FMD, University of Waikato
Issue No: 112 – September/October 2013
Hi, I’m Craig and I’m here to fill the shoes of Sonny Te Karu as Logistics Team Leader.
Coming from Duty Free Stores at the Hamilton Airport and being surrounded by
alcohol and cigarettes all day, this role is definitely a change of scenery and is a lot
more varied, with a much bigger area to cover. With the help of everyone, I am
slowly finding my feet and enjoy getting out and about, and getting to know this big
campus. I don’t seem to be getting myself too lost!
In my spare time I’m either in the garden (along with my assistant Karleen), or hidden
away in my art room where I try to conjure up some master pieces in the hopes that
someone will want to hang them on their walls.
Thanks and I look forward to getting to know you all.
Exciting times ahead!
Within the next few days we will know who our
contractor is to be on the new Law-Management
building – and they will soon be setting up on site.
Some preparatory work is already taking place as
trees are removed, rocks are cleared and roadways
are amended.
Behind the scenes there are still a number of lastminute refinements being made to the plans for
dealing with the people and facilities that will be
affected by the building project.
This new building will form a really prominent and
iconic structure on the skyline and we look forward
to mid-2015 when it will be complete and
occupied.
Our thanks to all the members of the FMD team
who have been involved during the design process
– attending meetings, checking plans, improving
specifications, making suggestions, and so on. Of
special note is John Badham, who even spent time
working on the project while he was laid up in
hospital.
We look forward to a continuing level of
engagement and co-operation as the building work
progresses.
Tony Dicks
Next Issue – November/December
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HEALTH AND SAFETY - Contractors
It’s getting to that time again
when most students will soon
be vacating campus for their
summer holidays and many of
our construction projects will
start vamping up, with the
flurry of contractors on site. In
recent months we have had a
couple of instances involving
our contractors, whereby H&S
practises have not been
followed, leading to potential
harm and in one case, the injury of an employee of one of those
contractors. This has brought renewed attention to tightening up
on our contractors H&S practices and procedures and to ensure
they keep themselves and those working for them, out of harm’s
way.
Mike Davies, the university’s H&S Coordinator, has recently put
together a document called “University of Waikato Minimum
Health and Safety Requirements for Contractors”. This is a guide for
our contractors of what the university expects from them and their
staff. It has been sent out to all FMD contractors and will be given
to any new contractors that start working for the university.
I know it’s difficult to find the time, but please look over this
document as it is a good reminder to us all of the expectations that
we put on our contractors and essentially the example that we
should be illustrating. You can find an electronic copy of this guide
on our FMD Shared folder under Health and Safety, a hard copy on
the FMD Notice Board or come and see me as I have several copies
in my office. Remember to be on the lookout for any unsafe
practices and report these to either your line manager or myself so
that we can ensure that our workplaces are free from aspects that
could cause serious harm.
Karleen Purchase – FMD Health and Safety Rep
HCC Emergency Survival Guide
Neighbourhood Support Update
The 2013 Neighbourhood Support Hamilton book
has finally arrived in our hot little hands!
If you would like one of these great books, simply
email [email protected] with your name,
address and we will send you the essentials – The
2013 NSH book and the Hamilton City Emergency
Survival Guide. They both go well together!
A huge thank you to all the sponsors that made
the book possible and a bigger thanks to the NSH
team that helped bring it to life!
A great end to Get Ready Week 2013 – did
you chat to any new neighbours this week?
Picture taken by Drew McDonald
on Friday 4th October. This was a notice
down by the Shops. We’re not sure how
many staff were sold!!!!
Reminder --- End of Year Mix and Mingle
Don’t forget to register your interest in attending a 2pm catered lunch at
the Don Bar on Friday 29th November. Names are due on the board in the
FMD tearoom by the end of Thursday 24th October. If you decide not to
attend it is a work day as usual.
Food will be delivered by Southern Spit Roast and BBQ Catering and
served at 2.30pm. The menu can be viewed on the noticeboard.
Partners are welcome to attend the meal at a cost of $25.00, drinks extra.
Please pay to Faye by Thursday 14th November. There will be no charge
to FMD staff or Social Club members. However, if we have booked and
confirmed your attendance to the function and you do not attend
without adequate notice or reason, you will incur the cost of your meal,
$25.
Some refreshments will be provided, and a cash bar will be available.
Soon coming to a campus near you --- Smoke free!
January 2014 will bring a new era to our campus as we go
Smoke free.
Planning is already in progress for signage across campus. Most
other tertiary institutions have already gone down this route so
we are not unique.
FMD will not be policing the policy – it is an individual responsibility.
As usual the various members of the FMD team have been keeping the tourism industry of numerous countries alive
during 2013:
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John Cameron – Ireland and UK
Trevor Harris – Rarotonga
Karleen Purchase, Allison Henry, Ray Hayward, Gary Dancocks, Hemi Dean, Mark Thompson – Australia
Rachael Goddard – Australia and USA
Bryan Wells - Mexico
Tony Dicks – South Africa
Paul Blair – Sri Lanka
Roger Crawford – UK, USA, Fiji
Gary Mitchell – Thailand, Hong Kong, China
And what exciting destinations beckon in 2014?
Facilitation will be produced bi-monthly. This publication is available online (where the pictures are a lot clearer) at http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fmd/
For communications relating to the FMD newsletter please contact Judy Swetman, ext 4980, email [email protected].