WEDNESDAY 21 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 Best Western Southgate Motel,
175 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier

RISK ASSESSMENT – A PRACTICAL GUIDE

Speaker: Bryan Colburn – 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 Best Western Southgate Motel,
175 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier

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 Best Western Southgate Motel,
175 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier

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 Best Western Southgate Motel,
175 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier

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

Speaker: Tony D’Agostino – 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 Best Western Southgate Motel,
175 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier

WHAT IS ASBESTOS – A GUIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY

Speakers: SA Asbestos Coalition

Content: The SA Asbestos Coalition, a broad-based community alliance, will address the following key issues:

• what asbestos looks like and why it is dangerous
• what to do if you find asbestos
• how to care for a victim of asbestos and obtain compensation.

Audience: Employers, employees, health and safety representatives, OHSW committees and general public.

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Venue Best Western Southgate Motel,
175 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier

MANAGING SAFETY – A SMALL BUSINESS APPROACH

Speaker: Tim Wrightson – 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 tafeSA Mount Gambier Campus, Room G31,
Wireless Road West, Mount Gambier

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 Wattle Range Council, Civic Centre,
George Street, Millicent

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 Millicent High School,
Mount Burr Road, Millicent

PASSPORT TO SAFETY – KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE AT WORK

Speaker: Meegan Brotherton – SafeWork SA

Content: Young workers aged 15 to 24 years are one of the most vulnerable groups in the workplace. Passport to Safety, an online learning and test programme [www.passporttosafety.com/australia], increases their knowledge and awareness before they enter the workforce. Learn about the programme’s success, opportunities for sponsors and supporters, and how teachers can access the programme for their students.

Audience: Teachers, parents and potential sponsors/supporters.

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Venue Millicent High School,
Mount Burr Road, Millicent

SAFE COMMUNITIES – TURNING INTEREST INTO ACTION

Speaker: Meegan Brotherton – SafeWork SA

Content: Find out about the international Safe Communities network and how local programmes to increase safety can reduce the human, social and economic costs associated with injury.
Finger food provided.

Audience: Community leaders, injury prevention professionals, local government and the general community.

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