The Central Safety Group is a networking group of safety professionals from the Melbourne Central Business District and surrounding areas which meets monthly for lunchtime presentations by specialist speakers.
Members have a common interest in improving all aspects of occupational health and safety in their workplace and keeping informed on key issues in their field.
The presentations are held every second Tuesday of the month from February to November, at Level 1, 333 Queen Street Melbourne. A networking Christmas lunch is held in December.
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For over 9 years this award-winning blog has covered wide-ranging issues including safety politics, workplace mental health, wellness and work-related suicide, as well as specialised topics like risk assessments, corporate governance, OHS book reviews and safe driving at the workplace.
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Professor David Caple
Date & Time: Tuesday 12 September 2017 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Venue: Level 1, 333 Queen Street Melbourne (AMS Consulting Group)
The Future of OHS
What will OHS look like in the future? What jobs are likely to be available and skill sets required? Professor David Caple, a close participant and observer in the safety industry for over 40 years, will examine these questions in his talk to the Central Safety Group on 12 September. David will talk about how the field of workplace safety has evolved, looking at the most important trends and changes over the years. He will then discuss what he sees as the latest significant developments in the area and where he sees things heading in the future. This will include what OHS practitioners will be expected to know and do and the skills, background and experience they will need in the years ahead.
About the Speaker
David Caple, who has a background as an ergonomist, has been a leading figure in occupational health and safety in Australia for many years. He has advised a wide range of businesses, industry groups and public sector organisations and worked with Australian and overseas governments on work health and safety strategy. He is an OHS consultant and Adjunct Professor, Centre for Ergonomics & Human Factors, La Trobe University.
Graham Dent
10 October 2017
OHS in Victoria … where are we going?
The impact of WHS, trends in penalties and Undertakings
Recent developments in some areas of OHS law in Victoria will be discussed by leading OHS lawyer Graham Dent at the CSG lunchtime meeting on 10 October 2017.
This will include the relevance of the harmonised WHS laws in Victoria, trends in cases, courts and penalties, and the use of Enforceable Undertakings.
Graham will give examples to illustrate these issues and the implications of changes we see going on around us. He will also discuss changes which may have quietly slipped past us.
NOTE: When booking for this event, please ensure you select the October Meeting, from the dropdown list, to RSVP to this meeting.
Members & Non members welcome to attend CSG Meetings.
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Professor David Caple
12 September 2017
The future of OHS
What will OHS look like in the future? What jobs are likely to be available and skill sets required?
Professor David Caple, a close participant and observer in the safety industry for over 40 years will examine these questions in a lunchtime talk to the Central Safety Group on 12 September.
David will talk about how the field of workplace safety has evolved, looking at the most important trends and changes over the years.
He will then discuss what he sees as the latest significant developments in the area, and where he sees things heading in the future.
This will include what OHS practitioners will be expected to know and do, and the skills, background and experience they will need in the years ahead.
NOTE: When booking for this event, please ensure you select the September Meeting, from the dropdown list, to RSVP to this meeting.
Members & Non members welcome to attend CSG Meetings.
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Jacqui Bloink
8 August 2017
Peer Support Programs - tips for success
There is growing recognition of the value of workplace peer support programs in helping employees at times of critical work incidents.
The experience, learnings and benefits of a well-established peer support program will be discussed by Jacqui Bloink, Workplace Wellbeing Program Manager, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.
The hospital this year is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its award-winning staff peer support program, marking it as an early supporter of the concept of a team of colleagues helping one another with typical reactions to stressful events.
Members & Non members welcome to attend CSG Meetings.
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Site Visit
11 July 2017
Safety Behind the Scenes
Site Visit: Melbourne Arts Centre
Join us for a special CSG exclusive backstage tour hosted by Chris Hayes, Senior Manager, Venue Operations - Production, Arts Centre Melbourne.
Members & Non members welcome to attend CSG Meetings.
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David Trembearth
RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 2017
Tuesday June 13 2017
Poorly designed work is unsafe work. Many times simple but important aspects are overlooked in the project planning stage, setting the scene for future problems.
Someone dedicated to spreading this message is David Trembearth, Safety Business Partner, People and Product Safety, Coles, who will speak to the Central Safety Group on Tuesday 13 June.
Members and non members welcome to attend CSG Meetings.
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Wayne Richards
Tuesday 9 May 2017
12:15 to 1:15pm (please note later start than usual)
Can leaders shape safety culture?
A lot is said about ‘safety leadership’.
But what specifically can leaders do to shape an organisation’s safety culture?
This was discussed by Wayne Richards, General Manager, Group Health Safety Environment & Quality, Transdev Australasia at a lunchtime presentation to the Central Safety Group at 12.15 pm on 9 May.
Wayne talked about what is being done in Transdev.
He also drew on his experience in senior safety roles with the MFB and the aviation and environmental services sectors.
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Jacqui's presentation is now available to members.
A leading safety commentator says:
The Central Safety Group meetings are like an OHS conference spread over the year. Ten top guest speakers on OHS matters with a conference (Christmas) dinner to round off the event. CSG seems to me to provide the best return on investment for professional development in my area. The organisation provides access to both important guest speakers and to the information opportunities from its varied members. I don’t know anywhere that offers access to OHS experts and regulators for minimum of $60 a year. There are different cost structures for non-members but membership is so cheap, why wouldn’t you join?
Kevin Jones, Life Member of the CSG, & author of the award-winning Safety at Work blog, writing on his blog
safetyatworkblog.com
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Members can view our library of recent presentations from the CSG monthly meetings.
Interesting topics and speakers such as:
Managing fatigue: getting it right
David Caple;
What safety success looks like – across industry sectors
Rocky Armstrong;
Rethinking incident investigation
Greg Splatt.
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Membership costs $60 per calendar year ($300 corporate). Members have online access to the presentations, free attendance to meetings & presentations and a complimentary Christmas lunch for the December Meeting. To inquire contact: secretary@centralsafetygroup.com.
We welcome members from all sized businesses, organisations and industries.
Non-members are always welcome to our monthly meetings / presentations at a cost of $10 per meeting.
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