Drug and Alcohol Management Program

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Is your Fitness for Work Program Cost Effective?

As you may already know the Mine Health and Safety Regulation requires all mine operators to implement and maintain a Fitness for Work Program which must be developed in consultation with the persons employed at the mine. The program must include measures to eliminate or control the risks arising from the consumption of alcohol or drugs at the mine.

The options available to you for testing are either to outsource or take control yourself by insourcing the testing. Here is an analysis of the costs associated with each option for a workplace with 50 employees which conducts tests on 25% of employees twice a year (25 tests per annum):

Cost of Drug and Alcohol Testing
Year	Outsourced Cost	Insourced Cost	Cost Saving $	Cost Saving %
1	$2,000	$1,790	$210	10.5%*
2	$2,000	$625	$1,375	68.75%*

WIKS has developed a Mining Industry Kit that meets the requirements for a Mine Operator and makes it easy for you to implement and conduct testing in the workplace. Awareness training for Mining workers and supervisors has been included in the kit for FREE.

*** Special Offer till August 31 ***

MINING INDUSTRY DRUG AND ALCOHOL MANAGEMENT TESTING KIT

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The Mining Industry Drug and Alcohol Management Testing Kit * is a great way to get your Drug and Alcohol Management Program started. The kit contains:

Product	Value	Sale Price
Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy	$20	$10
Drug and Alcohol Testing Procedure	$20	$10
Bus Industry Education and Awareness Training	$75	Free
Record of Training	$5	$5
25 x Sure Step Drug Test Cups **	$610	$500
Drug Test Record Book (50 triplicate forms)	$65	$65
20 x Specimen Containers	$25	$25
Alcosense Precision Workplace Breathalyser ***	$495	$375
Alcosense Precision Mouthpieces (100)	$60	$60
Alcohol Testing Form	$5	$5
Total	$1,380	$1,055

* You may wish to complete Drug and Alcohol Testing Officer Training to meet the requirements of the AS4308 for urine drug testing.

** Please refer to our download page for user guide.

*** Please refer to our calibration calibration page for the estimated calibration durations and costs.

WIKS can assist your organisation with implementation in the following areas:

Awareness Training
Awareness training consists of a 20-30 minute powerpoint presentation for staff in addition to a sign off sheet. This should also form part of your organisations induction. The training module covers the organisations policy, the objectives of the program and the effects of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. Responsibilities with respect to drugs and alcohol of staff within the organisation, what a positive result means and rehabilitation options. Available for purchase online click here. The powerpoint will be emailed to you once purchase is complete.

Breathalysers
The following breathalysers are both certified to AS3547. However we recommend the Alcosense Precision Breathalyser for the Mining Industry as this is closer to the requirements.

Alcosense Precision Breathalyser
The Alcosense Precision Breathalyser is a fuel cell type breathalyser which means accuracy to 3 decimal places. The breathalyser requires calibration annually or approximately 1000 uses. This breathalyser requires mouth pieces to complete testing. This light, industrial grade, simple to use breathalyser is ideal for workplaces where additional accuracy is required. Click here for more information or to purchase.

AL6000 Pro Breathalyser
AL6000 Pro Breathalyser is a semiconductor type breathalyser. Simple, quick and easy to use with two modes. Fast mode for a preliminary screening where no mouthpiece is required displays HI, LOW and 0 all non zero results are then screened with a mouthpiece to obtain a digital reading to 2 decimal places. Breathalyser shows CAL when calibration is required (this usually occurs between 200-300 uses). Click here for more information or to purchase.

Drug Testing
Your Drug and Alcohol Management Program requires you to implement drug testing.

Sure Step Drug Test Cups - Urine Drug Testing
Sure Step Drug Test Cups are a leading simple, easy to use and accurate drug test that produces results in just a few minutes. Click here for more information or to purchase.

Conducting the drug and alcohol testing
There are basically two options for testing officers and these are either training staff within your organisation to conduct the testing or engaging testing officers to complete the testing on your behalf.

Testing Officer Training
Our Nationally recognised drug and alcohol testing officer training meets the requirements for Australian Standards 3547 for alcohol testing, 4308 urine drug testing.

Our presenters have many years of experience in the industry. This course offers the participants the theory behind the standards, the opportunity to carry out each of the tests as well as role playing the situations a tester can come up against in completing testing in a work place.

Click here to register for a course or click here to register interest in an upcoming course not currently available.

Preferred Testing Officers
You may wish to engage one of our preferred testing officers to conduct your testing for you. You can rest assured that the testing officers on our list have completed the nationally recognised training and are using our quality products. Click here to see a list of our preferred testing officers.

In order to effectively manage Drug and Alcohol issues in your workplace it is important to consistently carry out awareness training with all of your existing staff and new staff on their commencement. A consistent regime of testing also ensures the effects of drug and alcohol issues in the workplace are minimised.

Early intervention and/or rehabilitation should also be available for employees where a positive result is confirmed.

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