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Health and Safety Representatives

Harmonisation

  What do Representatives Represent? Posted on October 10, 2011 by The Safety Nerd OHS Representatives are not becoming an extinct species, but they are changing their spots. Out with the old, in with the new I say, and in waltzes HSRs – Health and Safety Representatives with more responsibility, more knowledge and more power [...]

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SAFE WORK WEEK 2011 WORKSHOPS

Safety Communication

BOOKINGS OPEN FOR SAFE WORK WEEK 2011 WORKSHOPS Bookings are now being taken for free events in Safe Work Week 2011, South Australia’s major awareness event for occupational health, safety and welfare (OHS). The program will run in late October, and involves more than 60 free information sessions over five days. These have been tailored [...]

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Measure Health and Safety Performance

Articles

Recent article by OHS Reps @ Work. Outlining the negative aspects of using traditional safety performance indictaors: Too often, the only measures used in workplaces and by government authorities are ‘negative’ measures. These are known as outcome indicators, and while they are important, they generally reflect the results of past actions. Outcome indicators may hide [...]

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Do You Need a WHSO in QLD

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Workplace health and safety officers (WHSO) Please not that despite lobbying by Qld Govt, the role of the  WHSO is likely to change dramatically in 2011 under the new national harmonisation laws READ MORE Please see latest comments below Any workplace with 30 or more employees is required by law to have a workplace health [...]

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