Tradies National Health Month

This August is 'Tradies National Health Month', designed to raise awareness of work-related injuries and illnesses among tradies.

Did you know:

• 1 in 5 serious workplace injuries involve a tradie
• Up to 10 tradies are badly injured at work every day
• Nearly a quarter of all roofers, labourers and plumbers experience back pain, muscle stress and strain from lifting equipment or slips, trips and falls while handling materials.

Find out more using our WHS Subject Guide or visit Safe Work Australia today.

National Tree Day

Image 'The third tree' by Trey Ratcliff (on Flickr)

This Sunday, 26 July, is National Tree Day.

Councils and non-profit organisations throughout Australia will be planting trees on this day and working towards revegetating native habitat.

Liverpool City Council is hosting a National Tree Day activity at Joshua Moore Park (at Eureka Crescent, Sadleir).

You can volunteer for this event or any National Tree Day event at treeday.planetark.org.

National Diabetes Week (12 July - 18 July 2015)

This week is National Diabetes Week.

1.7 million people in Australia are living with diabetes, with this number climbing to 382 million worldwide.

Miller TAFE Library has a number of e-resources on diabetes, which can be accessed with your DET username and password.

These include an ebook on the Prevention of Diabetes as well as video files on Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes.