A New Home for Health Safety & Environment Frontline Workforce Representatives (HSERs)
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July 2023
We have a new home for Health Safety Environment Representatives (HSERs) on our website. Here you’ll find everything needed to support HSERs in the role, including links to an HSER on-boarding support framework, and a range of other Safer Together tools that are particularly relevant for the HSER community.
Common Industry Competencies
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July 2023
This month we launch Revision 7 of our Common Industry Competencies (CIC) Specification. The Specification defines consistent requirements for training courses, competency, and validity periods, removing confusion and eliminating duplication.
Guidance on Preventing Dropped Objects
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July 2023
Safer Together is a member of the Dropped Objects Prevention Scheme (DROPS) - a global industry-wide initiative focused on preventing dropped objects, with the goal of delivering a second nature dropped objects prevention strategy across our industry.
Save the Date!
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July 2023
We are pleased to announce that in 2023, our Health Safety Environment Representative (HSER) Forum will be held on the morning of Wednesday 25th October 2023 in Perth, WA.
Recent Happenings
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July 2023
The latest on our National Road Safety Week Campaign.
Quarterly Safety Theme. Q3: Safe Lifting, Working at Height & Preventing Dropped Objects
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July 2023
Safer Together plays a key role in promoting safe work practice within the oil & gas industry, providing a means for workers to raise safety issues within the workplace. With our Collaboration Partners, Step Change in Safety (UK) and Always Safe (Norway), in Q3 we focus on Safe Lifting, Working at Height & Preventing Dropped Objects. Thorough planning and specific hazard identification for lifting operations, working at height, and preventing potential dropped objects allows hazards to be safely managed.
Quarterly Variations on the Theme of Safety
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April 2023
Safer Together exists to prevent harm to the men and women who work in the Australian oil and gas industry. Our industry can be competitive place – but the one area in which we all collaborate and share, is to improve worker safety. From 2023, we have aligned with our international counterparts, Step Change in Safety in the UK and Always Safe in Norway in delivering Quarterly Safety Themes.
Making the Most of Improved Safety Conversations
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April 2023
Staying informed is an essential part of developing a strong safety culture. Effective Safety Conversations is a tool to help provide the skills and tools needed to have effective conversations, to give and receive feedback well (and appropriately), and to develop great communicators.
Your Health Matters
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April 2023
In any industry, looking after the mental health of workers is paramount to delivering good outcomes for individuals, companies, and communities. In our industry, with a high percentage of workers living and working remotely for extended periods of time – supporting positive mental outcomes is critical for delivering positive outcomes for all stakeholders.
Sharing Lessons Learned via Learning Event Bulletins
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April 2023
As a Major Sharing initiative, Learning Event Bulletins (LEBs) are a tool for learning from unwanted events and/or threats to reduce the recurrence of high potential incidents. It is a way in which we learn from past incidents by focussing on unwanted events or threats as triggers to investigate and disseminate lessons learnt.
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