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This page aims to do three things:

1. To provide information about the services offered by PEM;
2. To provide information about occupational health and safety and environmental management and issues; and
3. To provide guidance (and links) to accessing related information on the internet.

• PEM's services
• Areas covered by PEM's consultancy
• The Natural Step Program
• the PEM company
• Michael Pitcher's Competencies and Experience
• Michael's publications
• Current issues inoccupational health and safetyand environment.
• Links tosites relating to OH&S and environment which may interest you.
• Michael's Articles relating to the Internet.
• P.E.M's Clients

PEM's MISSION

• achieving continuous improvement of sustainability and productivity
• by a strategic approach to the integration of environmental and occupational health and safety management,
• within a quality system framework.

PEM's Quality Policy is available on this link.

PEM provides services concerning environmental and occupational health and safety issues for ...

• Small to Medium-sized Businesses
• Large-sized Businesses
• Consultancies
• Government Agencies
• Community Agencies

Note that from 1997 through to 2000, PEM has been heavily committed to establishing an ISO 14001-Certified Environmental Management System, and an Occupational Health and Safety Management System which are integrated with the Quality system, for a large Australian commercial furniture manufacturer. For further information go to the Schiavello Group

The type of the service can be one of:

1. Solution of an Immediate Problem.
2. Monitor Your Hot Spots to Make Sure Your System Stays Effective
3. Establish a Management System
4. Sustainable Strategic Planning via the Natural Step

1. Solution of an Immediate Problem.

   This will address your particular pressing issue relating to environmental, occupational health and safety, or quality management, on a project basis. PEM draws on a range of methods to identify and analyse your issue, develop and evaluate options, and provide a highly cost-effective solution to that current problem.

2. Monitor Your Hot Spots to Make Sure Your System Stays Effective

   This will focus on identifying and then developing a strategy to maximise the continual performance improvement in, the "hot spots" or critical elements for your organisation. PEM will conduct a periodic set of agreed activities, checks or reviews of your critical elements on an appropriate agreed schedule to ensure the on-going effective operation of your management system(s).

3. Establish a Management System

   Assist to establish an environmental, occupational health and safety, and/or quality management system custom-designed for your organisation. Using one or more of the three PEM User's Manual for the respective systems, PEM will work with your personnel to establish a management system which will develop into full compliance with the relevant Standards within a timeframe which suits your organisation's needs.

4. Sustainable Strategic Planning via the Natural Step

   PEM is working with the Australian arm of the Swedish Natural Step Program and can assist your organisation to use this powerful educational and strategic planning tool to achieve a competitive edge, by increasing the environmental sustainability of your organisation's operations.

Topic Areas of Consultancy

• Occupational health and safety issue identification and strategic planning
• Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
• Environmental Management Systems
• Quality Management Systems
• Regulatory compliance
• Risk assessment and management
• Industrial relations, enterprise bargaining
• Best Practice (continuous improvement, benchmarking)
• Policy and strategy development
• National and international policy
• Government-Community consultation

  About the Company

  For information about PEM, the company click on this link- Pitcher Environmental Management Pty. Ltd.

  To contact PEM:

  Address: 89 Bendigo St., Richmond, Vic. 3121, Australia Telephone & Fax: 03 9428 6622 International: +613 9428 6622

  e-mail: mpitcher@mira.net or click here

  WWW URL: http://werple.net.au/~mpitcher/

  CAPABILITY STATEMENT - Michael Pitcher

  Click here for information about Michael Pitcher's capabilities and experience

  While employed in government positions, Michael has done work for a number of clients.

  Michael Pitcher - Publications

  For one screen which includes full text of the above information click here.

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  Disclaimer

  Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information within this set of "documents", the necessarily general nature of the information means that this is not to be taken as definitive advice. The principles and approaches described here should only be applied by a suitably qualified and experienced competent person.

  Note

  With the intention to minimise bandwidth use and to ensure access to the widest range of people, (and their computers), this set of "pages" has been intentionally kept free of graphics.

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