myosh Webinars

Making Sense of Safety Culture

resented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis) and Dr Amy Hawkes (Head of Psychology)

What’s covered? 

Let’s face it. Creating a positive safety culture is hard. You can have the best equipment, all the right systems and train your people, and still see a workforce disengaged with safety. With research showing that 86% of worksites operate in a negative safety culture, there’s a clear case for change. But where do you start?

In this session you’ll discover:

• • The four key components of safety culture
  • A practical model for measuring safety culture maturity
  • Why investing in your people and leadership can help take your safety culture to the next level
  • How to get started on your safety culture journey
  • Data and insights that build the case for safety culture change.

Beyond COVID – Creating Healthy Work Environments

What’s covered? 

2020 was a year that fundamentally altered the spaces and ways in which we work. Lasting impacts from the pandemic include a significant increase in working from home, physical changes to the layout of offices and workspaces, and revised occupancy rates in our offices and buildings.

In this webinar, we will look at some of the quick checks you can do to ensure your indoor environment (including considerations such as temperature, humidity, mould, dust, viral particles, ventilation) is optimised for healthy working spaces, and ergonomic reviews you may need to undertake for the post-pandemic workplace.

The event will be facilitated by two of Greencap’s IEQ and Ergonomic Assessment specialists, Dr Michael Taylor and David Hauser, who will set out the working environment ‘101’ items and provide recommendations for the ‘quick fixes’ and more substantial changes required to optimise the indoor environmental quality of workplaces.

The COVID 19 Vaccine – What are the Legal Issues for Employers?

Presented by Brian Jackson (Special Counsel, Moray and Agnew)

What’s covered? 

In the upcoming months the rollout of the vaccine in Australia will commence and this will open up a range of complex issues for Australian employers. Is it reasonable and lawful for an employer to require its employees to take the vaccine? What will be the issues around PPE? What will be the position around employees with allergies? What can an employer do if an employee refuses to take the vaccine? This is an evolving and challenging area of the law.

Health and Safety Index: Health and Wellbeing 2020 Results

Presented by Mark Wright and Kate Power (FEFO Consulting)

What’s covered? 

The Health and Safety Index received over 120,000 responses across several Australian and New Zealand industries during 2020. As we reflect on the Health and Safety Index results, there are many Health & Wellbeing lessons learnt which are worth sharing and comparing to research, i.e., Job Demand + Job Resource = Work Outcomes Model.

This webinar will discuss the top results, lowest results and highest predictors.

Based on the Health and Safety Index results and our experience, we believe “training” is often not the silver bullet to improve health and wellbeing. Noting every organisation has different needs, Health and Safety Index results in 2020 conclude there are four key areas of focus that are extremely useful to improve workplace health and wellbeing.

Creating a Culture of Trust for a Psychologically Safe Workforce

Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis)

What’s covered? 

The landscape of work is changing. Physical distancing, remote work arrangements and a shift in work focus mean we find ourselves needing to connect and interact with our teams in new and different ways. Add to this the increased stress and uncertainty of recent events, and the psychological and physical wellbeing of our people has never been more at the forefront.

For many, being faced with making sudden and difficult decisions about individuals’ employment, temporary or permanent business closures and the impact these have on families and communities can be devastating. Now more than ever, the degree of trust a leadership group has with their employees is key.

In our upcoming webinar, we’ll explore the science of trust and the skills required by safety leaders to develop and maintain the necessary level of psychological safety in the current climate of uncertainty. With the right approach, leaders can still be candid about the brutal facts of the current reality while maintaining a team culture that allows open communication, information sharing, solution-focused problem solving and a continued focus on the physical and psychological safety of their teams.

Session outcomes:

• • Explore the science behind building trust at both an organisational and individual level
  • Understand a leader’s role in establishing psychological safety and what ‘good’ looks like
  • Discover how to foster a culture of learning and improvement

Approving Risk Assessments: A Quick Guide For Managers - Mark Alston, Investigations Differently

What’s covered? 

Managers have often delegated the responsibility to approve risk assessments within their organisation. This webinar will discuss:

• Why we assess risk
• What good looks like
• Why context is essential
• What makes an effective control
• Common pitfalls of the risk assessment
• A quick quality checklist

2021 Safety Tech Predictions: Accelerating From Crisis

Presented by Cameron Stevens (Director of Safety Innovation, Pocketknife Group)

What’s covered? 

In the wake of profound disruption, the future is now in focus. By forcing us from our routines, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted us to re-examine the ways we work and how we manage health and safety.

Success in 2021 will depend on our ability to anticipate what’s next and double down on our willingness to harness disruption and drive meaningful change.

This webinar will explore the Safety Innovation Academy’s 2021 safety tech predictions to support WHS Professionals in the design of a future-fit safety management strategy for the year ahead.

Encouraging a Culture of Safe Production

Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis)

What’s covered? 

A healthy dose of performance pressure is crucial for maintaining optimal levels of production. However, problems arise when levels of production pressure increase to the point that the focus on production starts to overshadow the importance of safe behaviours. Recent Australian data has found that 28% of workers report experiencing pressure from their direct supervisor to prioritise production over safety. Of those, 40% report experiencing this pressure on a weekly basis*. In an environment where supervisors prioritise production over safety, it’s not a question of if an incident will occur, but when and how serious.

This session will explore the challenge and implications organisations face when leaders struggle to balance the reality of production demands with a focus on safety. We will also provide practical recommendations for organisations seeking to address this issue and achieve a culture of safe production.

Session outcomes:

• • Explore the impact of production pressure on safety behaviour and safety climate
  • Explore how to improve leaders’ safety leadership skills to balance safety and production pressure for optimum business outcomes

The Road to The New Normal – Safety, Psychology & Risk

Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis)

What’s covered? 

Understanding why your people don’t engage with your safety tools, the risks associated with the return to a ‘new normal’ and what you can do about it.

The uncertainty created by current events, including COVID-19, has led to increased stress, distraction and anxiety in the workplace. And while we may find ourselves on the road to a ‘new normal’, many organisations still need to navigate change, challenge and uncertainty on a daily basis. There’s no more important time than now for workers to be able to recognise hazards and make helpful choices around safety. But with increased distractions at work and at home, such as threats to job security and ambiguity of what’s next, workers are at increased risk of incident and injury. So, how do you ensure that your people make conscious safe choices every day, even in times of challenge and uncertainty?

In many organisations, workers adopt a ‘tick and flick’ approach to risk assessment tools and processes. This compliance behaviour stems from unhelpful attitudes around the risk assessment process and can be challenging to address. To shift behaviour, we need to unpack the attitudes leaders and workers have around risk assessment tools and processes. Only with helpful attitudes and a positive mindset around safety will we see workers truly engage in the risk identification and management process, particularly during challenging periods.

In this webinar, we’ll explore the impact of hindering attitudes towards risk assessments and how leaders can influence more helpful attitudes. We’ll explore leadership strategies and techniques to shift worker attitudes, and also dive into the organisational processes that can contribute to unhelpful attitudes within the business.

Asbestos in Construction – Closing the Gaps - Greencap 19 November 2020

Moderated by Malcolm Fabiny
Speakers: Zayne Baggot, Cassandra Fernandez, Joe Stanek, Jo Morris

What’s covered? 

It is not uncommon for a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) to encounter asbestos during normal day-to-day work that has, or has not, been previously identified. This is more evident during the demolition or refurbishment of a building, structures, or plant.

Asbestos is a naturally occurring carcinogenic mineral that was manufactured into over 3,000 products and widely used in the construction industry in Australia until 2003. Over time, these products can deteriorate due to natural aging, weathering, day to day operations, and other environmental factors.

Asbestos has continually been removed from buildings and plant as sites have been developed, refurbished or demolished to the standard of the day and the constraints of the building operations at the time. Without total demolition, you cannot be guaranteed that the asbestos has been entirely removed.

State Regulations (WHS and OHS) require that asbestos is identified on-site, a register prepared, labelled, managed, and removed by a licensed removalist prior to any work likely to damage the asbestos-containing materials (ACM) and prior to demolition or refurbishment. As the number of licensed asbestos assessors and competent persons across all jurisdictions of Australia increases, some state regulators are paying close attention to the standards of their work. Some of these individuals have had their competency challenged, resulting in prosecutions and/or the requirement for retraining.

Join us for this moderated panel discussion covering the difference between management and demolition surveys, competent persons, if it is reasonably foreseeable that asbestos might be present at your workplace, and if there are steps to avoid unexpected finds/exposure.

The presentation will also outline some of the legislative governance and the panel will share from their diverse experiences as active practitioners and from a  leader in the advocacy of asbestos awareness and education.