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Upcoming Event: Safer Together DCIIRP and DrillSafe Forum Articles • May 2018 A DCIIRP/DrillSafe/DrillWell Forum will be held in Brisbane on Wednesday 6 June 2018. This event is jointly organised by Safer Together and DrillSafe and will take place at the Mercure Hotel. A networking event will be held on the evening prior, Tuesday 5 June.

Common Industry Competencies Expanded Articles • May 2018 Safer Together has identified huge value in streamlining some of the competencies that are shared across our industry, and has recently expanded the scope of the Common Industry Competencies (CIC) Specification.

ISI Changes: Price Reduced and New Pathway for Experienced Workers Articles • May 2018 From 1 May 2018 the cost of the Industry Safety Induction (ISI) is reduced by $100 per participant for members of Safer Together. People who have worked in the Queensland Natural Gas E&P Industry for more than 12 months in the last 2 years will now be able to complete an Experienced Worker Declaration Form as evidence that they are not required to undertake the ISI prior to starting work.

Collaboration in Action Articles • May 2018 Safer Together continues to engage and collaborate with various organisations in Queensland Natural Gas Exploration & Production Industry with the aim to improve safety in our industry.

Establishment of QLD Fitness for Work Working Group - Call for Nominations Articles • May 2018 Fitness for Work is recognised as being an important topic for our industry and one where a significant opportunity exists for greater levels of standardisation. The Queensland Safety Leaders Group recently agreed that a Working Group should be formed to progress work on developing an industry framework for Fitness for Work medical assessments.

Welcome: New Members (Qld) Articles • May 2018 We extend a warm welcome to 6 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in April 2018.

Safer Together WA/NT: New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • April 2018 We extend a warm welcome to 8 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in March 2018.

Pause and Reset – Santos Line of Fire Campaign Articles • April 2018 Santos has recently developed a series of video podcasts to generate discussion within work teams about the causes of, and opportunities to prevent “line of fire” type injuries. In the spirit of collaboration and sharing, Santos has made these podcasts available to other member companies of Safer Together.

Safer Together at APGA Sydney Seminar Articles • April 2018 On 12 April Sean O’Donnell (Forum Coordinator, Safer Together) spoke as a guest presenter at the Australian Pipelines & Gas Association (APGA) Pipeline Operators Group Seminar in Sydney, introducing Safer Together to representatives from the pipeline operations industry.

Safer Together and Subsea Energy Australia: Connecting, Supporting, Promoting Articles • April 2018 Safer Together is keen to collaborate with other Industry groups to help achieve our Vision: “Together build a safer Oil and Gas Industry”.  With this in mind, Brett Howard, General Manager TechnipFMC and Co-Champion of the Safer Together WA/NT Marine Working Group delivered the keynote speech at the Subsea Energy Australia (SEA) networking event held in Perth on March 29.  Brett is enthusiastic about collaboration between Safer Together and SEA.  “Safer Together is all about collaborating to k