Program 'at a glance' brochureOHS – Occupational health, safety and welfare
HSR – Health and safety representative
HR – Human resources
DAY 3
WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2012
TIME
EVENT
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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9.45 am
FREE
Ref: 3.A
SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN A BOOMING MINING ENVIRONMENT
SPEAKER: CS Wong – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: Based on ‘Mind the Gap’ research conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers between October 2011 and April 2012, Australia’s mining boom is now 10 years old. So too is the skills shortage in critical resources-related professions and trades that came with it.
The demand for maintaining an appropriately skilled, sustainable and competent workforce becomes ever more challenging when coping with the OHS issues that arise from these shortfalls. Managing safety in a mining boom environment is therefore a key challenge in realising the boom’s benefits for all South Australians.
This session highlights critical safety focus areas and management strategies for dealing with these skills and competency gaps. It will include learnings from case studies of reportable incidents investigated by SafeWork SA.
AUDIENCE: Exploration and mining companies, contractors, employees, employers, HSRs, HR professionals, managers/supervisors, medium/large business owners, OHS committees, OHS professionals, risk advisors.
Back to top| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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11.00 am
FREE
Ref: 3.B
MANAGEMENT OF PLANT SAFETY – PREPARING FOR CHANGE UNDER NEW WHS LAWS
SPEAKER: David Rynes – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: Under proposed new WHS laws in South Australia, the duties for businesses or undertakings that are involved with plant and equipment are changing. This affects designers, manufacturers, importers, suppliers and anyone who uses plant and equipment.
This session will highlight the changes from the current OHS laws in our state.
AUDIENCE: Business owners, employers, employees, contractors, HSRs, managers/supervisors, OHS professionals, risk advisors.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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12.15 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.C
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CLARIFIED – PREPARING FOR CHANGE UNDER NEW WHS LAWS
SPEAKERS: Brian Adams and Wayne Dodd – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: The introduction of proposed new WHS legislation in South Australia will have some effect on everyone in the state’s construction industry. Learn about the roles and responsibilities every business operator will have under the new laws.
What is deemed to be a construction project or high risk construction work? And just what are WHS plans and safe work method statements? The roles of clients, designers and principal contractors will be clarified, and you will find out what codes of practice will be available to support and guide the industry.
AUDIENCE: Apprentices, business owners, contractors, employers, employees, HSRs, managers/supervisors, OHS committees, OHS professionals, trainees, new workers.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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1.30 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.D
CONVEYOR SAFETY
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKER: Chris Ginever – Mining and Quarrying OHS Committee (MAQOHSC)
CONTENT: Conveyors are utilised widely in mining and quarrying operations, and present major hazards to anyone who works with or near them. However, the safety issues to be discussed in this session are applicable to all conveyor operations in all industries and will therefore be of interest to many other industry groups.
Session attendees will obtain risk management tools to minimise the major hazards presented by conveyors, and be able to ensure that they are compliant with the legislation.
AUDIENCE: Apprentices, business owners, contractors, sub-contractors, employees, employers, HSRs, exploration/mining/quarrying companies, general public.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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2.45 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.E
HAS YOUR UNION GOT THE RIGHT? – RIGHT OF ENTRY
(this is one of two sessions on offer – see Monday 22 October)
SPEAKER: Vikki Hinton – Business SA
CONTENT: With the proposed new WHS legislation in this state, unions - for the first time in South Australia - will have a right of entry for the purposes of work health and safety.
This session will help you to understand the circumstances under which unions can enter a workplace and the obligations all unions must meet.
AUDIENCE: Contractors, employers, HR professionals, managers/supervisors, OHS professionals/practitioners, business owners.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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4.00 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.F
GO TO GAOL CARD? – RECKLESS CONDUCT IN A WHS CONTEXT
SPEAKER: James Rock – Australian Industry Group
CONTENT: The most serious category of offence in the proposed new WHS legislation is reserved for ‘Reckless Conduct’. It carries the risk of gaol or significant fines. Proving this offence requires that the prosecution prove that a duty holder ‘is reckless as to the risk to an individual of death or serious injury or illness’.
To date in South Australia, there has never been a prosecution of this scope, however the passing of the WHS Bill will enliven this offence.
So what do we know about the generic phrase ‘reckless endangerment’, not just here in Australia, but internationally? What do we know about this category of workplace offences in Australia? And what can we learn to limit the risk of harm to Australian workers?
AUDIENCE: All.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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10.00 am
FREE
Ref: 3.G
BUILDING TEAM RESILIENCE
(this is one of two sessions on offer – see Tuesday 23 October)
SPEAKER: Kathryn McEwen – Organisational Psychologist
CONTENT: Organisational teams of all types and sizes are struggling to deal with constant change, declining resources and increased expectations of what they should deliver.
This session provides the top 10 tips on building resilience that you can apply in any team to assist employees in managing pressure and setbacks in as healthy a way as possible.
AUDIENCE: Employees, employers, HSRs, HR professionals, managers/supervisors, OHS committees, OHS professionals, risk advisors, business owners.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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11.30 am
FREE
Ref: 3.H
DEADLY DELIVERIES – MAKING LOADING AND UNLOADING SAFER
(this is one of two sessions on offer – see Monday 22 October)
SPEAKER: Paul Ploenges – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: How safe (or potentially deadly) are your trucking and forklift operations?
Find out how to improve safety performance through hazard identification, risk assessment and control implementation. Learn from the practical examples and tested solutions provided by SafeWork SA investigators experienced in the transport and storage industries.
AUDIENCE: Small/medium business owners that use trucks and forklifts.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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1.00 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.I
HEALTHY WORKERS = HEALTHY FUTURES
PRESENTED BY: SA Health
CONTENT: Chronic disease due to lifestyle risk factors is a leading cause of death and disability around the world. Nearly all (96%) of working-age people report one or more of these factors: smoking, risky alcohol consumption, obesity, physical inactivity, high blood pressure, or low fruit and vegetable intake.
Given the amount of time we spend at work, are our workplaces therefore not key settings where employers can make the ‘healthy choice the easy choice’?
This presentation will provide:
- an overview of the Healthy Workers Initiative (HWI), which was Australian government funded through the National Partnership Agreement on Preventative Health
- a synopsis of why ‘good health = good business’
- a range of resources and tools developed through the HWI that workplaces can use to develop a meaningful and sustainable workplace health and wellbeing program.
AUDIENCE: All.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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2.45 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.J
THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC
SPEAKER: Hal Robertson – SA Health, WorkFit Services Workforce Health
CONTENT: Obesity is now the number one world health problem, with 1.6 billion people reported to be overweight or obese. In Australia, obesity has doubled in the last two decades. With Australia ranked at number seven in worldwide obesity, drastic action is required.
Obesity is estimated to cost Australia a minimum of $38 million per annum, which significantly impacts on the health care system. Caring for larger dependant patients places workers at increased risk of workplace injury, and many health care facilities are not designed to accommodate larger consumers. Resources such as additional staff for care tasks and transfers, and situation specific furniture, fixtures or equipment can be absent or limited.
Why is it happening and what can we do about it? Treatment of obesity is a small part of the solution. Public health strategies are needed to effectively manage this epidemic.
AUDIENCE: Health care workers, employees, employers, general public, HSRs, managers/supervisors, new workers, OHS professionals, risk advisors, trainees.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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4.00 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.K
MANAGING BARIATRIC PATIENTS IN AN ACUTE HOSPITAL SETTING
SPEAKER: Hal Robertson – SA Health, WorkFit Services Workforce Health
CONTENT: A bariatric patient requires the same quality of care as a normal sized patient, including access to facilities, safe transfers, and appropriate equipment and furniture to support their weight and body shape which, where possible, encourage independence.
The inability to provide suitable bariatric equipment – everything from beds and morgue trolleys to walking aids and wheelchairs - in the right place at the right time can therefore compromise both worker and client safety. Workers are especially placed at a high risk of injury if bariatric clients are dependant i.e. needing assistance to be repositioned in bed, transferred or perform activities of daily living.
This session highlights progress and shortfalls in obese and bariatric patient management at the Royal Adelaide Hospital through the work of the hospital’s Bariatric Working Party.
AUDIENCE: Health care workers, employees, employers, HSRs, managers/supervisors, OHS professionals.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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6.00 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.L
HOW TO BECOME A SAFEWORK SA INSPECTOR
(this is one of two sessions on offer – see Monday 22 October)
SPEAKER: Bryan Russell – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: OHS Inspectors have the valuable role of protecting the public by ensuring that workplaces are providing for the health, safety and welfare of employees. They also investigate fatalities, incidents and dangerous occurrences.
Do you have what it takes?
This session will cover the role of the OHS Inspectors in SafeWork SA and the skills and experience required to become an OHS Inspector.
AUDIENCE: All.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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11.00 am
FREE
Ref: 3.M
NOISE, DUST, FUMES AND MORE
SPEAKER: Stuart Roseberg – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: Ever wondered about occupational hygiene?
Attend this session for a comprehensive guide to the safe management of noise, dust, fumes and other occupational hygiene issues in the workplace. Discussion will focus on what it means and what OHS inspectors look for, as well as some of the common issues, hazards and controls.
AUDIENCE: Small/medium business owners, managers/supervisors, HSRs, OHS professionals/practitioners.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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12.15 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.N
NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS – WORTH WORRYING ABOUT?
SPEAKER: Assoc Prof Dino Pisaniello – University of Adelaide, Discipline of Public Health
CONTENT: Statistics on noise-induced hearing loss in Australia indicate that there has not been any improvement in recent years. Research on barriers and enablers to noise control suggest that more needs to be done with regard to education and enforcement.
This session will summarise the research findings and describe some new educational tools and approaches, with particular relevance to young workers. It will also cover suggested ways of overcoming the perception that noise control is either too expensive, too difficult or simply not worth worrying about.
AUDIENCE: Employers, OHS managers, HSRs, health and wellbeing professionals.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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1.30 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.O
BEYOND HEARING TESTS – HOW AUDIOLOGISTS CAN HELP PREVENT HEARING LOSS
SPEAKER: Dr Judith Boswell – Adelaide Hearing Consultants and Tinnitus SA
CONTENT: In reducing the frequency of noise-related hearing loss and tinnitus in the workplace:
- employers want to protect workers’ safety and reduce absenteeism and communication issues associated with auditory dysfunction
- employees want to reduce their risk of developing conditions which affect their quality of life
- insurers want to reduce the sums paid out to workers affected by noise damage.
Currently, most employers accept the need for baseline and monitoring hearing tests for the purposes of identifying noisy workplaces and providing personal hearing protection. These are essential components of a hearing conservation program. Audiologists have important roles to play in each of these activities and can contribute even more to reducing noise hazards and managing hearing loss and tinnitus.
This presentation will summarise the noise hazard sections of the proposed new WHS legislation and identify related preventative, diagnostic and rehabilitative audiological practices.
AUDIENCE: All.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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2.45 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.P
INDOOR AIR QUALITY – OR THE LACK THEREOF
SPEAKERS: Ganyk Jankewicz, Dr Sharyn Gaskin, Dr Michael Tkaczuk and Assoc Prof Dino Pisaniello – Discipline of Public Health
CONTENT: Indoor air quality, or the lack of it, is a problem that can be faced by people at work and in home environments.
This presentation will consider some of the factors that determine the quality of indoor air, including volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, odours and moulds.
AUDIENCE: Business owners, employees, employers, HSRs, managers/supervisors, OHS committees, OHS professionals.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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4.00 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.Q
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION – GETTING THE RIGHT GEAR AND GETTING IT RIGHT
SPEAKER: Terry Gorman – 3M Australia
CONTENT: While Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is the last option on the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’, many workplace tasks require the use of respiratory protection to reduce workers’ exposure to airborne contaminants. There are a number of actions and certain information required to provide workers with the level of protection required.
This presentation will discuss the process to get the ‘right gear’ - how to identify and quantify workplace contaminants and then determine the appropriate respiratory protection for them, and the processes required to use and maintain the PPE used.
AUDIENCE: All.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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9.45 am
FREE
Ref: 3.R
SAFE DESIGN FOR THE PREVENTION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
SPEAKER: Bryan Colburn – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: This session will provide participants with a practical understanding of how they can eliminate or minimise the risk of musculoskeletal injuries by taking a consultative approach with staff and implementing safe design principles in the workplace.
Discussion will include positioning, variation and workflow concepts, as well as correct posture principles and legislative requirements.
AUDIENCE: HSRs, OHS committee members, OHS professionals/practitioners, risk advisors, middle and senior management.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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11.00 am
FREE
Ref: 3.S
MANUAL TASK SAFETY – EDUCATION FOR INJURY PREVENTION
SPEAKER: Adrian Barei – Peak Physiotherapy
CONTENT: A key element of any health and safety program is empowering your workforce to make better choices via education and training.
Learn how manual task safety can be simplified into easy-to-convey principles from which all workers can benefit. Attendees will be provided with take-home resource materials.
AUDIENCE: Employers, HSRs, HR professionals, OHS committees.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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12.15 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.T
WORDS THAT WORK – PREVENTING WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY
SPEAKER: Dr David Worth – Rosh Pty Ltd
CONTENT: Manual handling presentations usually start with lay language coverage of the anatomy, pathology and biomechanics of what may go wrong in the body when using poor body mechanics during lifting, pushing, pulling or carrying.
While this information is useful, it’s not necessarily the words that will work in bringing about a change in behaviour when a worker is confronted with hazards and challenges during manual task performance that might result in injury.
This session focuses on what is the most vital information for injury prevention aimed at helping workers to:
- identify manual task performance hazards
- learn how to control the hazards
- understand that, while employers have a duty of care to provide a safe workplace, they also have a responsibility to work safely - especially when the hazard cannot be quickly or easily eliminated.
AUDIENCE: All.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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1.30 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.U
SAFE STEPS IN THE OHS SUPPLY CHAIN – SURGICAL LOAN SET TRANSPORT CASES
SPEAKERS: Ingrid Ormay and Mardi Webber – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: The manual handling of surgical loan set transport cases is an OHS issue that has been identified at a national and state level as problematic. It provides a good example of supply chain risk management in the health sector.
In 2008, the Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) initiated a national intervention and compliance campaign called ‘Safe steps - Manual handling, slips and trips in hospitals’. It recommended particular attention be paid to the design of containers, handling of loan sets, use of lifting equipment, work area design, psychosocial issues, and liaison with equipment suppliers and building designers.
This led New South Wales to form a national working party to undertake further research and seek ergonomic solutions for the transport cases. National surgical loan set suppliers, couriers and hospitals were consulted.
A ‘Working Across Borders’ guidance document provides practical solutions for the health sector when handling and transporting the cases and their contents.
AUDIENCE: Health sector employees, employers, HSRs, managers/supervisors.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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2.45 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.V
PLAY IT SAFE – GET LICENSED FOR HIGH RISK WORK
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKER: Michael Manders – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: If you or your workers operate a forklift, crane, hoist, elevating work platform or pressure equipment, or perform scaffolding, rigging or dogging work, you need to know that this work is now classed as high risk and requires a Licence to Perform High Risk Work.
Learn about this national licensing system, including the timeframes for conversion of existing qualifications or ‘tickets’ and the types of work, such as forklift and self-erecting tower crane operation, which are now classed as high risk.
This session will guide you through the process of obtaining a licence for the first time, converting existing qualifications to the new licence and transferring interstate qualifications.
AUDIENCE: Employees, employers, managers/supervisors.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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9.45 am
FREE
Ref: 3.W
KEEPING RAIL ON TRACK – BEST PRACTICE IN WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR RAIL
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKERS: Verna Blewett, Jessica Paterson, Sophia Rainbird and Hayley Etherton – Central Queensland University, Appleton Institute
CONTENT: The Australian rail industry needs high performance in the delivery of its services, as well as public and workplace health and safety. Public safety is given considerable attention, has its own regulator, and crosses over with work health and safety.
The presenters will report on their Cooperative Research Centre for Rail Innovation funded research into WHS across three sectors of the Australian rail industry: heavy haul, national freight and urban passenger services. From the findings a ‘Model of Best Practice in Work Health and Safety for the Australian Rail Industry’ was developed to help rail firms become healthier and safer workplaces.
This session will focus on the research findings, the model and implications for the Australian rail industry.
AUDIENCE: Rail/transport/freight organisations, contractors, employees, employers, HSRs, HR professionals, managers/supervisors, business owners, apprentices, new workers, OHS committees, OHS professionals, risk advisors.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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11.00 am
FREE
Ref: 3.X
10 PLATINUM RULES OF OHSM – AUSTRALIAN RAIL INDUSTRY
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKERS: Jessica Paterson, Verna Blewett, Sophia Rainbird and Hayley Etherton – Central Queensland University, Appleton Institute
CONTENT: The 10 Platinum Rules of Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM) were developed from a mixed-methods investigation into OHS in the New South Wales mining industry. These rules outline ten basic principles behind promoting a safe and healthy workplace.
It seems natural that these rules might also apply to the safety-critical rail industry, especially given the interconnectedness of mining and rail. However there was no evidence to support this.
Through on-site interviews and focus groups, the presenters investigated WHS in urban passenger transport, interstate freight and heavy haul rail organisations, then analysed and tested their findings against the 10 Platinum Rules.
This session will present their findings and discuss the similarities and differences between these two important industries in relation to OHS.
AUDIENCE: All.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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12.15 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.Y
UNDERSTANDING OHS IN ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE – RAIL IN AUSTRALIA
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKERS: Hayley Etherton, Verna Blewett, Jessica Paterson and Sophia Rainbird – Central Queensland University (CQU), Appleton Institute
CONTENT: For some years a British survey, the Safety Culture Toolkit, has been used within the Australian rail industry to assess organisational culture with respect to OHS. Due to its prevalent use, researchers from CQU conducted surveys in urban passenger transport, interstate freight and heavy haul rail organisations to test the British survey in the Australian rail context.
Their findings will be presented, followed by discussion of an alternative version of the survey they recommend for use within Australian rail organisations.
AUDIENCE: Rail/transport/freight organisations, apprentices, contractors, employees, employers, HSRs, HR professionals, managers/supervisors, medium/large business owners, new workers, OHS committees, OHS professionals, risk advisors.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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1.30 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.Z
WHO WANTS TO BE IN THE WORKER'S HOT SEAT? (for HSRs)
(this is one of two sessions on offer – see Monday 22 October)
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKERS: Nerina Zakarias and Jim Sinclair – SafeWork SA
CONTENT: This interactive session will be presented in 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire Hot Seat' style. Contestants will be randomly selected from the audience to answer questions related to health and safety representatives (HSRs) in reference to the proposed new WHS laws.
The last person in the Worker’s Hot Seat who correctly answers the final question wins the grand prize. Come along and have some fun, and in the process learn about key changes for HSRs in the new WHS legislation.
AUDIENCE: Employees, HSRs, OHS committees.
| VENUE | EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MILNER STREET, HINDMARSH |
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3.30 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.ZA
RESPONDING TO BULLYING – A WORKPLACE ORGANISING MODEL
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKERS: Katrine Hildyard and Alan Fairley – Australian Services Union (ASU)
CONTENT: Bullying is a problem that festers within workplaces with poor psychosocial environments. Just as individuals need support to deal with inappropriate behaviour, the poor management and/or workplace cultures that allow bullying to continue also need to be addressed.
Does our current regulatory system provide workers with enough protection against bullying and other psychological stressors? The experience of the ASU and its members will be drawn upon to show how a workplace organising model can both assist individual workers as well as confront the systemic problems that create and tolerate 'sick' workplaces.
AUDIENCE: For elected HSRs only.
| VENUE | HOLDEN – ADMINISTRATION AND MANUFACTURING, PHILIP HIGHWAY, ELIZABETH |
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4.00 pm
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6.00 pm
FREE
Ref: 3.ZB
STRIKING A BALANCE – TOUR OF HOLDEN MANUFACTURING SITE
(this is one of three sessions on offer – see Monday 22 October and Friday 26 October)
PRESENTATION: not available
SPEAKERS: Kevin Prunty and Wayne O’Brien – Holden Ltd
CONTENT: A restricted tour of the Holden Vehicle Manufacturing Operations site at Elizabeth suited to those currently working in the manufacturing industry.
The tour will highlight approaches taken by this major South Australian manufacturer to address workplace safety, ranging from sophisticated engineering controls and guarding, to automated robot enclosures and entry systems. To demonstrate how a balance can be struck between hazard management and behavioural safety, these will then be contrasted against programs and systems in place to continually reinforce safe behaviour.
This session will run for approximately two hours, and will include a safety induction, a 30-minute presentation in the training facility focusing on hazard management, and an on-site canteen visit to see a range of visual displays.
NOTE: Participants attending this session will need to wear closed in shoes, no heels. Long pants (covering the legs) and long sleeve shirts/tops must also be worn. Holden will supply ear protection, protective glasses, gloves and vests.
AUDIENCE: Business owners, contractors, employers, HSRs, managers/supervisors, OHS professionals, risk advisors.
