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Build Aware

Aims to raise awareness and ensure Victorians understand their obligations to comply with building, construction, environment, plumbing, occupational health and safety laws.

 

Build Aware educational campaign

The Build Aware program involves partnerships between Energy Safe Victoria (ESV), Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Victorian Building Authority (VBA) and WorkSafe Victoria, working together to deliver industry oversight of laws that protect owners, builders and the community. It helps raise awareness to ensure Victorians understand their obligations to comply with building, construction, environment, plumbing, and occupational health and safety laws.

The Build Aware program is conducted three times a year in targeted regional areas. The four regulators deliver joint activities across five days that include inspections, industry trade breakfasts and educational presentations to apprentices at local TAFEs.

We are bringing Build Aware to Shepparton this May!

Free trade breakfast

Come along to our free trade breakfast where you can meet our teams, ask questions ahead of inspections and learn about your OHS obligations and how to keep yourself and your workers safe on site.

When: Tuesday 28 May 2024

Where: Dahlsens Shepparton Truss and Frame, 94-96 Drummond Road Shepparton, VIC 3630

Time: 7:00 am to 8:30am

Register now

Attention tradies - is your site inspection-ready?

Inspectors from all four regulators will be visiting Shepparton and surrounds from Monday 27 - Friday 31 May, 2024.

The inspectors will be paying special attention to:

  • Bushfire assessment levels, fire rating and waterproofing for Building and Roofing, and Gasfitting compliance for Plumbing
  • Risks associated for employers and employees when working with mobile plants onsite
  • General Environmental Duty (GED) and environmental laws that apply to the construction industry.
  • Obligations when working near overhead powerlines and underground energy assets (for individuals and companies)

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Our partner regulators

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