked on or to take adequate precautions to prevent electric shock or other injury .
If apprentices can start their working lives by establishing good habits and not cutting corners then we can only hope that they will carry these work practices with them for the rest of their careers .
Our summer barbecue safety campaign is in full swing , and this year it has been great to be joined by four AFL champions as we ’ ve taken the Look before you cook message out to regional Victoria .
We were joined by the Bulldogs ’ Liam Picken in Ballarat , North Melbourne ’ s Robbie Tarrant in Bendigo , Hawthorn ’ s Isaac Smith in Benalla and former Bulldog and Essendon player ( and Brownlow Medallist ) Adam Cooney in Traralgon to help us distribute gas leak detection bottles , brochures and our always popular sunscreen .
If you ’ re planning on enjoying a barbecue this Christmas , we hope you ’ ll take note of the tips provided by Tyler Mason on Pg 13 .
And finally , we would like to remind all licence holders that ESV does not allow any licensed person or registered contractor to use our logo in any printed or electronic materials , including on websites .
Merry Christmas to all !
Sharon Rainsbury sharon . rainsbury @ energysafe . vic . gov . au
Christmas office closure 2016 – 17
Our Southbank and Glen Waverley offices will be closed from noon on Friday , 23 December . We will re-open on Tuesday , 3 January . Merry Christmas to all .
Online Services offline 28 – 29 December for maintenance
ESV ’ s online services , including COES , will be unavailable for up to two days from 28 December due to urgent server maintenance . We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause those who are working across the Christmas holidays . The system will be brought back online as soon as possible and we hope the outage will be shorter than the two days that has been allowed for the work .