George Robotham

A Different Way of Learning

George Robotham

A Different Way of Learning, Adventure Based Learning, George Robotham Is your learning becoming routine and boring? You may like to try adventure based learning. Having been associated for many years with a program that uses adventure based learning in life-style, leadership and team building issues I can see application for this style of learning [...]

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The Things You Need To Know About Health and Safety Leadership

George Robotham

Latest brilliant reflection from GEORGE ROBOTHAM from www.ohschange.com.au. See his other articles HERE This is probably one of the most significant pieces of work that I have published for sometime. I have been involved with its evolution for quite a while now and it has been peer reviewed of over 50 professionals and modified accordingly. [...]

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How to Give an Unforgettable Safety Presentation

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE HERE How to Give an Unforgettable Presentation (Failure is not an option) by George Robotham www.ohschange.com.au   Introduction The following has been assisted by formal learning / education but largely represents critical reflection on the writer’s personal practice. The people who say an amount of it is based on the [...]

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Implementation of a learning management system

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE HERE Implementation of a learning management system In the early 1990’s XYZ mining company revolutionised their approach to learning. Existing learning programs were examined and costed, many millions were being spent and it became obvious much of this money was wasted. 2 An exhaustive learning needs analysis was carried out. [...]

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Managing the OHS Practical – Theoretical Divide

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE HERE Managing the OHS Practical – Theoretical Divide by George Robotham – www.ohschange.com.au Quotable Quote "A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It can only be understood by knowing and feeling the pain, anguish, and depression and shattered hopes of the [...]

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Response to complaints

Bullying

A quick list of responses to a complaint which you may find useful. It was assembled, mostly in jest, by a little group of my esteemed recalcitrant colleagues, actually, mostly George Robotham. Don’t read on if you are easily offended. Happy for you to contribute your suggestions in the comments below Response to complaints I [...]

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“Risk Makes Sense” Book Review

George Robotham

Review of the Robert Long book Risk Makes Sense by George Robotham See more details about the book HERE In my view this book is a substantial addition to the body of knowledge about Risk and OHS. Written from a psychological perspective it puts into print many of the things I have figured out for [...]

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The toughest safety assignment I have had

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE HERE The toughest safety assignment I have had George gets a call from a management consultant, can I commit a bit of time to review a company’s Safety Management System? Said yes and was told 2 of the company directors want to meet me before going ahead. I think they [...]

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The Use of Humour in Safety

Funny Safety Images

George’s Safety Reflections – SEE MORE HERE The use of Humour in Safety Humour can be used effectively in formal and informal presentations and in general interaction in business and non-business life. Avoid humour that focuses on religion, politics, race, class, sex, age, physical appearance. To use any of these will run the risk of [...]

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Safety Tool Box Meeting

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections – SEE MORE HERE Safety Tool box meetings Regular, short, sharp, tool-box meetings or toolbox talks can be an excellent means of getting the safety message to employees and resolving safety problems. The following advice is given for the conduct of these meetings: Find a quiet area free of distractions Use open-ended [...]

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Safety and Human Error

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections – guest post by George Robotham – www.ohschange.com.au Safety and Human Error When you pick up the newspaper and listen to the television or radio you will find terms like driver error, human error and pilot error used frequently as if this was the definitive reason why “accidents”, occur. Authorities such as [...]

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OHS Leadership

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections by George Robotham from www.ohschange.com.au OHS Leadership Having survived a number of years in industry the author is acutely aware that leadership of an organisation can make or break the organisation. The importance of leadership is vastly underrated in Australian industry, leadership is the forgotten key to excellence in business. Leaders send [...]

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A light-hearted look at the characteristics of a good OHS Professional

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections – by George Robotham – www.ohschange.com.au A light-hearted look at the characteristics of a good OHS Professional (WARNING – Some may be offended – if you are, bad luck!) He is like Herpes – He will not go away He is a glutton for punishment He is structure oriented and used to [...]

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Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems

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George’s Safety Reflections – by George Robotham – www.ohschange.com.au Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems There is some confusion in practice between the terms inspection and audit, I distinguish between the two by saying you inspect things and you audit systems. Organisations that are successful at Occupational Health and Safety have regular comprehensive internal and [...]

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Accident Investigation

Accident Investigation

George’s Safety Reflections – see George’s Website www.ohschange.com.au Accident investigation summary The term accident is an emotionally laden term that implies blame. I prefer to use the term personal damage occurrence. Summary of the personal damage occurrence investigation process Provide first-aid and medical care to injured persons and make the site safe Ensure Emergency Response [...]

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Improving Safety Through Interpersonal Skills

Consultation

George’s Safety Reflections – by Geroge Robotham from www.ohschange.com.au Improving Safety Using Interpersonal skills When interviewing OHS professionals many interviewers focus on their technical skills. Frankly I think communications and interpersonal skills are much more important than technical skills. You can be really bright, you can be highly qualified and trained, you can be well [...]

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Free OHS e-book – Safety Management Systems

eBook

Safety Management Systems Another great OHS read from the legendary Safety Guru George Robotham. George can be contacted on fgrobotham@gmail.com, he welcomes debate on the book (it would be indeed a boring world if everybody agreed with George). Check out his website: http://www.ohschange.com.au/ Download it here Conclusion from George’s ebook”: The above is quite a [...]

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The Good, Bad & Ugly of My Safety Career

George Robotham

The Good, Bad & Ugly of My Safety Career We are extremely privileged to be able to publish this work by George Robotham. George is one of the most respected and experienced safety practitioners in Australia. This paper is enthralling reading and documents Georges’ learning’s in his 38 year career working in some of the [...]

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Hierarchy of Controls versus Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures

George Robotham

Hierarchy of Controls versus Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures Article by George Robotham – B.Ed. (Adult & Workplace Ed.), Grad. Cert. Management of Organisational Change, Grad. Dip. Occupational Hazard Management. George would really appreciate feedback and con be contacted here: Email: fgrobotham@gmail.com  Website: www.ohschange.com.au The traditional wisdom when developing hazard controls is to apply the Hierarchy of [...]

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Safety Culture and How to Improve it

George Robotham

Another brilliant article from George Robotham at OHSChange based on his extensive experience and research. DOWNLOAD THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: EXTRACT: Management summary Safety culture is said to be an underlying construct that influences the effectiveness of an organisation’s Safety Management System. Culture is often defined as “The way we do things around here”. A [...]

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25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System

George Robotham

25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System Following on from our mega popular article about how to encourage poor safety performance (READ IT HERE), here is another great article Courtesy of George Robotham From OHS Change Download the Word Version Here:    1 Lack of management commitment, leadership and drive from the top [...]

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