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Counting Things for a Living Makes Everything Add Up Articles • July 2022 “Data is not treasure; data is a map with an x on it that says, “if you dig here, you might find treasure”.  The real treasure that data helps us uncover are the stories about ourselves, and about our behaviour that we don’t really understand.  The value in sharing is the ability for ideas and stories to reach the hearts of people. So that we alter our behaviour in ways that ensure that everyone goes home safely every day.” (Kevin Geddert).

Helicopter Landing Officer Training Specification – Safely Landed at Last Articles • July 2022 At our first Industry Safety Forum in Perth in 2018, a need was identified by our Member Companies for a localised Helicopter Landing Officer (HLO) training course confirming to the requirements of an international Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization (OPITO) standard, but available for delivery in Perth, WA (too far from major population centres to typically host such training).

What’s in the HSER Induction Toolkit? HSER Connect • July 2022 A strong health, safety and environment (HSE) performance is critical to the Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry. Health, Safety and Environment Representatives (HSERs) are essential to continually improve workforce culture and performance.

Why is the Industry Safety Induction so Important? HSER Connect • July 2022 In the 2021 HSER forum, the HSER’s identified the number of new entrants as one of the top concerns. An outcome of the pandemic is the higher-than-usual percentage of new starts across our Industry.

You Asked For It and We Delivered! HSER Connect • July 2022 Save the Date: Safer Together is holding our 2022 HSER Forum in Darwin on Wednesday 19 October 2022. This is a follow-up to the successful 2021 HSER forum held in Perth.

New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • June 2022 We extend a warm welcome to two new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in June.

Positive Chemistry - Safer Together Proud to Announce IChemE As New Collaboration Partner Articles • June 2022 In May Safer Together proudly commenced a formal dialogue with the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) about potential opportunities to work more closely with each other, as we share a mutual vision around improving process safety awareness in the industry.

Back Together Again: Drilling & Completions Industry Incident Review Panel – Deeper Learning From Incidents Articles • June 2022 “Cause you, you and I back together again”…Roberta Flack’s 1979 hit record summed up perfectly the vibe in the room when the Queensland Drilling & Completions community gathered in Brisbane on 01 June for the first face-to-face Drilling & Completions Industry Incident Review Panel (DCIIRP) Event since March 2020.

Bringing Safety Conversations to Life – NRSPP Heavy Vehicle Toolbox Talks Articles • June 2022 Safer Together Collaboration Partner, The National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP) has developed a series of Toolbox Talks to help organisations deliver engaging safety messages on topics relevant to heavy vehicle drivers’ daily tasks. The first of these Toolbox Talks, which explores Driver Distraction, was released in May and the next one, which explores Fatigue, was released in June. We encourage all Safer Together Member Companies with transport interests to use these fantastic resources.

All Packed Up And Ready To Go! Packaging, Handling & Movement of Materials Specification Released Articles • June 2022 Here’s a great example of how Standardisation through sharing industry related non-conformance data in a common format is allowing us to more effectively identify issues that subsequently become focus areas to drive industry improvements. In a nutshell, this is what continuous improvement looks like.