Looking forward to 2026
As lifting goes further, higher and is conducted in more inclement conditions, LEEA has to be more important, writes Justin Boehm, LEEA Regional Manager – Australia & New Zealand.
LEEA continues to push three key messages: are your processes in place, are your people in place and do you have a commitment to ongoing excellence? Companies that have the LEEA badge must be a trusted partner so there will be no dilution in terms of quality among the membership, indeed we are looking at making it harder to be a LEEA member.
As well as changing industry, digitalisation changes how LEEA will be working as we increasing become a knowledge management organisation through bringing in expertise, disseminating it effectively and sharing it in bite size units of knowledge that will nudge safer behaviour as people become more knowledgeable.
In addition, we have improved LEEA’s globally applicable best practice guide, the Code of Practice for Safe Use of Lifting Equipment (COPSULE) and will be adding more compliance documents that are easier to use and have more impact.
On top of all this, we are reminding policy makers that without lifting, the economy changes and maybe stops.
