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R4RISK IS HIRING A SENIOR RISK CONSULTANT.
R4Risk is recruiting a Senior Risk Consultant to join its team of successful and highly skilled engineers. We seek an enthusiastic, self-driven individual with the skills and characteristics required to deal with the challenges of working in this exciting field.

The use of ‘Delta HAZOP’ to Effectively Revalidate PHA Studies
A Hazard and Operability study (HAZOP) is a structured and systematic qualitative technique for identifying and assessing potential hazards and operability concerns with a process design and the proposed method of their control. When done well, a HAZOP produces a comprehensive list of potentially hazardous scenarios and identifies safeguards to manage the risk.

R4Risk Congratulates Sam Grayson – Senior Risk Engineer
R4Risk is pleased to announce the promotion of Sam Grayson to Senior Risk Engineer. Sam joined R4Risk back in 2016 and has been an integral member of our team since then.

R4Risk Congratulates Belinda Beale – Senior Risk Engineer
R4Risk is pleased to announce the promotion of Belinda Beale to Senior Risk Engineer. Belinda joined R4Risk back in 2016 and has been an essential member of our team since then.

ProSafe 2021
R4Risk was the Business Development Partner of the 12th annual ProSafe conference. The conference was held from 15 – 17 March 2021, running on a virtual platform.

COVID-19 update from R4Risk (February 2021)
With the recent changes to restrictions in Melbourne under the Victorian Government’s COVID-19 roadmap for reopening, R4Risk has been able to fully resume normal operations in our office.

Independent review of the Victoria’s Dangerous Goods Act
The regulatory framework that applies to dangerous chemicals in Victoria is complex, with multiple aspects overlapping. A contributor to this complexity is that during their life cycle, chemicals can be classified in different ways, under different regulatory frameworks, with each framework having distinct but overlapping compliance obligations.

Land Use Planning – Safety Buffers
There are many aspects to consider when managing risks from hazardous facilities. In Victoria, there are stringent requirements for the safe design and operation of facilities identified as “Major Hazard Facilities”.

Are you managing the chemicals in your workplace?
Chemicals, and products made from chemicals, play an integral role in our everyday life, from fertiliser, fuel and industrial gases to pesticides, plastics, and paint and so on.

General Environmental Duty – Managing Environmental Risks
Kate Filippin (Principal Risk Consultant) and Belinda Beale (Risk Consultant) have developed a white paper regarding the Victoria Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 (which will take effect from 1 July 2021).

The Unintended Impacts that COVID-19 May Have on Critical Safety Systems
Due to COVID-19, the ‘virus’, companies have voluntarily and/or been forced to limit the number of employees onsite and/or extremely restrict interactions between employees whilst at site to limit the spread of virus.

First six months as a risk engineer – Karl Sitzler
First Six Months As A Risk Engineer – Karl Sitzler Upon graduating university and beginning my job search, I have to admit that the field