James Roughan,
BMA
Andrew Russell – Managing Director, Actrua
ABSTRACT
Actrua
The Safety Leader of the future will be different to the Safety Leader of today. How different? We predict the role will be vastly different.
The term VUCA that was created by the US Military is used to describe a workplace that is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. This is the work environment that many Safety Leaders face today. But are they adequately prepared to deal with it? No!
Globalisation and digitisation are just two factors creating significant impacts on a changing workplace. We are already witnessing widespread mental health issues due to the changes we face, not only at work, but in the home and community also.
In this presentation we will discuss strategies to nurture and develop our Safety Leaders of the future. Not only for their own personal wellbeing, but for the health and safety of the organisations that they lead.
We will discuss the 70 – 20 – 10 principle of learning and development, share successful case studies and explore the contribution of formal learning, coaching, mentoring and perhaps most importantly, the influence of role models.
Assoc. Prof. John Schneider
Occupational Physician, James Cook University, Mackay Clinical Campus
Increasing awareness of workplace dust exposure due to media reporting of pneumoconioses such as “black lung” and silicosis, has resulted in increased health surveillance, radiological investigation and notification of possible work related lung disorders. The most common chronic lung condition associated with significant occupational dust exposure however, are not the pneumoconiosis.
Subsequent decisions associated with the workers continuing employment can pose problems in both human resource and occupational health supervision and management. The reporting of changes in pulmonary imaging do not necessarily need to result in departure from the industry. With comprehensive medical management including Pulmonary Rehabilitation if necessary, and coordinated Pulmonary Protection programs involving both the workplace and treating medical practitioner many workers can continue to work productively within the industry until retirement.</p .
The presentation will consider managing the health and workplace risks associated with continued employment of workers reported with positive health surveillance findings, including:-
- Work Related Lung Disorders
- Current dilemmas in employment management
- Interpretation and significance of medical reports
- Assessment and importance of lung function
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Fitness for Work
- Occupational Rehabilitation
- Pulmonary Protection Programs
- Risk management
- Control of hazardous work exposures
- Medical involvement in health management
Assoc Prof John Schneider, Occupational Physician, BeWorkFit Mackay
Assoc Prof John Schneider, Occupational Physician, BeWorkFit Mackay
Michael Selby,
NB Industries
Dr Ben Seligmann, Research Fellow – Risk Management, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland
Naaman Shibi,
Techs4biz Australia
Andy Shone, Chief Executive Officer, Southpac International
Paul Shorthouse – Senior Training Officer, Simtars
ABSTRACT
Queensland legislation requires all coal mines, mineral mines and quarries to have an induction process. These inductions, including the current Standard 11 mine induction, address a wide range of topics including risk management, vehicle interaction, fire-fighting and a generic isolation procedure. The underpinning knowledge that is required and crammed into two days only allows for a brief amount of time to focus on the main points and not given the attention and time they require. This makes the induction more of a ‘tick in the box’ exercise rather than a valuable strategy aimed at training the worker to stop and think about what is required to safely accomplish the task they are about to perform.
This talk will ponder the following questions: Is the current induction process effective? What metrics should we be using to gauge its effectiveness? How can the delivery of the course be improved to increase knowledge retention and improve the decision making choices of mining personnel? Are meaningful inductions even more important with the casualisation of the workforce? What additional training could decrease the amount of injuries, accidents, high potential incidents and equipment damage?