Transform Health & Safety with Expert Tools & Techniques
1. Liquid Learning is delighted to present The Safety Professionals Intensive Series
2015. A course of five, separately bookable interactive modules that provide
health & safety professionals with the expert insights and critical skill sets needed
to improve organisational safety capability in a variety of challenging settings.
Providing Health & Safety Professionals with the Tools and Techniques
needed to Transform Health & Safety in the Workplace
Safety
Professionals
Intensive Series 2015
Phone: +61 2 8239 9700
Fax: +61 2 8239 9777
www.liquidlearning.com.au
Booking Code - P
MODULE ONE:
Applying Psychology and Neuro Leadership Tools for Health and
Safety Culture Change
Sydney: 28 July 2015
Melbourne: 29 July 2015
MODULE TWO:
Workplace Health and Safety Legal Update for Safety Leaders and
Non-Lawyers
Sydney: 25 August 2015
Melbourne: 26 August 2015
MODULE THREE:
Developing and Implementing Workplace Health and Safety Policy
and Procedures
Sydney: 29 September 2015
Melbourne: 30 September 2015
MODULE FOUR:
Conducting Workplace Health and Safety Incident Investigations
Sydney: 29 October 2015
Melbourne: 30 October 2015
MODULE FIVE:
Effective Contractor Safety Management and Integration
Sydney: 1 December 2015
Melbourne: 2 December 2015
Deanne Boules
Director/Principal Consultant
Insync Workplace Solutions
Marissa Dreher
Director and Safety Lawyer
Dreher Legal
Gaye Cameron
Leading Consultant and Business Owner
Gaye Cameron & Associates
Steve Williams
Director & Principal Consultant
Steve Williams & Associates
Gary Rowe
Chief Executive Officer
Safety Action
• Workplace Health & Safety Managers
• Health and Wellbeing Managers
• Occupational Health & Safety Professionals
• Operations/ Site Managers
• Risk and Compliance Managers
• Incident Investigation Managers
• Principal Safety Advisors
• Hazard and Risk Professionals
• Safety and Training Coordinators
• Contractor Managers
WHO WILL ATTEND
EARLY BIRD & GROUP
DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
Register and Pay by 16 April 2015 to
receive additional Value Plus Discounts!
Please note participant numbers will be strictly capped to ensure
a quality, interactive experience for attendees
2. VALUE PLUS DISCOUNT
Receive up to $500 off registration if
you register and pay by 16 April 2015
MODULE ONE
9.00 - 4.30
Applying Psychology and Neuro Leadership Tools for Health and Safety Culture Change
An authentic commitment to Workplace Health and Safety is regarded as a top priority for any organisation with the
consequences for non-compliance or negligence severe. Embedding a resilient culture is necessary for the safety and success
of any company; however gaining employee investment is a difficult task without the advocacy of senior level executives.
Engaging leadership to represent and actively practice diligent health and safety processes, is necessary to influencing a
transient workforce. In order to drive attitudinal change, safety professionals must first understand the current behaviours that
pose a risk in the workplace. By sensitively addressing non-compliance through the use of behavioural science, businesses can
mitigate the risks associated with negative safety psychology.
Through applying neuro-leadership tools and techniques, organisations can improve employee capability and resilience,
ultimately creating a sustainable awareness and commitment to health and safety. This module will provide delegates with the
skills needed to cultivate both individual and team commitment to safety.
Embedding Sustainable Behavioural Change for a Safer and Healthier Workplace
• A neuroscience approach: How the subconscious influences health and safety capability and conduct
• Observing a diverse workforce through the use of behavioural science to increase safety mindfulness
• Generating collaborative commitment to inspire motivation and attitudinal change towards health and safety
• Successfully integrating health and safety into everyday operations in multiple working environments
Understanding and Addressing Non-Compliance in your Organisation
• Innovative approaches to investigate and understand the psychology of non-compliance
• Instinctual safety decision making: The psychology of self motivation for compliance
• Appreciating and addressing how safety behaviour is affected by influential peer groups
• Educating without over enforcing: The benefits of open communication and shared objectives
Leveraging Health and Safety Interest in order to Build Strengths of a Transient Workforce
• Identifying the responsibilities of health and safety professionals in minimising Psychosocial Risk Factors in the workplace
• Recognising mental health as a fundamental component of a productive and safe workforce
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to emphasise the importance of best practice health and safety
• Educating non-safety employees in safety risks and outcomes to gain organisation wide resilience
The Effects of an Authentic Leadership Driven Health and Safety Environment
• The power of visible felt leadership in a safety context
• Harnessing body language that influence behaviours and attitudes to enhance positive safety mindsets
• Encouraging common practice within senior management to ‘lead by example’ and embed safety as a top value for your
organisation
• Facilitating cross-functional communication between management to ensure organisational consistency
• Motivating senior executives, mid-managers and supervisors to visibly and proactively lead safety initiatives
28 July 2015 Sydney 29 July 2015 Melbourne
EXPERT FACILITATOR:
Deanne Boules Director/Principal Consultant
Insync Workplace Solutions
3. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT
Receive up to $100 off registration if
you register and pay by 18 June 2015
SUPER SAVER DISCOUNT
Receive up to $300 off registration if you
register and pay by 14 May 2015
MODULE TWO
9.00 - 4.30
Workplace Health and Safety Legal Update for Safety Leaders and Non-Lawyers
Workplace Health & Safety Legislation is a critical part of any organisation; however the divide between federal and state
jurisdiction can often create uncertainty when implementing change. It is imperative for safety leaders to have a strong
understanding of Workplace Health & Safety legal obligations, in order to protect employees, the organisation and to avoid
federal prosecution.
By adequately addressing updated legislation, organisations can adopt a pragmatic approach when incorporating legal
responsibilities into every day operations. This workshop will provide safety professionals with the skills needed to successfully
integrate mandatory safety obligations with day-to-day tasks.
Interpreting and Communicating Workplace Health and Safety Regulations to Non-Lawyers and Senior Management
• Translating regulations and legal terminology into clear, practicable steps that aids the development of safety acumen
• Establishing organisational responsibilities and educating Workplace Health & Safety requirements to employees
• Utilising communication channels to effectively share critical information in both siloed and non-siloed workforces
• Establishing a legally compliant, documented safety management system that is capable of audit and interrogation
Overcoming the Challenges of Contractor Health & Safety Legislation
• Understanding the delegation of safety responsibilities between employer and contractor
• Proactively ensuring contractors are equipped with the skills and knowledge to competently adhere to legislation
• Engaging contractors in best practice whilst maintaining a legal division in responsibilities
• Strategies to engage principal contractors and subcontractors to ensure stakeholder safety needs are met
Reviewing State Specific Legal Requirements that ensure Compliance with Legislation
Focuses of the Sydney Workshop:
• Understanding the legal definition of Due Diligence and the effects on both Safety Officers and organisations
• Utilising Model Codes of Practice in order to deliver best practice solutions whilst maintaining efficiency
• Tools to aid the harmonization of the OHS regulations with the WHS Act of 2011
Focuses of the Melbourne Workshop:
• Aligning organisational objectives with Victorian Legislation in order to comply with the OHS Act of 2004
• Communicating the OHS Amendments and Regulations of 2014 to a diverse workforce
• Integrating Safety Officers’ responsibilities into governance structures and processes to maintain consistency
Practically Incorporating State Legislation into Nation-wide Operations
• Bridging the divide: The challenges of inter-state trade and operations and how overcome them
• Understanding the legal obligations of an employer when operating on a national scale
• Building cross-functional capability to adopt legislation that meets all jurisdictions
• Practically introducing safe systems of work that protect employer and employees in a range of environments
25 August 2015 Sydney 26 August 2015 Melbourne
EXPERT FACILITATOR:
Marissa Dreher Director and Safety Lawyer
Dreher Legal
4. MODULE THREE
9.00 - 4.30
Developing and Implementing Workplace Health and Safety Policy and Procedures
Collaborative policy making is proven to increase organisational buy-in for new protocol, ensuring a higher quality of
workplace health and safety, which results in improved and sustainable productivity. This means that an effective and inclusive
consultation process and research stage is critical to ensuring your internal and external stakeholders’ needs are met. However,
communicating with a transient workforce can be a difficult task, so determining the best channels to share new information is
important to valuing employee input.
It is imperative to acquire strong project management skills that can drive efficient policy implementation, whilst simultaneously
supporting organisational change. With the right tools and mindset, safety and risk professionals are able to competently
monitor the impact and success of a policy through evaluative techniques. In this module, delegates will be provided with
practical approaches to successfully produce and implement policy for a safer, healthier workplace.
Stakeholder Consultation and Best Practice Evidence Collection
• Identifying drivers to appropriately address work place hazards through evidence collection and consultation
• Ensuring fair and effective representation, consultation and cooperation to accordingly resolve workplace health and safety
issues
• Utilising a range of tools to research and connect with a variety of stakeholders
• Exploiting technology to collate qualitative data and inform collaborative policy writing
Implementing a Safety Management System and Evaluating New Policy
• Transitioning from planning to control – Monitoring and controlling practicable implementation
• Strategies to track team capability and monitor the success of systems and policies
• Accurately recording and measuring performance data in alignment with KPIs and objectives
• Implementing a hazard management system that promotes practical risk assessment in every day operations
• Gauging practicability of a policy through effective impact analysis
Gaining Senior Level Advocacy and Organisational Buy-in for New Safety Initiatives
• Building a business case that influences senior management to actively fund and support new safety initiatives
• Highlighting positive policy outcomes: Keeping the message engaging and relevant to your stakeholders
• Demonstrating the benefits of new technology and safety policies to an ageing workforce
• Identifying and encouraging leadership attributes that will fortify sustainable change within the workforce
Developing and Communicating Workplace Health & Safety Policy to a Transient Workforce
• Developing a policy that meets the needs of a diverse and ageing workforce
• Creating collaborative initiatives to increase safety responsibility and motivation
• Establishing the principles of clear policy writing to improve employee perceptions of new or revised procedures
• Utilising communication channels to improve the way critical information is delivered, presented and understood
EXPERT FACILITATOR:
Gaye Cameron Leading Consultant and Business Owner
Gaye Cameron & Associates
29 September 2015 Sydney 30 September 2015 Melbourne
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Limited sponsorship and exhibition opportunities
available. For your chance to brand yourself as a
market leader, please call: +61 2 8239 9700 or email:
partnership@liquidlearning.com.au!
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for easy circulation, email
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5. MODULE FOUR
9.00 - 4.30
Conducting Workplace Health and Safety Incident Investigations
In order to fulfil legal obligations, organisations must report serious incidents, accidents and near misses. It is critical that safety
leaders equip employees with the skills and resources needed to proficiently report and investigate health and safety breaches;
however, encouraging accurate reporting can be a difficult task. It is imperative to distinguish the catalysts of an incident to
implement appropriate controls and avoid future scenarios. Through the use of various tools and communication channels,
safety professionals can sculpt a ‘no blame’ culture to conduct effective root cause analysis. This interactive workshop will
provide delegates with strategies for best practise incident investigation and focus on the psychological factors that lead to
accidents.
Essential Skills and Tools to Aid the Investigation Process
• Back to basics: The essential skills needed for optimal investigation
• Differentiating between information gathering and root cause analysis to ensure appropriate consideration of all evidence
• Preparing for success: Creating effective provisional frameworks to manage serious incidences
• Separating disciplinary measures from the investigation process to maintain open communication with a workforce
• The value of recreating an incident scenario in order to identify accident causation
Facilitating Accurate Reporting for Improved Investigation Outcomes
• Sculpting a ‘no blame’ culture through positive language and trust to encourage timely reporting
• Communicating the significance of ‘near miss’ reporting to improve services and avoid future scenarios
• Educating employees to perform root cause analysis over ‘story telling’ to identify the stem of incidences
• Exploiting technology and online tools to enable optimal documentation of incidents or near misses
• Developing a collaborative, mutually responsible learning culture to promote ‘shared learnings’
Conducting Thorough Investigation to Increase Vigilance and Mitigate Risks
• Identifying the optimal investigation framework for your organisation that will increase accuracy
• Ensuring Safety Officers are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to successfully investigate incidents in a variety
of settings
• Identifying psychological factors that contribute to incidents in order to change behaviours in the workplace
• Strategies to implement necessary and practicable controls to mitigate the risk of future scenarios
• Establishing the importance of fatigue risk management to aid accident prevention
Identifying and Managing Psychological Stress and Fatigue Risk
• Identifying and tactically addressing workforce contention to reduce negative psychological impacts
• Methods to encourage candid reporting of fatigue and stress levels to minimise workplace risks
• Strategies to improve employee mental health to ensure safe execution of protocol
• Building a strong support network to manage risks associated with bullying and harassment
EXPERT FACILITATOR:
Steve Williams Director and Principal Consultant
Steve Williams & Associates
29 October 2015 Sydney 30 October 2015 Melbourne
VALUE PLUS DISCOUNT
Receive up to $500 off registration if
you register and pay by 16 April 2015
6. Phone: +61 2 8239 9700
Fax: +61 2 8239 9777
www.liquidlearning.com.au
MODULE FIVE
9.00 - 4.30
Effective Contractor Safety Management and Integration
Contractors and sub-contractors are an integral part of organisational life for many Australian businesses; however the
alignment of responsibilities between employer and contractor are often unclear. In order to ensure the health health safety of
employees, it is imperative that leaders competently delegate responsibilities and engage contractors in a proactive health and
safety mindset. To ensure a high quality of work, diligent monitoring and evaluation must be exercised in order to mitigate risks
and facilitate best practice Workplace Health and Safety. This workshop will enable delegates with the practical skills needed to
successfully engage contractors in a resilient culture whilst keeping within federal and jurisdictional law.
Aligning Organisational Expectations with Contractors through Proactive Engagement
• Encouraging participation of contractors to represent health and safety and drive cultural change
• Maintaining flexible relationships with contractors whilst managing compliance and controls
• Motivating vigilance in the workplace through principle contractors to minimise risk and maximise performance
• Accrediting principal contractors to ensure safety of subcontractors when conducting duties
Where the Responsibility lies in Contractor Health and Safety
• The grey area of Contractor Health and Safety: Who holds the responsibility?
• Disparaging the myth that health and safety risk can be ‘contracted out’
• Meeting and managing contractor expectations whilst complying with legislation
• Ensuring the allocation of sufficient time and resources to facilitate contractor capability and safety
Managing versus Monitoring – Implementing Contractor Health and Safety
• Training employees in auditing practices for effective evaluation of contractor services
• Monitoring safety KPIs of contractors: Increasing and improving communications between performance and reward
structures
• Observing and reporting malpractice of safety policy to maintain legal obligations
• Reviewing technologies that maximise onsite security in order to ensure contractor health and safety compliance
Selecting and Employing the Best Contractor for the Job
• Reviewing contractors and the benefits of pre-qualified selection
• Strengthening the selection of contractors within management through communicating quality over cost
• Exploring innovative methods and tools to efficiently induct contractors, to ensure safety capability
• Preparing Safe Work Method Statements for a variety of settings to specify and reduce hazards
EXPERT FACILITATOR:
Gary Rowe Chief Executive Officer
Safety Action
1 December 2015 Sydney 2 December 2015 Melbourne
• 8.30 - 9.00 Registration
• 9.00 - 10.40 Session One
• 10.40 - 11.00 Morning Tea
• 11.00 - 12.30 Session Two
• 12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
• 1.30 - 3.00 Session Three
• 3.00 - 3.20 Afternoon Tea
• 3.20 - 4.30 Session Four
• 4.30 Close of Workshop
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
7. INTRODUCING YOUR FACILITATORS:
Deanne is an accomplished work health and safety professional, speaker, facilitator and coach with extensive experience and
expertise in workplace health and safety. She has a passion for building pro-active, productive safety cultures through the
application of the principals of modern psychology, neuroleadership, mindfulness and other transformational methodologies to
gain acceptance and achieve positive change in an organisations safety culture.
As a former police officer, WorkCover (NSW) Inspector, Senior WHS Executive for a number of iconic Australian and Global
companies and now Director and Principal Consultant of her own WHS & HR Consulting, training and coaching business,
Deanne has experienced first-hand the devastating impact of workplace safety gone wrong and seen the benefits when it is
done right. She believes that while policies and procedures are extremely important, on their own they will not stop people
from being injured at work and is passionate about creating a positive safety culture where everyone is accountable and takes
responsibility for their actions.
Deanne works with organisations and individuals providing them with an insight into how the brain works and how people’s
thinking and attitudes drives behaviours. She challenges the way people think, motivates senior executives, mid-level managers
and supervisors to be more visible and proactively lead safety in the workplace and empowers workers to take control of their
own personal safety with the ultimate goal being to create sustainable awareness and capability across the organisation.
Deanne holds formal qualifications in Work Health & Safety, Training & Assessment, Coaching, and Change Management and is
due to complete her Bachelor of Psychology in 2015.
Marissa practises exclusively in workplace health and safety law and is considered a leading practitioner in this area. She has
particular expertise in incident response, OH&S investigations and regulatory prosecutions. Marissa has extensive experience
in dealing with regulatory authorities including the Victorian WorkCover Authority (formerly WorkSafe), Energy Safe Victoria,
Comcare and Transport Safety Victoria. She is passionate about OHS law and strives to ensure that all clients, whether big or
small, can have access to quality legal advice for their safety matters.
Prior to starting Dreher Legal, Marissa worked for 10 years in one of the largest OH&S practices in Australia. She was a
senior member of this team and was responsible for managing its Melbourne OH&S practice, including leading many of its
key prosecutions, administrative reviews and coronial inquests. She has advised local, national and international companies
on all aspects of OH&S law, from proactive compliance strategies to OH&S litigation. She has acted for both large and small
organisations, spanning a wide range of industry sectors.
Marissa is also an experienced trainer, regularly providing compliance training for employees and managers, conducting Board
and senior executive briefings.
Marissa holds an Honours degree in law from Monash University. She is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria and the
Safety Institute of Australia.
Deanne Boules
Director/Principal Consultant
Insync Workplace Solutions
Marissa Dreher
Director & Safety Lawyer
Dreher Legal
SPONSOR TODAY!
Limited sponsorship and exhibition opportunities
available. For your chance to brand yourself as a
market leader, please call: +61 2 8239 9700 or email:
partnership@liquidlearning.com.au!
To request an electronic version
for easy circulation, email
marketing@liquidlearning.com.au
8. INTRODUCING YOUR FACILITATORS:
Gaye Cameron is the Principal Consultant and owner/manager of Gaye Cameron & Associates, and Counselling Service for
You. Gaye’s expertise goes beyond just work health and safety, but over the last 28 years her skills, knowledge and expertise
has extended into providing expert advice and service to corporations, developing integrated management systems (WHS,
Quality and Environment), to developing and conducting ‘Behaviour Programs’ for Senior Management and the Work Force.
Gaye has worked in Senior Level roles for many organisations, including NSW Government, University of New South Wales,
Macquarie University, TAFE NSW, NSW Police, ProPack Packaging, BSA Limited, National Safety Council of Australia just to
name a few. Gaye’s qualifications extend to MBA (Leadership & Sustainability) [UoC, UK], GradDip Business & Environmental
Management [UoN, Aus], GradDip OHS [UNSW, Aus], Dip Risk & Security, Dip Education, Dip in Counselling, and finishing her
GradDip in Psychological Sciences [Syd, Aus]. Gaye has published many Journal writings, and also written Chapters of Text’s
for CCH Publications in Work Health Safety and Disaster Management. Gaye’s philosophy in life is ‘Love life – work to live’.
Gaye is married to her hero, and has a successful daughter who is now at University studying nursing. Gaye loves to share with
her audience her experiences and knowledge, so that you can make a change for the better and not repeat history. Gaye says
“Safety is EVERYONE’s responsibility – even the big boys at the top!. Workplace injury is a consequence of a systems failing
and not just the workers fault.”
Steve Williams runs a Risk Management consultancy, specialising in incident investigation, risk assessment facilitation, systems
auditing and training. He has facilitated and led a large number of incident investigations, from minor incidents to fatalities and
business incidents costing many millions of dollars, in a range of industries and settings.
He also runs training courses in incident investigation and risk assessment facilitation, accredited through the Australian
Qualification Framework, utilising such techniques as Root Cause Analysis, SSIA and ICAM. Steve has a practical, strategic
and solutions focussed approach to training and facilitation and draws from over 20 years of experience in Workplace health
and safety and risk management across three continents.
Gary has over 25 years of experience in workplace safety and leadership. Key specialities include; safety culture and leadership
programs, independent facilitating, incident investigations and strategic planning. He also coaches executive teams and takes
part in governance committees in risk management and safety leadership. Gary has presented at numerous conferences both
locally and overseas including the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA) Conference Melbourne Workshops with the Law Institute.
Gary led a world-wide project on machinery safety, called zero access, for multi-national manufacturers between 2009 and
2012. Risk assessments were conducted in 12 countries including; Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, UK, US, Pakistan,
Japan, India and Mexico. Previous positions of Gary’s include Deputy General Manager at Richard Oliver Risk Managers, OHS
Manager for National Safety Council of Australia, Safety Co-ordinator for Swinburne University and Safety Engineer for the
Department of Agriculture.
Gary’s academic qualifications include; a Bachelor of Engineering (civil), Graduate Diploma in Education and a Graduate
Diploma in Occupational Hazard Management.
He is also a member of The Institution of Engineers Australia, Australian Institute of Risk Management, Australian Institute of
Company Directors and Fellow of Safety Institute of Australia.
Gaye Cameron
Leading Consultant and Business Owner
Gaye Cameron & Associates
Steve Williams
Director & Principal Consultant
Steve Williams & Associates
Gary Rowe
Chief Executive Officer
Safety Action
VALUE PLUS DISCOUNT
Receive up to $500 off registration if
you register and pay by 16 April 2015
