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.
The author, Kevin Jones, is a lifetime member of Central Safety Group, and active OHS consultant, freelance writer and conference speaker.
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.
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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.
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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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Mark Letman
APRIL 2017
Automation is rapidly affecting everything from the agricultural and manufacturing sectors to the healthcare industry.
For an insight into what automation can mean for safety procedures and related workplace arrangements, Mark Letman of Pacific Brands talked on Tuesday, 11 April about recent major changes at Pacific Brand’s giant national warehouse. Pacific Brands manufactures and sells consumer products that include Bonds underwear and Sheridan sheets.
Mark is Safety & Wellbeing Business Lead for the division which has recently automated some of the key procedures for picking and packing orders in its 43,000 square metre warehouse in Truganina.
Mark’s experience is that the move to automation has had some positive effects on working conditions
“The automation’s taken away a lot of the hard slog and legwork in the warehouse, and it’s become a joint activity between employees and the machine,” he says
But it has also brought challenges in introducing employees to new work practices. This includes safety requirements when working with machines for the first time.
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Dr Natasha Lazareski
FEBRUARY 2017
The emphasis on psychosocial risk in the workplace is fairly new in the area of health, safety and wellbeing. Although there has been a huge amount of research on it globally and locally, there is limited understanding on how to assess and manage it.
The subject was discussed by occupational health specialist Dr Natasha Lazareski, who specialises in this area, on Thursday, 16 February 2017 at the Central Safety Group lunch.
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Stuart Cross
Winning Formula For Return To Work
NOVEMBER 2016
A new approach to injury management helped Yarra City Council achieve a 40% reduction in standard WorkCover claims and a WorkSafe Employer Excellence award in 2015.
Stuart Cross outlined the actions the Council took to reduce workplace injuries and assist injured workers in rehabilitation and return to work.
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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
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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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View our Archive library of past Meetings, Presentations, Meeting & AGM Minutes
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Exchange ideas with like-minded people, with a common interest in improving all aspects of occupational health and safety
within their organisations.
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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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