The Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA) will be holding a safety seminar as part of the AITA National Forklift Safety Week, which lasts from 4-8 June.

The seminar will be held from 9:00 am-noon and will feature speakers on a range of topics including:

• Standards
• Training
• Tyres and attachments
• Changes to OHS requirements and the legal implications
• Traffic management issues and the use of forklift trucks

Registration is free, but participants wishing to attend are asked to contact the AITA Secretariat at cms@commercemgt.com.au.

This event will offer a platform for stimulating discussion on effective safety management and enhancing organisational safety culture as well as offering a good networking opportunity. It will be of interest to those leading safety improvement initiatives across a variety of industries.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Embedding positive safety values for a sustainable safety culture.
• Addressing behavioural, psychological and team aspects of safety.
• Enhancing safety leadership and fostering authentic commitment to safety.
• Engaging and integrating employees within a changing safety culture.

This workplace health and safety trade show is returning to Perth for the first time since 2010.

Visitors to the show will be able to see over 200 exhibitors displaying Australia’s latest and most innovative range of products in health and safety.
 

Liquid Learning is delighted to present this two-day workshop - a practical toolkit for safety managers to build a safety competency and performance framework to manage competencies and achieve sustainable safety performance improvement. The event will be held on 5-6 and 12-13 September 2012, in Melbourne and Sydney respectively.

This practical workshop, which provides an in-depth and interactive learning experience, will provide hands-on tools and a step-by-step guide to help you solve day-to-day challenges. By attending this workshop you will:

1. Recognise the need for a safety competency and performance framework.
2. Identify safety management tasks and their WHS requirements and limits.
3. Customise the safety framework prerequisites, approaching and readiness within your organisation.
4. Identify and record safety competency requirements and specifications.
5. Ensure framework compliance with OHS ‘Harmonisation’ laws.
6. Plan exactly how the framework will be used in training, education and development.
7. Agree on the release strategy and implement the framework into the existing Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) workplace environment.
8. Review WHS competency and performance culture improvement.

Participants will attend from a variety of industries and safety-related roles spanning:

• Occupational health and safety (OHS)
• Health, safety and environment
• Safety management
• Risk and hazard management
• Human resources manager
• Organisational development and change
• Training and development
• Incident management and reporting
• Safety audit and inspection
• Engineering and maintenance
• Planning and analysis
• Performance management
• Contractor management

Visitors to this workplace health and safety trade show will be given the opportunity to see over 300 exhibitors displaying Australia’s latest and most innovative range of products in the health and safety industry.

Attending will ensure you are up-to-date with workplace health and safety laws, the latest changes to safety legislation, employer responsibilities and employee rights.

Also running concurrently, for the first time since 2010, is CleanScene, The National Cleaning & Hygiene Expo.

T2013 will present a global forum at which all those involved in road safety research, policy, education, enforcement and injury prevention - particularly from the fields of drugs and alcohol - can meet with researchers, academics and professionals to discuss and present on the latest work being undertaken in the field.

The conference themes will provide an invaluable opportunity for a broad range of presentations, workshops, symposia and discussion. Dedicated programs will be offered for young scientists, early career researchers, students and those from low and middle income countries.

Designed to encourage a strong program of both industry and academic presentations, keynote speakers are drawn from Australia and overseas and showcase new and innovative research and practice.

The conference is expected to attract a large number of delegates from around Australia and overseas, including academics, researchers and practitioners in the areas of public health, law, medicine, economics, law enforcement, public policy, education, human factors and psychology.