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Compliance

The SINSW Compliance and Safety Unit provides expert professional and technical advice on compliance and safety strategies for corporate and regional Asset Management staff to enable the delivery of compliance programs across SINSW and to meet NSW Department of Education policies, procedures and standards and relevant legislative requirements. The unit manages active programs across the school environment, industrial arts machinery and hazardous materials such as:

• skip_next Asbestos Remediation and Management
• skip_next Bushfire Protection and Asset Protection Zones (APZ)
• skip_next Door locking review of demountable and permanent facilities
• skip_next Fire Extinguisher and Fire Protection Systems Services Contract
• skip_next Fixed playground equipment in schools
• skip_next Gas heaters - ventilation requirements

• skip_next Equipment Safety in Schools (ESIS)
• skip_next Low Level Glazing Contract Information
• skip_next Pesticides use and pesticide notification plan
• skip_next Residual current devices (RCD’s)
• skip_next Stormwater pit cover survey
• skip_next Chemical Safety in Schools (CSIS)

• skip_next Electrical Testing
• skip_next LPG Tanks
• skip_next Seismic protection
• skip_next Tree Management
• skip_next Water Management
• skip_next Wind turbines

Fire Protection

Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of mitigating systems. In structures, be they land-based, offshore or even ships, the owners and operators are responsible to maintain their facilities in accordance with a design-basis that is rooted in laws, including the local building code and fire code.

Buildings must be constructed in accordance with the version of the building code that is in effect when an application for a building permit is made. Building inspectors check on compliance of a building under construction with the building code. Once construction is complete, a building must be maintained in accordance with the current fire code, which is enforced by the fire prevention officers of a local fire department. In the event of fire emergencies, Firefighters, fire investigators, and other fire prevention personnel are called to mitigate, investigate and learn from the damage of a fire. Lessons learned from fires are applied to the authoring of both building codes and fire codes.

Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire safety measures include those that are intended to prevent ignition of an uncontrolled fire, and those that are used to limit the development and effects of a fire after it starts. Fire safety measures include those that are planned during the construction of a building or implemented in structures that are already standing, and those that are taught to occupants of the building. Threats to fire safety are commonly referred to as fire hazards. A fire hazard may include a situation that increases the likelihood of a fire or may impede escape in the event a fire occurs. Fire safety is often a component of building safety. Those who inspect buildings for violations of the Fire Code and go into schools to educate children on Fire Safety topics are fire department members known as Fire Prevention Officers. The Chief Fire Prevention Officer or Chief of Fire Prevention will normally train newcomers to the Fire Prevention Division and may also conduct inspections or make presentations.

Communities

A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commanality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities.

To be in a real community, not only do you need to care about the community, you need to care about and respect each other. You need to be loyal to one another and build healthy relationships. To be in a real community, you need to be doing something together that is worth doing and makes belonging to that community matter. You need to be passionate about the purpose. (The community needs to have a purpose.) Although someone may be part of say a local community in that they live in a particular locale, if they do care about that community or do not interact in any way with their neighbors, they cannot really be said to be part of that community.

BI Reporting

Reporting is a foundational part of business intelligence which focuses on visualizing data in different types of visualizations such as tables, graphs, and charts. Visualizations within the context of reporting are a graphical representation of data, the goal of which is to accurately present information in a form that is digestible to end users. If the flowchart of business intelligence is to see, understand and act upon data, reporting’s goal is the first–to enable end-users to see data so that they can analyze it and make it understandable through analysis. Reporting deals with data, while analysis is what turns the data into information. Reporting is the necessary prerequisite of analysis; as such, it should be viewed in light of the goal of making data understandable and ready for easy, efficient and accurate analysis.

BI reporting primarily enables in receiving output or results from a BI software/ solution. Typically, BI reporting is a preconfigured function /feature /component within a BI software/ solution. Based on the parameters set, BI reporting is generally an automated process that captures and report on analyzed data. These reports can be in form of statistical data, visual charts and/or standard textual content. The results/ content of BI reporting are generally in the form of actionable results that help the organization / individual in short term, long term tactical and/or strategic decision making. It is also integrated with other application that takes the results/ data to perform any further operation /process.

HazMat

Dangerous goods may be corrosive, flammable, explosive, spontaneously combustible, toxic, oxidising, or water-reactive. They must be identified in the workplace (and when being transported) by different coloured 'diamond' symbols.

Disposal of dangerous goods is a key concern when managing a laboratory. Dangerous goods are classified as substances, mixtures, or any object which may be corrosive, flammable, explosive, toxic or oxidising and due to these properties they become an immediate risk to people, property and the environment.

Dangerous goods are categorised under specific classes in accordance with the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 and the Dangerous Goods* (Storage and Handling) Regulations 2012, Australian Standard AS1940 (The Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids). The criteria used to determine whether substances are classified as dangerous goods are contained in the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (ADG Code). In general terms a substance or article is classed as dangerous goods if it is listed in the Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code.

Dangerous goods, that are no longer used for their original purpose (which is all the potential waste that arises by academic or research activity, or after any chemical or biological use as part of laboratory operations), need to be assessed and a suitable disposal method needs to be selected. Special and different disposal techniques are used to eliminate or reduce the dangerous goods depending on the class required. Detailed guidelines are available to give correct procedures to follow whilst disposing of dangerous goods in order to minimise risks associated with the disposal of laboratory waste. Every institution/company requires a Waste Disposal Management Strategy according to Australian legislations which they strictly follow to dispose of wastes according to statutory requirements.

Funded Work

States and territories have been responsible for schooling in their jurisdiction since Australia became a Federation. However, as Australian society and the economy have changed over time, the Australian Government has taken on a greater role in education funding and policy.

States and territories still have overarching responsibility for schools in their jurisdiction which includes the registration and regulation of allschools in their jurisdiction (whether government or non-government) and the operation of public schools. The Commonwealth does not run any schools nor does it employ any teachers.

However, funding responsibility is shared with the Australian Government and national education policy is decided by all governments working together through the Council of Australian Governments system.

In line with their responsibility for the delivery of school education, states and territories are the majority public funder of government schools (with 65.4 per cent of students) and the Australian Government is a minority public funder of the government sector.

The Australian Government has historically been the majority public funder for non-government schools (with 34.6 per cent of students) reflecting its commitment to supporting parental choice and diversity in the schooling system. State governments are minority public funders of the non-government sector.

Australian Government funding to non-government schools takes into account the capacity of school communities to contribute to their school's operating costs, for example the ability of parents to pay school fees.

Major Works

Financial reporting is the disclosure of financial results and related information to management and external stakeholders (e.g., investors, customers, regulators) about how a company is performing over a specific period of time.

A purchase order request or purchase requisition is a request sent internally within a company to obtain purchased goods and services, including stock. The request is a document which tells the purchasing department or manager exactly what items and services are requested, the quantity, source and associated costs. A Purchase Requisition Form (PRF) is filled out prior to purchasing goods as a form of tangible authorisation. Purchase request forms are often used in smaller business who do not have a computer-based system. However, many computer (included web-based solution) systems are available on the market that can facilitate the capture of purchase request information. Purchase order requests can also be passed to the purchasing department via a management information system. A PRF may contain budget and purchase values to make the individual aware of the annual and remaining budget before a purchase is made. Such a system is there to guarantee that goods and services are purchased with the consent of the line manager and that a sufficient budget is available.

Maintenance

Facility management (or facilities management or FM) is a professional management discipline focused upon the efficient and effective delivery of support services for the organizations that it serves. The International Organization for Standardization(ISO) defines facility Management as the "organizational function which integrates people, place and process within the built environment with the purpose of improving the quality of life of people and the productivity of the core business."