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George’s Safety Reflections – by the late George Robotham Improving Safety Using Interpersonal skills 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 be highly qualified and trained, you can be well… Read More Improving Safety Through Interpersonal Skills
Why Rugby Union players make better OHS professionals than Rugby League players By the late George Robotham OHS is about leadership, teamwork, skill and communications in an enjoyable environment. Let us compare the 2 Rugby codes. Leadership Rugby league is famous for leaders who rat on their team mates, have problems with grog, drugs… Read More Why Rugby Union players make better OHS professionals than Rugby League players
Today is probably the most important national occasion in Australia and NZ. ANZAC Day – 25 April – marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The day our combined forces landed on the beaches at Gallipoli in 1915 to capture the… Read More 25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System
Leadership in safety – Trust If people do not trust those leading safety change there will never be wholehearted adoption of the leaders approach. People may agree to the leaders face but do little to advance the leaders ideas, innovative ways to sabotage the leader quite often occur in a climate of minimum trust.… Read More Leadership in safety – Trust
Young Worker Safety Photo: Colorado Historical Society Working with young people brings unique safety challenges to the OHS professional, supervisors and managers. Workers 15-24 have a 75% greater chance of being killed on the job, often their accidents happen in the first 2 weeks of employment. Work in construction, using motor vehicles and moving machinery… Read More Young Worker Safety