Safety Activities For Supervisors I remember attending a mining and construction industry safety seminar a few years ago and a senior manager of one of the regulatory authorities suggested "a radically new industry wide safety initiative". His idea was to collect regular data on serious injury … [Read more...] about Safety Activities For Supervisors
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Educators and Corporate Agendas Misaligned in OHS
Educators and Corporate Agendas Misaligned in OHS Press Release - Educators and Corporate Agendas Misaligned in OHS 19 February 2012 Universities cannot keep up with the demand for workplace safety professionals, a survey released today has revealed. As corporate Australia struggles to … [Read more...] about Educators and Corporate Agendas Misaligned in OHS
Why Training Your Staff In OH&S Is Absolutely Necessary
Why Training Your Staff In OH&S Is Absolutely Necessary Guest Post Occupational health and safety training is important to an employed person for legal and financial reasons. Every organization - profit or non-profit - is required to ensure the safety of the employees working for it. Legal … [Read more...] about Why Training Your Staff In OH&S Is Absolutely Necessary
Adult Learning Principles and Process
Adult Learning Principles and Process This short paper is a summary of some of the main points in the paper Adult Learning Principles and Process-Back to Basics which is available on request from fgrobotham@gmail.com Abstract One of the activities we all do in business is … [Read more...] about Adult Learning Principles and Process
Importance of Ladder Safety Training in the Workplace
Importance of Ladder Safety Training in the Workplace Guest post by: Ladders Direct. Their blog: ladders-direct.com/blog (Editors note: you should check out their blog – very quirky!) Every year thousands of workers are injured after falls from heights, and there are several dozen fatalities. … [Read more...] about Importance of Ladder Safety Training in the Workplace
Confined Space Training Trailer
Confined Space Training Trailer Having just returned from a two day mining resource conference and trade expo that was held in Whyalla, South Australia I was fortunate to be involved in the presentation and delivery of a Confined Space Training Trailer (Conspacetrailer) that was being delivered and … [Read more...] about Confined Space Training Trailer
Dangerous Goods Training Requirements in Australia
Dangerous Goods Training Requirements in Australia Dangerous goods are shipped across Australia on a daily basis. The fact that most of these goods reach their destination safely is in large part due to the dangerous goods training that has been mandated to insure the protection and the health of … [Read more...] about Dangerous Goods Training Requirements in Australia
An insight to hazmat risk assessment through extensive training programs
An insight to hazmat risk assessment through extensive training programs Guest Post The Department of Transportation operating in the US is being designated a set of authoritative functional responsibilities to regulate hazmat transportation which pose a major threat to the society and the planet. … [Read more...] about An insight to hazmat risk assessment through extensive training programs