Have Cake and Eat it Too One of the fascinating outcomes of the Zero Vision Global Safety Congress was The Occupational Health and Safety Professional Capability Framework, A Global Framework for Practice . What is most interesting is to read the use of language in this document. The purpose of the Accord (p.5) is to: […]
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‘Professional’ Challenges for the Safety ‘Industry’
‘Professional’ Challenges for the Safety ‘Industry’ Dr Robert Long PhD., MOHS., MEd., BTh., BEd., Dip Min., Dip T. Executive Director Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk https://cllr.com.au/ DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER IN PDF FORMAT: Introduction I have been in conversations with several large organizations/businesses recently that are in the process of changing the nature of […]
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Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership
Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership (republished by request) Here they are: 1. There are no secrets. What we need to know about motivation is already out there, trouble is, in the risk and safety sector, education in the social sciences is minimal. The best place to start is by unlearning that […]
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The Mis-naming of Safety as a Profession
The Mis-naming of Safety as a Profession It is fascinating to watch Safety struggle to identify itself as a ‘profession’. The quest for the brand and the repetition of the word ‘profession’ certainly doesn’t make it so (https://sia.org.au/). Even if some form of certification was developed in Australia for safety, it has a long way […]
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FREE ebook – Guidance for the beginning OHS professional
FREE 216 page ebook – “Guidance for the beginning OHS professional” – by the late Safety Legend George Robotham UPDATE: Over 10,000 copies already sent out and the positive feedback has been overwhelming – this encouraged George to write another 6 before he passed away suddenly and way too soon! Check out all of George’s […]
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Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle?
Anyone for a game of Piggy in the Middle….? Republished by request – Check out the new book by Rob Sams Piggy in the Middle, do you remember playing that game when you were a kid? You know, the one where you stand in the middle of a group of friends who continually throw a ball […]
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A Wake Up Call For Safety Professionals
A Couple of recent articles by Kevin Jones that are well worth a read Don’t kill anyone. Don’t seriously injure anyone. by Kevin Jones Michael Tooma (pictured right) has been a leading writer on occupational health and safety (OHS) law in Australia for some time. He is one of the few labour lawyers who is […]
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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Safety Professionals
10 New Year’s Resolutions for Safety Professionals – What are Yours? By Phil LaDuke – republished by request Phil says: I received so many requests to repost last year’s article on New Year’s Resolutions for Safety Professionals that I finally acquiesced. What do you think? Do these still make sense? How well have you (or […]
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Safety "Professionals" Behaving Badly
Safety “Professionals” Behaving Badly ADDENDUM: This is an old post which I put up recently on LinkedIn Pulse. My Good Friend Max Geyer made a comment which I think sums this up better than I ever could. He says: I think that part of the difficulty, for the safety professional, is that they perceive that […]
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Stirring the OHS pot
Great article by Kevin Jones. Quote: “OHS professionals have an insane reliance on documentation and rules to make workplaces safe. The workplace has now become so regimented that workers have little ability to think about risk or to think creatively about OHS beyond immediate hazards. Nor do they necessarily receive training in creative thought or […]
