Year: 2021
The word “culture” is thrown around a lot these days, particularly when it comes to the workplace environment. We often hear reference to workplace culture as a contributing or underlying factor in safety-related incidents but what does this really mean and how does the culture of an organisation contribute to its overall performance? The Miriam … Continued
In our previous edition of Insight, we ran Part 2 of our look into Contractor Safety Management and focused on the safety aspects associated with the middle stages of the Contractor Management Lifecycle – Contractor Engagement and Onsite Contractor Management. In the final instalment of this series, this edition will wrap up some aspects associated … Continued
A new international standard is now available to provide guidance to workplaces and PCBUs on how to manage safety in the COVID-19 pandemic: ISO/PAS 45005:2020 Occupational health and safety management — General guidelines for safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic The new guidelines cover how to manage the risks arising from COVID-19 to protect work-related … Continued
In our previous edition of Insight, we ran Part 1 of our look into Contractor Safety Management and focused on the safety aspects associated with the first two stages of the Contractor Management Lifecycle – Works Planning and Contractor Assessment. In this edition Part 2, we will examine the Contractor Engagement and Onsite Contractor Management … Continued
There is no doubt that we have learned a great deal over the last 18 months of the COVID pandemic; we have learned the importance of mask-wearing, how the different vaccines work, and a host of new terms like ‘social distancing’, ‘adverse reaction’, ‘organisational pivot’ and ‘hybrid working’. But have we learned how to effectively … Continued
Engaging Contractors to perform works makes sense for a lot of organisations. Whether it be to fill a short-term resourcing gap or to perform specialised works, it remains important to take a WHS governance approach that covers contractors throughout the contractor management lifecycle. This article is Part 1 of 3 designed to provide some useful … Continued