Resume for a Safety Job Major tip Recruitment & selection uses “Past behaviour predicts future behaviour” The idea is to give plenty of examples of where in the past you have successfully done the sort of things that you will be required to do in the new job. Say what you did, how … [Read more...] about Resume for a Safety Job
Safety Reflections
Interviews For Safety Jobs
George’s Safety Reflections – more Here Interviews For Safety Jobs Major tip Recruitment & selection uses “Past behaviour predicts future behaviour” The idea is to give plenty of examples of where in the past you have successfully done the sort of things that you will be required to do in the … [Read more...] about Interviews For Safety Jobs
Qualities of an Excellent OHS Professional
Qualities of an Excellent OHS Professional A classic by the late George Robotham - with a little help from me. We were originally going to call it the “Perfect Safety Professional” but decided that “perfect” wasn’t the right word as perfection could never be defined or achieved. If you were … [Read more...] about Qualities of an Excellent OHS Professional
OHS Leadership
Safety Reflections by the late George Robotham OHS Leadership Having survived a number of years in industry the author is acutely aware that leadership of an organisation can make or break the organisation. The importance of leadership is vastly underrated in Australian industry, leadership is the … [Read more...] about OHS Leadership
Accident Investigation
Accident investigation summary By the late George Robotham The term accident is an emotionally laden term that implies blame. I prefer to use the term personal damage occurrence. Summary of the personal damage occurrence investigation process Provide first-aid and medical care to injured … [Read more...] about Accident Investigation
Safety Professionals–Interpersonal Skills
Safety Professionals – Interpersonal Skills By the late George Robotham When interviewing OHS professionals many interviewers focus on their technical skills. Frankly I think communications and interpersonal skills are much more important than technical skills. You can be really bright, you can … [Read more...] about Safety Professionals–Interpersonal Skills
Zero Harm
Zero harm One of the original posts by the late George Robotham Many companies in Australia will proudly tell you they have a Zero Harm approach to OHS. My understanding, from admittedly not widespread research, is that Zero Harm approaches are not widespread in other countries. I am … [Read more...] about Zero Harm
Safety and Human Error
Safety and Human Error George’s Safety Reflections – classic post by the late George Robotham When you pick up the newspaper and listen to the television or radio you will find terms like driver error, human error and pilot error used frequently as if this was the definitive reason why … [Read more...] about Safety and Human Error
Commercial Safety Management Systems
Commercial Safety Management Systems by the late George Robotham No doubt there are commercial safety managements systems that add value to organisation’s safety effort but I experienced one that was a disaster. The introduction of the overseas S.M.S. was led aggressively by senior management … [Read more...] about Commercial Safety Management Systems
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate reflections by the late George Robotham – More Pearls of Wisdom Here The Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate is the principal measure of safety performance in many companies in Australia. The definition of L.T.I.F.R. is the number of Lost Time Injuries multiplied by 1 … [Read more...] about Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate