Coal boosts local business
FEW could argue that there have been numerous ups and down in the coal sector over the past 10 years, and while there has been a hotly debated range of conflicting reporting in local media outlets, one of the best alternative indicators of coal’s overall growth is the flow-on economic impact to local service providers.
While it varies from industry to industry, businesses that support the employment needs of the coal sector are a good starting point as they provide an indicator across the entire industry, from mining companies through to contracting services and everything in between.
Over the past five years, Humanomics has seen continued growth in the business right across the mining sector.
Humanomics provide a 360-degree holistic health testing and monitoring service including pre-employment Order 43 medicals, specialised spirometry for hazardous substances, respirator fit testing and health monitoring.
According to managing director Sanjiv Parmar, growth is a combination of industry growth and specialisation of their services to the sector.
“We’ve seen a steady, positive growth in the employment side of the sector over the last decade and wanted to make sure we could adapt our business to take advantage of that growth,” Mr Parmar said.
“We understand that the sector is going through ongoing change and that we needed to become more nimble to accommodate their needs and support their business.
“That’s why we introduced faster turnaround time for medical appointments and reporting, as well as a mobile testing van for on-site delivery of services.
“We know that time is money for our clients and have developed a solution that ensures we deliver industry best practice medical services within the shortest delivery timeframe possible.”
Much like the best businesses within the coal sector, Humanomics has focussed on systems and processes to create business efficiencies that deliver improved outcomes for clients.
“This has involved a full rebuild of all of our systems,” Mr Parmar said.
“We have completely restructured our processes and services to make it faster and easier for our clients to do business with us.
“We increased the number of specialist medical practitioners we have on staff to ensure timely appointments and improve the range of services, as well as increased peer reviews.
“We also doubled our front-line staff to make the experience as streamlined as possible for the employees who come to the clinic for testing as well as for employers to book and manage the process.”
The company focuses on the inter-relationships between workers, their workplaces and their work practices, occupational and environmental medicine encompasses prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, thereby further enhancing the holistic staff management opportunities for employers.