HSEQ

Our strong safety culture is firmly embedded in every division of Wallis Drilling.

Our team of HSEQ Advisors are highly experienced bringing a wealth of knowledge from a diverse range of backgrounds within the drilling and mining industries. Their advice is practical and based on in-field experience together with formal HSEQ qualifications.

All our operators are trained to comply with applicable Health, Safety and Environment laws, regulations and mandatory standards. Where these do not exist, we apply appropriate internal standards that reflect Wallis’ commitment to minimise adverse impacts from our operations, products and services.

We continuously work to enhance all aspects of safety across our business, including rig design, training and operation.

Through our process of continual improvement we have received the following recent awards:

  • Worksafe Work Health and Safety Innovation of the Year (2023) for the Wallis200 Air Core Drill rig designed and built by Wallis Drilling
  • ADIA Safety Innovation of the Year (2023) for the Wallis200 Air Core Drill rig designed and built by Wallis Drilling

HSEQ Policy

Safety Charter

  • To promote personal responsibility in accident prevention and ensure each employee understands their responsibility to themselves, their family and fellow employees
  • Proactively pursue the identification of all hazards and eliminate or, if not possible, mitigate the risk by implementing systems to assess, control and monitor those risks
  • Educate and train our employees on Wallis Drilling Health, Safety and Environment requirements and assign appropriate accountabilities and responsibilities
  • Everyone working on our projects must have competencies aligned with Australian competency standards for the mining and exploration drilling industry. We are committed to providing nationally-recognised qualifications to all our field employees.

Wallis has a dedicated Training team which conducts training and assessment activities including skills recognition as required in the field. Our training initiatives are supported by a suite of work instructions which reinforce our commitment to managing high-risk activities at drill rig level in the field and within our workshops and yards.

The underpinning knowledge and skills-based tasks which are covered in our training program are integrated into the everyday work activities at the levels prescribed by the individual job functions.


Accreditations

We are committed to the highest standards of quality and safety for our clients and employees.

The following quality assurance accreditations have been maintained since 2003:

  • ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
  • ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System
  • ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System (previously 4801/18001)
  • ISO 55001:2014 Asset Management System (achieved in 2019)