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Safety Censorship

Accidents

One of our guest Authors, Phil La Duke was unceremoniously dumped from a LinkedIn Forum (and Aussie one!) for daring to publish this article. It is heavy duty and provocative but one needs to look beyond taking it personally or getting offended (I would be concerned if I was offended by this) and at the [...]

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Anxiety and Fear Professionals

Robert Long

“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.” – Nelson Mandela.  Another great article by Dr Robert Long to stir the pot! – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s new book “RISK MAKES SENSE” – [...]

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Safety Professional Salaries

Mine Safety

Resources Sector Salary Gap Closing A new salary survey released today shows a brain drain triggered by the mining boom has forced employers in other sectors to increase salaries for safety professionals. The gap in safety salaries between the mining and resource sectors and other industry sectors is closing for the first time in past [...]

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Educators and Corporate Agendas Misaligned in OHS

OHS

Educators and Corporate Agendas Misaligned in OHS Press Release – Educators and Corporate Agendas Misaligned in OHS 19 February 2012 Universities cannot keep up with the demand for workplace safety professionals, a survey released today has revealed. As corporate Australia struggles to meet the demands for safe work places, the pipeline of qualified professionals graduating [...]

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Safety Professionals Prepare for an Uncertain Future

Behaviour Based Safety

PREPARING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE: WHAT TOMORROW’S SAFETY PROFESSIONAL SHOULD BE STUDYING TODAY Recent Article published by By Phil La Duke on the Fabricating and Metalworking Website. We will be publishing more of Phil’s insightful articles, in the near future, HERE. In a dynamic business environment, the decisions one makes today can have a profound [...]

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Role of the safety professional

Safety Leadership

George’s Safety Reflections – see more here Role of the safety professional It is interesting to read job advertisements and see what employers expect of OHS personnel. Statements are often made that the OHS person is to be responsible for implementing and managing OHS. Of course this flies in the face of management obligations at [...]

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Safety Professionals Identity Crisis

Safety Consultants

Safety Professionals Identity Crisis In commenting on our recent posting Ode To the Safety Professional a well respected member of the industry wrote: “I have problems with the term SAFETY PROFESSIONAL. My GP is not a DOCTOR PROFESSIONAL, my dentist is not a DENTAL PROFESSIONAL architect is not an ARCHITECT PROFESSIONAL, my lawyer is not [...]

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How to Manage Time – for Safety Professionals

Safety Management Plan

George’s Safety Reflections – MORE HERE Management of time for safety professionals Most OHS professionals are very busy people, effectively managing your time can increase your productivity markedly. There is often little correlation between hard work and the level of achievement. Active people do not necessarily get the most done. Activity=Productivity is a myth. “Procrastination [...]

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Effective Listening for Safety Professionals

Consultation

George’s Safety Reflections – See more HERE Effective listening for Safety Professionals The OHS professional attends many meetings, facilitates a lot of learning and generally converses with a lot of people, often what is not said is as important as what is said. Being a good reader of body language is essential to get to [...]

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Safety Professionals–Interpersonal Skills

Safety Consultants

George’s Safety Reflections – MORE HERE Safety Professionals – 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 read but if [...]

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Why Rugby Union players make better OHS professionals than Rugby League players

Safety Reflections

George’s Safety Reflections – see more of his articles HERE Why Rugby Union players make better OHS professionals than Rugby League players OHS is about leadership, teamwork, skill and communications in an enjoyable environment. Let us compare the 2 Rugby codes. Leadership Rugby league is famous for leaders who rat on their team mates, have [...]

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Health and Safety Risk Assessments in the Workplace

Free Downloads

Health and Safety Risk Assessments in the Workplace By Nik Cassells In every workplace environment there is a fundamental and legal need for managing health and safety factors. This is carried out by trained and skilled occupational health and safety professionals. Training has many different levels leading up to the NEBOSH National Diploma. This is [...]

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Latest Safe To Work News

Safety News

Latest News Melbourne business man prosecuted for employee death A Melbourne business owner was prosecuted last week after a worker on a domestic construction site under his control fell through a hole in the floor and died. NSW developer fined after serious head injuries on worksite A NSW developer has been fined $80,000 and ordered [...]

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Closing the Gap Between Safety Management Systems

Safety Systems

Closing the Gap Between Safety Management Systems By James Roughtonand Nathan Crutchfield We were involved in a recent discussion on which was the appropriate or best title for the job assessment method used by safety professionals for decades. From the discussion, the use of “Job Hazard Analysis” (JHA) appears to have been somewhat superseded by [...]

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Latest News from Safety Solutions

Safety News

What’s New? Safety professionals and CFOs need to speak the same language ahead of new OHS Act An insurance and risk adviser firm has called on safety professionals to get more involved with senior executives to ensure their companies and management fully comprehend their new responsibilities under the new OHS Act. [ read more on [...]

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Free Safety Shockers Images

Construction safety images

This site is the ultimate resource for shocking and stupid safety photos, pictures and images. Contributors include Workplace Safety Inspectors and a network of Safety Professionals. The site is a combined effort of the SAFTENG Network and the Victorian Worksafe Authority as part of their Safety Soapbox campaign so it has a very good pedigree! [...]

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Effective Safety Committees

Articles

An effective safety committee is one in which motivated committee members communicate problem solving ideas and promote general safety in all employees.  A fully comprehensive safety team demonstrates the company’s commitment to safe and healthy employees, and the team builds upon effective safety practices to encourage further injury prevention. Committees should be formed with ideally [...]

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