Michael Gordon

•Erect,Modify and Dismantle scaffolding across Rio Tinto sites.

•Collaborated with management and safety teams to identify and rectify non-compliant scaffolding hazards.

•Conducted monthly scaffold inspections, ensuring compliance with safety standards.

• Manage major shutdown activities supervising scaffolders,riggers,painters & boilermakers.
• Conducted routine scaffold inspections and handovers, maintaining up-to-date scaffold register for compliance.
• Identified and implemented safety improvement opportunities, enhancing safety standards in various work areas.
• Work with emergency crews to develop safer rescue plans when doing confined space works.
• Complete work area inspections, review JSA’s and permits. Conduct pre starts & tool box talks. Attend daily shutdown meetings and communicate with clients.

• Direct scaffold crews during shutdown and maintenance activities
• Ensure scaffold works were completed to Australian standards
• Complete routine scaffold inspections and handovers
• Coordinated scaffold erection and dismantling tasks

• Executed scaffolding shutdown and maintenance works to ensure safety and compliance