Australia has the highest reported per capita incidence of asbestos-related disease in the world.

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1 Australia has the highest reported per capita incidence of asbestos-related disease in the world. In the next 20 years, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Australians will be diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease and these diseases are not forecast to peak until 2020.* NSW has the highest number of new mesothelioma cases compared to other Australian jurisdictions. The largest numbers of mesothelioma deaths in Australia have occurred in NSW.** Government organisations and local councils are responsible for the regulation of asbestos under work health and safety, public health, environment protection, planning and emergency response legislation. Local councils must take an active role in the safe management of asbestos to assist in reducing the incidence and impact of asbestos-related disease. *Source: Australian Government Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Fact sheet on asbestos safety asbestossafety.gov.au/files/factsheet-on-asbestos-safety-august-2013.pdf **Source: NSW State-wide Asbestos Plan (Pg. 6)

2 Best Practice Managed Solutions: Best Practice Managed Solutions (BPMS) is a group of professional partners with decades of experience in the construction, training and safety industries. BPMS has developed a range of affordable, achievable solutions to manage business risk in the areas of Work Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Assurance compliance requirements. BPMS has supported local government with asbestos management for 12 years, saving councils time, resources and money. It offers a range of cost effective, professional, end-toend asbestos management solutions to help councils support the following priorities from the NSW State-wide Asbestos Plan. Using our comprehensive range of quality, affordable products, Best Practice Managed Solutions can provide your business with the support you require, ranging from do-it-yourself to fully managed solutions, to achieve third party certification. Safe-T Map is an online, fully integrated, risk management system for Workplace Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Assurance compliance, including the management of human resources records such as training, health management and performance. Safe-T Plan is an easy to use, affordable system that uses computer generated templates to create manuals for your business and site specific safety plans for every job or task. Get Safe Training provides flexible solutions to meet your business training needs. Training plans can be delivered face to face, online or a combination of both. Safe-T Induct is an easy, cost-effective system for managing staff and contractor inductions through e-learning. Safe-T Check is an audit tool (questionnaire) to assist you to identify if your contractors comply with legislative requirements Asbestos Management Plan assists your business to achieve legal compliance with the national requirements for the management of asbestos in buildings. Visit to view our full product range. A safety controlled work site. Is this asbestos?

3 Risk Communication: Raise public awareness and understanding through improved knowledge, skills, competencies and tools to effectively communicate asbestos exposure risks and control measures. Well informed people and communities are critical to help reduce the incidence and impact of asbestos related disease in Australia. BPMS is well placed to support councils to raise public awareness of asbestos exposure risks and control measures. BPMS offers a range of asbestos training courses, government forms for asbestos and demolition work, videos, flyers and other communication resources. It also provides consulting services and can offer event support through the delivery of presentations, by providing information for presenters and liaising with attendees. These resources have been developed to clearly and accurately communicate key information about the dangers of asbestos and importance of effective management in an easy to understand format. Australia is our classroom Best Practice Managed Solutions offers the following asbestos training courses through its online learning portal supporting training anytime, anywhere. Asbestos Awareness CPCCDE3014A Remove Non-Friable Asbestos (Class B) CPCCDE3015A Remove Friable Asbestos (Class A) CPCCBC4051A Supervise Asbestos Removal CPCCBC5014A Conduct Asbestos Assessment Associated With Asbestos Removal For more information about these courses, visit the Course Outlines page under the Training section at N.B. Get Safe Training provides the training only, it is the students responsibility to determine eligibility to apply for a license. Registration is at the sole discretion of the regulator. Prevention: Ensure the effective coordination of illness prevention strategies for the safe management of asbestos in all five phases of the asbestos lifecycle: asbestos in the ground and site contamination manufacture and supply management and removal of in-situ asbestos at work and at home management of asbestos debris during an emergency response transport and disposal.

4 BPMS recognises the importance of prevention through effective asbestos management and is proud to offer the most comprehensive, easy to use asbestos management plan in Australia. Its integrated Asbestos Management Plan has been developed in accordance with national and state and territory legislation and codes of practice. BPMS can assess current levels of compliance and facilitate improvement through the use of: site visits and audits asbestos registers training and license applications management plans safe work method statements asbestos removal plans clearance certificates. The findings of audits, site visits and assessments are presented in easy to interpret reports and plans, and BPMS ensures senior management staff are aware of the next steps in terms of training, removal action and ongoing monitoring. Coordination: Ensure effective and coordinated planning, regulation and management of asbestos issues and emergency responses through strengthened partnerships with the local councils, community and collaboration between government organisations Increase compliance with asbestos legislation through enhanced information, assistance and monitoring Provide clarity to regulatory roles and responsibilities. BPMS can support your council to define and deliver on your regulatory roles and responsibilities in relation to asbestos management. It can provide advice about what other Australian councils and government agencies are doing in the area of asbestos management and help to identify opportunities for collaboration. Its comprehensive, secure online Asbestos Management Plan provides the opportunity to share information between local councils, and with federal and state and territory governments, where it might be beneficial. It also allows council staff and contractors to access and record critical information anywhere, at any time, providing easily accessible documentation of compliance. BPMS consistently monitors regulatory and legislative changes and ensures our systems, plans, tools and resources reflect the most up to date information and legal requirements, so you re always working with the most current information.

5 Our Products: Safe-T Map Build the system that s right for your business. Safe-T Map s modular construction allows you to build a system to suit your needs. Document content can be edited to reflect the way you do business. Track relationships, such as those between hazards and accidents, and monitor key performance indicators. Safe-T Map s secure, online risk management system is accessible by staff anywhere in the world, enabling your business to systematically analyse all aspects of your business portfolio. Safe-T Map summarises in one quick point of reference all relevant requirements from various legislation, codes of practice and references to Australian standards. Safe-T Map s online system allows total management and integration, from initial incident report through to alteration of your business management systems and procedures. Nominated persons are automatically advised by of any incidents and full reporting facilities are available at any time. Safe-T Induct Learning Management Systems (LMS) or elearning is an increasingly popular way for businesses of every size to train and communicate with their staff and contractors. With this trend in mind, Best Practice Managed Solutions has created an LMS built from the experience of others. We have built our own LMS Platform to meet current needs. Safe-T Induct allows your business to create training programs for individual staff members including Risk Assessment and Safe Operating Procedures. Our Mobile App and Verification of Competency App provide training direct to the worker available to engage during down or lost time Safe-T CPR Safe-T CPR (Compliance Prosecution Rescue) is a lifeline for businesses facing prosecution for WH&S compliance issues. Best Practice Managed Solutions can assess your business to identify areas for improvement and recommend a managed path to compliance to satisfy WH&S Regulators. Safe-T Plan Safe-T Plan is the flagship of Best Practice Managed Solutions (BPMS), combining industry expertise and cutting edge technologies. Safe-T Plan is an online, fully integrated, risk management system for WH&S, Environmental and Quality Assurance compliance, including the management of human resources records such as training, health management and performance. Safe-T Check Safe-T Check takes the risk out of Contractor Management. Today, with approximately two million contractors available for engagement (being over 800,000 Small Medium Enterprises), an organisation needs to manage the contractor to ensure their own legal and contractual obligations continue to be met. Your organisation cannot abrogate its responsibilities simply by engaging a contractor. Many have done little or nothing to meet their Legal Obligations in regard to Work Health and Safety. Too many are too busy. Traditional employment relationships are about levels of managerial control; a hierarchy of emotive control, whilst the relationship with a contractor changes to one of engagement and commercial contract.

6 Vertical integration with other products Safe-T Check, Safe-T Plan, Safe-T Induct and Get Safe Training, along with other market products, provide the possibility for vertical integration of management of systems under the banner of Safe-T Map. The Safe-T Check process identifies the short falls in contractors systems and the other products provide a remedial path to offer the contractor a path to achieve compliance. The cost of achieving compliance is at the contractors expense. Due Diligence Successful implementation of a quality system sets up measurable internal processes, which in turn gives confidence to your customers about your capability to meet their needs. IS09001, IS and IS have a strong focus on providing well-managed systems to address Quality, Environmental and Safety Management. They are international standards applicable to any organisation from any industry and cover all activities. The process model based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle is a four step process for quality improvement and provides the framework for the product/service cycle, including management review and control. It enables decisions based on accurate and timely information. An Integrated Management System has a foundation based on fundamentally good business practices and assists an organisation to focus on goal orientation, systematic management and continual improvement. Safe-T Map Safe-T Map is the vertical integration of systems to deliver our suite of products. This includes: Safe-T Plan Get Safe Training (RTO 31465) Safe-T Induct Plug-in for Solve 360 CRM Safe-T Check Plug-in for Xero Accounting software Our Partnership Latitude 12 and Best Practice have formed a strategic partnership to deliver best in class Workplace Health and Safety tools and systems throughout Australia. Safe workplaces are achieved with integrated management systems.

7 Testimonials: I have been the Workplace Health and Safety Officer to a number of councils in regional Queensland for many years. I have utilised the services of Best Practice Managed Solutions on numerous occasions with confidence and have no hesitation in recommending Paul and his team in relation to any asbestos related issues and various training requirements. Paul and his team have always provided the most current advice available in a helpful and pleasant manner and an end to end solution for asbestos including the following: asbestos awareness campaigns by assisting at public speaking events providing asbestos audits, registers and management plans asbestos removal training and licensing solutions competency assessments for contractors to perform council works safety management systems for contractors. Max Gehring, Workplace Health and Safety Officer, Flinders Shire Council I have been involved in asbestos management as a construction manager, safety officer and building compliance and assessment officer for the Queensland Government and three councils in the western and regional areas of Queensland for the past 30 years. I have engaged the team at Best Practice Managed Solutions to manage asbestos compliance. Paul Douglas and his team have always provided a professional service with a 100 per cent outcome to my request for asbestos audit and training and have provided: asbestos audits and management plans training in asbestos removal for staff and contractors licensing of staff and contractors training of building inspectors as asbestos assessor. James Ward, Building Compliance Officer, Isaac Regional Council We have known Paul and his team at Best Practice Managed Solutions for over a year now. During this time we have used his services to upgrade our staff s training in preparation for the new licensing requirements. Due to Paul s knowledge of safety and his practical knowledge and experience of our industry, this transition has been a simple and structured process which allowed for minimal downtime and interference to our daily operations. It was due to this cooperation that we have been repeat clients over the last year, not only with staff training, but we have also obtained AS 4801:2001certification through Best Practice Managed Solutions. We will continue to use the services offered by Paul and his team as our company continues to grow. I would therefore have no hesitation in recommending the services of Best Practice Managed Solutions as an economical and thorough training/certification solution. Paul Ross, Director, Allstruct Pty Ltd

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