Central Safety Group Melbourne

Central Safety Group Inc. AGM news

On the 13th February 2024, Central Safety Group held its 2023 AGM.

As an incorporated association, CSG must hold an annual general meeting and submit our financial statement to Consumer Affairs Victoria.

As there were no new nominees, this meeting confirmed the CSG Committee members as listed below:

• President - Nan Austin
• Vice-President - Christina Rennick
• Secretary - Heather Turner
• Treasurer - Cameron Cranstoun
• Committee Members - Jane Loudon, Marina Milankovic, Dominic Melling

Due to pending retirements, all members are encouraged to consider nominating for a committee role to ensure effective handover and longevity of your CSG as we move into our 64th year of sharing safety knowledge. We particularly need committee members with strong social media and IT skills. If you are interested, please go to the Contact US section on our home page.

In addition to the formal election of committee members and receipt of the Annual Report and Financial Statement, the AGM raised two proposals that were accepted unanimously. The first was to increase Corporate Member’s fee to $350 per calendar year (whilst maintaining the individual membership fee at $85). The Corporate Membership fee has remained at $300 ever since this tier of membership was introduced over 10 years ago. As Individual fees have increased steadily over the same period, it was thought that corporate membership fees were due for a modest increase.

Currently the annual fee allows corporations to send up to 3 employees to in-person events at the membership price (Zoom attendance is unlimited). This will increase to 4 employees when the fee increases in 2025.

The second proposal was to accept Frank Misteretta as a Life Member of CSG. Frank has maintained continuous membership since 1980 and has served on the committee in various roles including President.

Many thanks to those who attended the AGM as we look forward to another great year!

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Helen O’Keefe

Date & Time: Tuesday 13 February 2024, noon

CSG Hybrid Lunchtime Presentation -via zoom or in the room

Speaker: Helen O’Keefe, Director, HOK Talent Solutions

Topic: OHS job market analysis

If you are interested in what's happening in the current OHS job scene, either as a job seeker or employer, you’ll appreciate this presentation by Helen O’Keefe on 13 February 2024.
Helen is the Managing Director of HOK Talent Solutions, exclusively specialising in health and safety recruitment. She will share her insights about the OHS job scene from 2023, and talk through some of the challenges and opportunities she predicts will emerge for both hiring managers and job-seekers the year ahead

Helen will also share data her company has collected, which details the number of OHS jobs advertised across SEEK and LinkedIn (the two most popular job boards) in 2023, and how that compares to 2022. This data is cross-checked against reports released from the ABS, SEEK and other sources to understand the "why" behind it.

Helens' presentation will include an opportunity for questions and discussion.

The presentation will be followed by the 2023 AGM for Financial Members.

About the speaker:

Helen O’Keefe is the founder of HOK Talent Solutions, which specialises in national HSE recruitment.

Helen has a passion for the health and safety industry, and had been working in recruitment for this sector before founding her own agency in 2015.

Prior to this, her background includes working as National Recruitment Manager for the Australian Red Cross, and as an HR consultant with pharmaceutical company GSK.

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