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OHS (Australian legislation development (national OHS strategy (vision,…
OHS
Australian legislation development
national OHS strategy
2002-2012
vision
"Australian workplaces free from death, injury and disease"
framework to improve OHS in australia
Robens Style
1980's
harmonised OHS legislation
2012
based on national model Act
state based system
9 OHS jurisdictions
creates short term focus for professionals
Perceptions of the OHS professional
5 main groups
occupational health nurses
occupational ergonomists
generalist OHS professionals
occupational hygienists
occupational physicians
develope control strategies
knowledgable and flexible thinking
technical understanding
work processes
hazards
complex human behaviour
interface issues
people
equipment
environments
policy makers
Lord Robens
based on tripartite model introduced to UK
worksafe vistoria's strategy
2008-2012
repositioning OHS professional
health and safety professionals alliance
OHS body of knowledge prokect
OHS educational issues
problems
substantial variation in OHS education
lack of agreed core body of knowledge
emphasis on distance or mixed mode teaching models
not highly valued as a discipline
difficulty finding qualified OHS educators
OHS professional roles
spread of hazards
safe design
transport safety
stress and wellbeing
occupational disease
safety management systems
position titles
manager
advisor
coordinator
consultant
major employer industries
communication
storage
transport
health and community
personal and other services
manufacturing
mining
oil
gas
education
construction
government regulators
OHS paradigm shifts (ages and safety)
principles
interpret and apply
learning to overcome
adaptation
detect and correct
perspectives
Glendon
"each age built upon its predecessor and posited a fourth ‘integration’ age of safety"
Hudson's
technical wave, systems wave and cultural wave
Hale and Hovden's
"technical age, human factors age and management systems age"