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Occupational Health and Safety (OHS Educational Issues (lack of community…
Occupational Health and Safety
OHS Educational Issues
No educational/ experience requirements for employment in an OHS role
lack of community awareness of OHS professional role
Negative view of OHS Advise
OHS Australia is not a regulated profession
participation of workers in OHS issues is crucial to improving OHS performance
Work related injury
Worker carelessness and lack of training
Accreditation of OHS professional education
Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) Level 7
Perceptions of OHS professional
Economic and industrial environment
Changes in economy
growth in casual, part-time and temporary work
based on the tripartite model
Current Work environment
Not isolated
legislative requirements, management practices
political, economic and industrial
OHS professional part of advisory service to line management.
WorkSafe Victoria strategy
Establishing the Health and Safety Professionals Alliance (HaSPA) and developing the OHS Body of Knowledge project
OHS professional Roles
decline in employment in the manufacturing industry
Advisor, Coordinator, Manager, consultant
5 groups of OHS professionals
generalist OHS
specialist role
systemic and systematic prevent work-related fatality, injury, disease and ill health
Collective knowledge Shared by professionals to provide understanding and control of work-related fatality, injury, disease and ill
Human behaviour
occupational Hygienist
defined as art and Science
control of environmental stressors
occupational ergonomist
Human Factors
scientific discipline
understanding human interactions
occupational physicians / health Nurse
ocuuptaional medicine
effects of work on health
effects of health on work
environmental hazards
chemical, biological, Physical
Australian Legislation Development
OHS regulation and administration
physical hazards
high-risk industries
Legislative change in OHS
introduction of harmonised OHS legislation
based on a national model Act and model regulations
Trade unions mandated by OHS laws
a state-based system
OHS Paradigm Shifts
Principles underpinning the adaptive age
Learn to overcome design flaws and functional glitches
Adapt performance to meet demands
Interpret and apply procedures to match conditions
detect and correct when things go wrong
1970 Change of OHS in UK and US
establishing safe systems
workers work inside boundaries of the system
1990s a quality approach in development of OHS management systems
1980s, workers’ compensation recognised as a major economic cost.
2000s OHS policy development of the National OHS Strategy