The STEM vs STEAM debate has been about for a long time. I remember back in the 1970s as a teacher in the South Australian school system, a similar debate about allocated times to subjects in schools. Back then, the idea of alternatives to mainstream education were popular and, in those cases, (as … [Read more...] about Full STEAM Ahead in Safety
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Studying The SPoR Curriculum
A long time ago in SPoR, we realised that the traditional curriculum in risk and safety needed to be extended. We called on reform of the curriculum many years ago (https://safetyrisk.net/isnt-it-time-we-reformed-the-whs-curriculum/). This challenge for reform was about adding to the safety … [Read more...] about Studying The SPoR Curriculum
The Safety Generalist, Without a Generalist Education
It is rather remarkable what is expected of the average safety person in the workplace. They are expected to be all things to all people yet don’t have a generalist education or safety curriculum that prepares them for the job. I wrote many years ago that the safety curriculum requires reform … [Read more...] about The Safety Generalist, Without a Generalist Education
Essential Preparation for a Safety Job
Essential Preparation for a Safety Job Most of what makes up the WHS curriculum doesn’t prepare someone for undertaking the job of safety advisor. Training a parrot to recall legislation and regulation is pretty meaningless, when a lawyer will be called in when something goes wrong. When it comes … [Read more...] about Essential Preparation for a Safety Job
Catching the NEBOSH Bus to Nowhere
Isn’t it strange this industry that sets up people to enter the workplace with none of the skills or curricula needed to do the job or even better, fully equipped to do the wrong job. In the standard NEBOSH curriculum there is nothing on: people, motivation, perception, judgment and decision … [Read more...] about Catching the NEBOSH Bus to Nowhere