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Safer Together in the Territory: NT Resources Week and Upcoming Events Articles • September 2019 Safer Together participated in NT Resources Week by participating in the Energy Club NT “Meet the Buyer Event” and exhibiting at the SEAAOC Conference. The Safety Leaders Group will meet in Darwin on 17 October. This will coincide with members of the SLG participating in the Chamber of Commerce NT Manufacturers Council AGM and networking event on the evening of October 16.

Hazards and Habits: Send Us Your Ideas – and We’ll Send You a Kit Articles • September 2019 The Hazards and Habits activity was launched in WA/NT at the recent Industry Safety Forum Event. To commemorate this, and to improve how the activity is utilised, we are running a competition. We want you to send us your ideas on how to use the activity – and we’ll send you a free Hazards and Habits kit.

October is National Safe Work Month Articles • September 2019 October is National Safe Work Month, an initiative run by Safe Work Australia as a time for workers and employers across Australia to commit to building safe and healthy workplaces for everyone.

Fitness to Work Medical Assessment Guideline Consultation Workshops Articles • September 2019 Safer Together Qld formed a Fitness to Work (FTW) Project Team in May 2018 with the objective of developing a Medical Assessment Guideline for the Qld natural gas industry. This need arose from a number of significant, non-work related medical events experienced in the industry and the desire to improve the medical assessment process as a preventative measure to identify and suitably manage individuals with elevated risk factors. An additional benefit of a standardised medical assessment process is avoiding the need for individuals to undergo a number of pre-employment medical assessments as they move around the industry.

Come On, Come On, Let's Work Together Articles • September 2019 The 1970’s glam rock of Roxy Music isn’t something you’d normally associate with an oil and gas industry safety event, but smooth crooner Bryan Ferry’s words encapsulated perfectly the mood of Safer Together’s latest Industry Safety Forum held in Perth on 18 September 2019.

New Members Articles • September 2019 We extend a warm welcome to 5 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in September 2019.

The Industry Safety Induction Has Arrived in WA/NT Articles • September 2019 On 1 October 2019, ERGT and IFAP will commence delivering Industry Safety Induction (ISI) training in WA/NT. From 1 January 2020 all new starts will be required to satisfactorily complete the ISI prior to working on the development of operation of Onshore or Offshore Facilities in the WA/NT Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry.

Safety Culture Survey Tool Improved Based on User Feedback – And Now Available to Members at No Cost Articles • September 2019 Member companies wanting to trial the Safety Culture Survey tool will now be able to use it on a sample group of up to 100 people at no cost. The tool has also been updated based on feedback from early adopters. The tool is available to all member companies. It can be used company-wide, or for specific teams. Its web-based format provides for immediate feedback.

DCIIRP #17 "Preventing Line of Fire and Recordable Injury Incidents" Articles • September 2019 The Safer Together Rig Site Safety Working Group held its 17th Drilling and Completions Industry Incident Review Panel recently. The co-host and MC for the event was Alan Ruff, QGC Shell.

Working with APGA to Spread the Word About the Industry Safety Induction Articles • August 2019 On the 8th August, Nic Andrews from SWMS (and Safer Together Qld ISI Project Team lead) delivered a presentation about the Industry Safety Induction (ISI) to the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) Suppliers Forum event.