Australian Institute of Health & Safety

We'd like to invite our South Australian followers to our SA End-of-Year Celebration, which is scheduled for Thursday, December 12th. Open to members and non-members alike, the event is a relaxed night where we will hear from guest speaker, Professor Carolyn Semmler, who will explore the connection between human behaviour and technology. Thanks to our Sponsor FEFO Consulting.

Very excited and proud to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Certified Generalist OHS Practitioner from Australian Institute of Health & Safety!

The December edition of the Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS) magazine features FEFO Consulting in the cover story, “?????????????????? ???????? ??????????????.” ?? (https://lnkd.in/giKrZqPM)?? ? This article highlights our work with BSA Limited. and Journey Beyond, showing case studies that demonstrate the value of an effective health and safety strategy balancing OKR vs KPI’s.? ? For information, send us a message or go to our blog and download our Strategy for Safety (S4S) brochure.? ? Read blog and Access Managazine ?? https://lnkd.in/gzfkJDuz? ? Download our Strategy for Safety (S4S) brochure here ?? https://lnkd.in/gzV7S8Qx?? #fefo #safetytransformation #healthandsafety Nicole Kidman GAICD Kynan Ford

Are you updating your health and safety strategy for 2025? In this Australian Institute of Health & Safety OSH Professional Magazine feature article, I explore why our WHS strategies often fail to connect meaningfully with digital strategy; and what we can do about it. I dive into the common challenges organisations face, the importance of integrating safety into the flow of work, and practical steps to align WHS strategies with data and technology for better outcomes. If you’re looking to innovate your approach to health and safety, I hope you’ll find this a useful read! ?? Link to the full issue in the comments. #SafetyTech #SafetyInnovation #SafetyStrategy #DigitalSafetyStrategy

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Australian Institute of Health & Safety ?????? ?????????????????? 2024 - ???? ?????? ??????????????????. Firstly, let me start by thanking the AIHS Vic Branch Committee for a fantastic Symposium. I learned a lot. Below are MY key takeaways. There was a lot of information. I am sure others took away from it what they did but these are my key takeaways. Julia Whitford started by discussing the SPARK Program. (BEST OHS tool in my opinion and I use it all the time). She also discussed the work that the AIHS has been doing with Standards Australia, Road Safety, Psychosocial Hazards, 2025 Sunshine Coast event and Aneta McCarthy was honored with being inducted into the AIHS Fellows. Very well deserved. Rikki Cairns from Bureau of Meteorology spoke next and the key takeaway from this awareness for me was raised when it comes to neurodivergent people and the use of hot desks. We need to stop this practice. Hot desks in general are a pain. There was one other takeaway, make sure you map out your incidents. Then we had Dominic Melling from Victorian Trades Hall Council - Key Takeaway - Ai Survellience may become a norm in the future so we need to start planning for it now. It will increase stress in some workers and as safety professionals we need to be able to alleviate this. The Panel discussion was up next and I learned so much from the panelist. Key takeaways - Business acumen, Organisational goals, Work Culture, Data knowledge, Soft skills - Relationship building and influence, Create new strategies but make sure they are simple, accessible and effective, build safety into your everyday, fix the micro issues, sell yourself! Be confident. There are so many more gold nuggets that I am still digesting....Like I said, so many good discussion points and information. Thank you all so much for sharing your knowledge. Simply Awesome!! Duncan Ledwich from WPS was one of the people I was really looking forward to listening too. His discussion on Climate Change and its relevance to ISO 45001 was amazing. I never considered what it would be like transferring workers from one zone to another even with a 2 degree change in weather what that would look like fatigue wise, but the key takeaway for ME - Don't ignore worse case scenarios. Use these as your drills. EY Team and there Workshop - Crafting compelling cases more aptly should have been titled - A master class on The Value Pyramid model as I am taking that golden information and using it immediately. And lastly was a fantastic presentation Nicola Hogan. Her discussion on Psychosocial and psychological Risk - bravo! So engaging, so informative and the key take away - Get buy in & empower your teams to help with any issues they may face. FANTASTIC DAY. Food - amazing and side note, Congratulations EY also for the tray they have in the woman's toilet. It is little things like this that show how caring a company can be. #aihs #safetyfirst #whs #ohs #knowledge #colleenrocksthemost

Few more photos from today's Symposium. The panel discussion on what the future role of the WHS Professional will look like had so much valuable information in it. I will do a full write up review once I have digested everything. Until then, here are some more photos from today. #whs #aihsvicsymposium #safetyfirst #juliarocks #greatinfo

Getting ready for the start of the Vic Safety Symposium from the Australian Institute of Health & Safety Looking forward to a fantastic informative day. #aihs #Safety #ohs #janrocks #safetyinfo

Last week our Chair, Joanne Farrell, spoke at the Australian Institute of Health & Safety Western Australia Symposium. The theme of the event was based around the evolving world of work across Australia. Joanne’s presentation delved into enabling and embedding WHS through legislation and strategic focus for the future.

The VIC Safety Symposium has just kicked off at the stunning EY Office in Melbourne, with AIHS CEO Julia Whitford and Chair Cameron Montgomery in attendance. We have also celebrated Anita Macartney (FAIHS, FGIA, GAICD, ChOHSP) as the newest inductee to the College of Fellows. A heartfelt thank you to all our delegates for joining us today - your participation is vital in driving meaningful discussions and knowledge sharing.