Motorcycling Australia

[JAP 454]

You got it , Firko !! Here 'tis, last page in this Officials application form, http://www.motorcycling.com.au/PDF_Files/Seminars/s_officialslicenceapp_130612a.doc
Foss

[Simo63]

So lets take it out on the insurance companies that milk our hard earned dollar in every facet of our lives. Public risk liability and OH&S are killing small business, sports associations and just about any organisation that has human interaction involved. The leeches are continually finding new ways to scare government and administration bodies into adopting new legislation (and more expensive insurance coverage) to protect us from ourselves. Look behind everything we do in modern society and you'll find a smiling fat cat insurance company stuffing hundred dollar bills into its pockets by the millions.

I'll be seatbelts on MXers soon enough..

Lol  Lawsy ... the last thing I want is to be strapped to the damn bike if it's going down .. or up .. or anyway other than around the track  .  But I get your drift ... before you know it we may have to have those little helmet lifting airbag systems .. and who knows what else will come along   

Although the older (and more fragile) I get the more I need protection .... from myself 

[Montynut]

You got it , Firko !! Here 'tis, last page in this Officials application form, http://www.motorcycling.com.au/PDF_Files/Seminars/s_officialslicenceapp_130612a.doc
Foss

The Child Protection Declaration is not a certificate it is a requirement by the Government that any person that 'works' with children either paid or unpaid must declare that they are not prohibited from doing so and also submit that a police check can be carried out.

Remember that officials are across the sport so someone that applies for say a Clerk of the Coarse licence for MX meetings can carry out that duty at a VMX meeting or a junior MX meeting.

All club officials, coaches etc must also fill out the same declaration. This applies across all sports and businesses. If you run a mowing business and have a contract to mow a school lawn then they will ask you for a declaration. Well that is NSW I assume the same in other states

[John Orchard]

Yeh to become an MA coach I had to get a government 'working with children' card.

[Davey Crocket]

I had to get a "blue card" last year when I got onto the QVMX committee, piece a piss, MQ does everything and it cost nothing.....all I had to do was fill the form out.......if you want to get into the nitty gritty stuff like you cant take a photo with any kids in it unless you have the parents permission (might end up on a porn site ).....the shit goes on.

[JAP 454]

As I said, officials have to sign a WWC " statement", ie. declaration, in NSW, however , there are differing requirements in most states. P 278 current GCRs.
Foss

[Colin Jay]

Along with being an offical and coach with MSA, I am also a volunteer with both the local Rotary Club and the local hospitals which includes several aged care facilities. For all of these roles I am required to undergo a Police Check and be issued with a certificate to verify that I am suitable to work with children, the elderly and the disabled. The requirement for the Police Check has been around for quite some time for volenteer organisations and I have never had any dificulties with it.  In some ways I rip off the SA government as I renew my certification through Country Health SA and therefore the SA goverment pays the fees while I use the same certificate for my MSA and Rotary roles as well.

CJ

[Simo63]

In some ways I rip off the SA government as I renew my certification through Country Health SA and therefore the SA goverment pays the fees while I use the same certificate for my MSA and Rotary roles as well.

CJ

How do you sleep at night Col 

[bazza]

Dont forget police check if you want to be a santa

[firko]

Dont forget police check if you want to be a santa

I understand the need for a clearance to work with kids but isn't it a sad reflection on how far society has fallen? I was Santa at my works Christmas Picnic for 10 years and never needed any sort of background checks. I was speaking to an old workmate late last year and she told me about the various clearances one now needs to play Santa at the company Christmas party. She was having trouble finding a suitable person who had all of the correct paperwork and was asking me if I had the certificates. It was the first time I'd heard of such a thing so I had to knock back the invitation. It's a shame as I got as much joy out of playing Santa as the kids did. I told her that if they ever wanted me to do it again I'd go through with whatever clearances I needed for them. I guess there have always been paedophiles lurking behind trees but due to the availability of kiddie porn on the internet we're today all more aware and cautious. I'm genuinely saddened that humanity has sunk to such a low that we need all of these checks and balances but if it saves one kid from these slime, it's one bit of political correctness legislation I'll gladly put up with. 

[SLAWESY]

I had to get a "blue card" last year when I got onto the QVMX committee, piece a piss,

Sure is that easy, I needed one for coaching footy.. pretty simple fill in the form, pay the fee. Absolutely forking useless. Every pedophile from here to Timbuctoo would have one I'm sure. Another box ticking fee gathering exercise keeping the otherwise unemployable in work for some Government department. 

[pancho]

 As stated before there is no cost involved in N.S.W. My wife and I had Kids staying with us at various times through our membership in Rotary, we filled in the forms also my son who was living here. No cost involved and no fuss or bother.
cheers pancho.

[micks]

chain guard on, chain guard off, chain gaurd on - cmx343
http://www.ma.org.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Commissions___Committees/CMX_Minutes_2013.pdf

[matcho mick]

chain guard on, chain guard off, chain gaurd on - cmx343
http://www.ma.org.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Commissions___Committees/CMX_Minutes_2013.pdf

fuggg,wheres me burbon,i need to clear my head,  

[Rookie#1]

Well at least Mr.Baker has got some (small) recognition in the submissions he's put forward. Well done that man