By Popular Demand – Remote Safety Leadership Guideline Updated Articles • October 2020 Earlier this year COVID-19 was disrupting our Industry and caused reductions in ‘business as usual’ site staffing levels. Safer Together published the Remote Safety Leadership Guideline to help supervisors who would normally be on-site alongside their work crews who found themselves temporarily supervise their crews remotely. This Guideline was well received. So we’ve updated it for use as a ‘business as usual’ tool.
Now Available: Mental Health and Wellbeing Self-Help/Care Toolkit Articles • October 2020 The WA/NT Health Working Group has developed a Mental Health and Wellbeing Self-Help/Care Toolkit. Work has now started on a toolkit for quarantine management.
Contain It! Road Trip Q4 2020 – Book Now To Secure Your Spot Articles • October 2020 Contain It! is travelling to regional Queensland locations through November and into early December. Places remain on courses in all locations, however, some locations are filling fast. The cost is $300 + GST per head. Book now to secure your spot.
New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • October 2020 We extend a warm welcome to 4 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in October 2020.
National Safe Work Month Theme: Work Health and Safety Through COVID-19 Articles • October 2020 Safe Work Australia is the national policy agency responsible for WHS and workers’ compensation arrangements throughout Australia. Since 2009, a national campaign has been released in October to raise awareness of important WHS affecting Australian workplaces.
Uniform Safety Alerts: One Format to Rule Them All Articles • October 2020 Safer Together has been working with various stakeholder groups to issue Safety Alerts intended to share learnings from incidents. The format of these various Safety Alerts has grown organically over time. Until now. Safer Together has settled on a uniform format for Safety Alerts.
Common Ground for Common Competencies – CIC Specification Rev 5 Ready for Use Articles • October 2020 Safer Together has released Rev 5 of the Common Industry Competencies (CIC) Specification. Read on to find out more about key changes and next steps for the CIC Project Team.
Assist and Assure Virtual Train the Trainer Session Articles • October 2020 Following the successful launch of the Assist and Assure Program earlier this year, the Rig Site Safety Working Group has conducted the first Train the Trainer session for Safer Together members who were interested in implementing the Program within their organisations.
Process Safety Incident Sharing in QLD Continues Virtually Articles • October 2020 On 24 September the QLD Process Safety Working Group (PSWG) hosted its 6th Process Safety Incident Review (PSIR) Workshop. The event was conducted as a webinar, consistent with our new ways of working.
Reflections on the West Gate Bridge Collapse: The Importance of HSERs Articles • October 2020 Safer Together has developed a toolbox talk package to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the West Gate Bridge collapse. The findings of the Royal Commission into this tragedy were the start of legislated Health and Safety Reps in Australia.
