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BHP Billiton

iPICK & Modules

In early 2007, BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal commissioned us to build a fully custom touch-screen kiosk system for their employees to use to access controlled documents on site. With a very tight budget, we implemented iPICK version 1.0 over the course of three months.

Since then, the system has seen multiple major upgrades and is now deployed at many BHP Billiton sites. We’ve worked with many of them to produce additional modules for other needs to extend the value of the touch-screen kiosks the sites have already deployed and to extend the same functionality to users on conventional PCs.

iPICK generated so much interest from other companies after it was launched that we subsequently built IQ LINK as its spiritual successor. Nevertheless, we still support our various iPICK modules for BHP Billiton.

A BMA employee using the iPICK Controlled Documents interface (pictured)
The STAX module connects to SGS SafeStax and gives users access to their training records.
The Role Finder module provides full role descriptions for every position at Illawarra Coal, allowing users to compare their skills with those required for various positions.
The HSEC reporting module provides a variety of incident and other reports in a way that makes sense to most employees, not just health and safety staff.
The Training Booking System allows employees to enrol in their own training sessions and download course material in advance. It automatically coordinates supervisor approvals and notifies the various training providers of the final attendee list.
The Equipment Compliance Management System provides BMA employees with a searchable database of equipment that has been registered for use on site, allowing employees to check the owners of vehicles and other machinery by call-sign. It also provides a feature-rich management interface to allow the site to coordinate inspections.
The Ideas Management System is designed to give a voice to employees, encouraging them to post their ideas for site improvements for the chance to win prizes.

Induction Video

The induction video we helped produce for Illawarra Coal is an essential component of the induction process employees undertake in order to qualify to work at any of the company’s mines.

Title still image from the Illawarra Coal induction video
Title still image from the Illawarra Coal induction video
A still image from the Illawarra Coal induction video showing underground mining activity
A still image from the Illawarra Coal induction video showing miners with Illawarra Coal logo superimposed
A still image from the Illawarra Coal induction video showing miners with BHP Billiton logo superimposed
A still image from the Illawarra Coal induction video showing an old photo of miners with Illawarra Coal logo superimposed

A1 Posters

Since 2010, we’ve been asked to design large-format posters for Illawarra Coal to describe their current policies and procedures to their workforce.

From skills and training information required for certain roles to the company’s induction model, we’ve worked to apply first Illawarra Coal’s own and later BHP Billiton’s brand guidelines to this print work.

The Illawarra Coal induction model A1 poster