WEDNESDAY 14 October 2009

If you cannot attend one of these free sessions, consider running your own safety activity in your workplace during Safe Work Month. A list of suggested safety activities can be found at www.safework.sa.gov.au

Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PRINCIPLES FOR OHSW PRACTITIONERS

Speakers: Ben Tugwell and Paul Ploenges – SafeWork SA

Content: Be prepared for the worst. OHSW practitioners may be required to investigate safety incidents at their work. In this session, SafeWork SA investigators will outline the framework, methods and key outcomes of accident investigation.

Audience: Business owners, managers/supervisors, and OHSW practitioners at medium to large organisations.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

COMMUNITY WORKER SAFETY – OVERVIEW OF THE NEW GUIDELINES

Speaker: Ingrid Ormay – SafeWork SA

Content: The recently launched OHSW Guidelines for Community Workers (3rd Edition) will be the focus of this workshop. The Guidelines will assist you in managing hazards that you and your staff may face when working in clients’ homes. They provide case studies of solutions and tools such as checklists and user-friendly forms that you can adapt to your own workplace.

Audience: Health and community services industries.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

ANALYSING THE ‘SAFESTEPS’ CAMPAIGN IN HOSPITALS

Speakers: Ingrid Ormay and Antonietta Colella – SafeWork SA

Content: In 2008, the Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities conducted the ‘SafeSteps’ campaign for manual handling, slips and trips in hospitals. Learn about the national findings of the campaign, which has relevance throughout the wider health sector.

Audience: Health and community services industries.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

AQUACULTURE SAFETY

Speakers: Craig Rutjens – SafeWork SA and representative – PIRSA

Content: Join this workshop to learn who is responsible for what in aquaculture safety and hear case studies on common industry hazards.

Audience: Employers, OHSW practitioners, health and safety representatives and OHSW committees in the aquaculture industry.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEM – WHAT’S IN STORE?

Speaker: Chris Kearns – SafeWork SA

Content: South Australia intends to join the new national industrial relations system on 1 January 2010. For the first time, private sector employers and employees will have the one set of industrial relations laws to deal with. This session will outline the implications for businesses and employees.

Audience: Small to large businesses, contractors and employees.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

RISK ASSESSMENT – A PRACTICAL GUIDE

Speaker: David Symons – SafeWork SA

Content: Risk assessment is the process of evaluating the probability and consequences of injury or illness arising from exposure to a hazard. This workshop will provide you with a practical understanding of principles and methods used to conduct a reliable risk assessment.

Audience: Middle and senior managers, health and safety representatives, OHSW committee members, OHSW practitioners and risk advisors.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

SPARKY SAFETY – ELECTRICAL INSPECTION AND TESTING

Speaker: CS Wong – SafeWork SA

Content: Unsure about compliance relating to electrical safety inspection and testing? This workshop will highlight common compliance issues and give you the ability to make correct decisions in these ‘fuzzy’ situations.

Audience: Electrical testing and inspection providers, employers, OHSW practitioners, health and safety representatives and general public.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

DEADLY DELIVERIES – MAKING LOADING AND UNLOADING SAFER

Speakers: Ben Tugwell and Paul Ploenges – SafeWork SA

Content: How safe are your trucking and forklift operations? Find out how to improve safety performance through hazard identification, risk assessment and control implementation. Learn from the practical examples and tested solutions provided by SafeWork SA investigators experienced in the transport and storage industries.

Audience: Small businesses that use trucks and forklifts.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

ASBESTOS AWARENESS FOR THE COMMUNITY

Speaker: Adrian Gray – SafeWork SA

Content: Is it asbestos? What should I do if I find it? Learn about the South Australian Asbestos Safety Action Plan. This plan aims to reduce illness and disease caused by exposure to asbestos and provides, for the first time, a community-wide plan of action for the safe identification, management and removal of asbestos.

Audience: General public.

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Venue Ravendale Community Sports Centre,
40 Stamford Terrace, Port Lincoln

TOWARDS SAFER CONSTRUCTION

Speaker: David Symons – SafeWork SA

Content: See and hear the latest practical safety information for construction: safe work at height, electrical safety, public safety around building work, who’s responsible for what in sub-contracting, and more.

Audience: Small to medium builders, sub-contractors, health and safety representatives and OHSW committees in the construction industry.

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Venue Port Lincoln Council Chamber,
60 Tasman Terrace, Port Lincoln

CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Speakers: A panel of legal, SafeWork SA and Local Government Association Workers Compensation Scheme representatives

Content: What are the OHSW responsibilities of councils, contract managers and contractors? Is council the principal contractor? A systematic approach to contractor management is vital so that the risks to health and safety of contractors, employees and the general public are controlled. Learn what you need to know to keep everyone safe.

Audience: Local government employees, contractors and sub-contractors.

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Venue tafeSA Port Lincoln Campus, Lecture Theatre,
2 London Street, Port Lincoln

DON’T GET CAUGHT UP – A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PLANT RISK ASSESSMENT

Speakers: David Barrett, Colin Marsh and Glenn Farrell – SafeWork SA

Content: Don’t underestimate the dangers associated with plant. Learn how to conduct a practical hazard identification and risk assessment using a real piece of plant. Examine a series of case studies, discuss control measures and learn about the legal obligations of employers and plant owners.
Safety shoes and glasses must be worn.

Audience: Employers, employees, managers/supervisors, health and safety representatives and OHSW practitioners.

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Venue Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct,
1 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Speaker: Ian Ellison – SafeWork SA

Content: You work in a high-risk industry so effective communication between managers and employees is vital. This workshop will introduce you to a simple, five-part self-audit management tool to help assess if your procedures are rigorous enough to prevent incidents in the workplace.

Audience: Managers, health and safety representatives, trade unions and trade associations in broad chemical industries.

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Venue Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct,
1 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

THE NATIONAL MINE SAFETY FRAMEWORK (NMSF) – WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA?

Speaker: William Short – SafeWork SA

Content: An initiative of the Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources, the NMSF aims for a nationally consistent OHSW regime in the mining industry, to improve safety outcomes through appropriate regulatory frameworks. Hear what significant change SA will see in the way mining is regulated and how mining operations will function.

Audience: Mine operators, managers, mining contractors and any business involved in conducting mining operations.

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Venue Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct,
1 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR AN EFFECTIVE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE MINING INDUSTRY?

Speakers: Jevan Grylls – SafeWork SA

Content: SafeWork SA will share its evidence-based approach to an effective safety management system in the mining-quarrying industry. It will cover high incident/high risk areas of concern and will highlight areas for continuous improvement.

Audience: Mine operators, managers, mining contractors and any business involved in conducting mining operations.

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Venue Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct,
1 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

MINING AND QUARRYING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA – AN INDUSTRY HEALTH REPORT CARD

Speaker: Tim Nelson – Corporate Health Group

Content: Learn about this comprehensive health surveillance and health promotion programme for South Australia’s mining and quarrying industry. Discover the key findings of this programme including health risk indicators for the industry, and learn what intervention programmes may succeed for this unique population of employees.

Audience: Human resources professionals, health and safety representatives and senior employees in the mining and quarrying industries.

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Venue Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct,
1 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

SAFE MAINTENANCE INTERVENTIONS WITH MACHINERY

Speaker: Ian Ellison – SafeWork SA

Content: Entering a machine to perform maintenance can be risky. This session will introduce you to a five part self-audit tool to check if your risk controls are sufficient to prevent incidents during maintenance. Hear the results of research, examine typical scenarios where incidents occur and learn from examples of good practice.

Audience: Maintenance, OHSW practitioners and employees responsible for entry into machinery for maintenance reasons.

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Venue Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct,
1 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

MANAGING SAFETY – A SMALL BUSINESS APPROACH

Speakers: Kerry O’Donnell and Guy Wallace – SafeWork SA

Content: Want to make your small business safer? Confused about your obligations?

This practical workshop will show you how to manage safety effectively in your workplace and protect your employees from injury and illness. You will be introduced to the ‘Serious about Safe Business’ kit and learn how easy it is to develop and implement a safety management system at work.
Finger food provided.

Audience: Small business owners, managers/supervisors and employees.

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Venue JHI Builders,
54 Mary Elie Street, Port Pirie

HEIGHT SAFETY

Speaker: Danny Visvardis – Protector Alsafe

Content: This workshop is for anyone involved in planning or supervising people who are required to work at height. It will highlight the dangers of falling from even low height, explain commonly used terminology, and teach you how to choose safe work equipment.

Audience: Construction, mining and heavy industries.

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