Brochure - Conferenz

1 value packed day
3 cities to choose
22nd August 2013, Rydges, Auckland
27th August 2013, Chateau on the Park, Christchurch
29th August 2013, Amora Hotel, Wellington
3 conference venues
and 3 city specific
post conference
workshops
Featuring:
Coca Cola Amatil | Progressive Enterprises | Lincoln University | NIWA
Z Energy | EastPack | MacMillan Lockwood | Aotearoa Fisheries
McAlpines Timber | Canterbury Chamber of Commerce
Devereux-Blum Training and Development | Phoenix Construction Consultancy
Keynote Speakers:
Stuart White, Director of Health and Safety Agency, Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment
Carl Stent, Group Safety Manager, NIWA
Conference Chair
David Tregoweth, Head of Safety, Progressive Enterprises
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Fact: Over 200,000 workplace injuries
were reported to ACC in 2012 alone.
How can you ensure your organisation
doesn’t become a part of similar statistics?
8.30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
David Tregoweth, Head of Safety, Progressive Enterprises
9.10 From the courts: Case law and advice for health
and safety managers
From recent prosecutions in Health & Safety law to key lessons
gathered from Pike River, examine recent cases to gain better
understanding of potential liability, compliance and your legal
responsibilities-
• The Government’s response to Pike River
• Notable workplace injury cases and key lessons arising out
of them
• Responsibility at the top level: What are your legal obligations
as company directors?
Auckland: Kathryn Beck, Partner,
Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon
Christchurch: Jennifer Miles, Senior Solicitor,
Duncan Cotterill
Wellington: Greg Cain, Partner, Kensington Swan
9.50 WorkSafe NZ: Our vision, aim and strategies to
lead NZ towards Zero Harm
Minister Hon Simon Bridges announced WorkSafe New
Zealand – a stand alone health and safety crown agency in
response to the recommendations made by the Taskforce. In
this session you will learn about what the aims and focus of
WorkSafe will be in the next year or so and how do they plan
to collaborate with organisations and lead the country towards
zero harm.
Auckland: A representative from MBIE
Christchurch & Wellington: Stuart White, Director of
Workforce New Zealand,
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Stuart White led the establishment of WorkSafe New Zealand
10.30 Morning break & refreshments
10.45 In Auckland:
Case study: Taking proactive steps towards driver
and public safety
Driver Safety was one of the biggest concerns for Coca Cola
Amatil where 75% of the staff are on the road to meet the
needs of their customers. What steps were taken to address
this issue?
• Recognising the need for driver safety programme
• Senior management and their role
• Effectively helping employees manage fatigue, tiredness and
lapse in concentration
• Implementation of e-drive- a health and safety education
programme for the drivers
Lalita Wati, Health and Safety Advisor,
Coca-Cola Amatil
In Christchurch & Wellington:
Case study: From humble beginnings to top H&S
performance
Adrian will discuss the case study of Lincoln University’s journey
towards Zero Harm. He will talk about the steps taken to
implement a total safety culture that has considerably reduced
workplace injuries, with lowest claims cost and reported
accidents.
• Safety culture at Lincoln
• Risk management with a focus on tertiary sector
• Realistic take on Zero Harm
Adrian Brown, Health and Safety Manager,
Lincoln University
11.30 Leadership keynote: Leading your company
towards Zero Harm - how to be an effective health
and safety leader
• What do we mean when we say, ‘it’s all about the safety
leadership process’
• How is Zero Harm Leadership recognised, the role of culture,
metrics and transformation
• Why is there a difference between ‘management down’ and
‘team up’ Zero Harm leadership
• The practicalities of a safety target called Zero Harm – case
example
All cities: Carl Stent, National Manager- Safety and Wellbeing,
NIWA
12.10 Lunch break
1.00 The critical importance of encouraging near miss
reporting
• What are the benefits of near miss reporting?
• Recognising and breaking the barriers to reporting
• How do you analyse and take visible action from reports?
Auckland: Cathy Faulkner, Health and Safety Manager,
EastPack
Christchurch & Wellington: To be confirmed
1.40 Case study: Champions for Health & Safety
The development of Safe Rebuild Canterbury brings together
construction and infrastructure stakeholders to build sustainable
health and safety practices during the rebuild and for the future.
• Coordinated and collaborative approach with our project
partners to achieve the highest possible health and safety
standards
• Safe jobs and safe work practices through employee
participation and the development of workplace leaders
• Developing sustainable health and safety systems
All cities: Helen Mason, OSH Consultant,
Canterbury Employers’ Chambers of Commerce
2.20 Afternoon break and refreshments
2.35 Good riddance to reoccurrence- effective accident
investigation the key?
Bid good riddance reoccurrence and learn how to effectively
investigate accidents to ensure they don’t happen again.
• Effective interview techniques and investigating procedures
• Lessons from history: Identifying patterns from past records
and developing specific strategies to tackle them
• Dealing with the outcomes of the investigation
• Creating an environment of support and minimising potential
tensions
Quick fire case studies
3.15 Case study: changing the culture- ideation to
implementation
• How the need for cultural change was recognized and
implemented
• Our vision for a total safety culture: what was, what is and
what will be
• Challenges faced during change and how to address them?
• The importance of incident reporting procedures in changing
the culture
• Lessons learned in the journey
Auckland: Allyn Glaysher, General Manager Human
Resources, Aotearoa Fisheries
Christchurch: Colin Hearn, Health and Safety &
Environmental Site Officer, McAlpines Timber
Wellington: To be confirmed

3.50 Case study: A continual road to workplace health
and safety improvement
• Our journey with health and safety in the last 12 months
• Site Safe accreditation results- what we learned from our
success?
• Strategies for the future: Towards a continual road to
improvement and development through a change of the
safety culture
Auckland: To be confirmed
Christchurch & Wellington: Brigid Hodges, Health & Safety
Administrator, McMillan & Lockwood
4.30 In Auckland:
Case study: Compliance masterclass:
Understanding your documentation obligation
under the Health and Safety Act
Having documented evidence of your actions is absolutely
critical should you ever have a serious harm accident or you
are faced with a Dept. of Labour investigation. In this mini
masterclass you will learn how to prepare effective documents
as below:
• Required paperwork to meet WSMP, ACC’s audit programme
• Specific paperwork needed to achieve the best possible level
of ACC audit
Sean Wright, Partner, Sands Management Systems
4.30 In Christchurch & Wellington:
Case study: Raising the bar in contract works
management
The case study addresses implementing a third party prequalification
scheme, improving site monitoring and audits, and
the management of change process required to achieve these.
In a process safety industry, heavily reliant on contractors and
sub-contractors to build and maintain assets, how do you:
• Assure yourself that your meeting your regulatory obligations
• Instil a positive safety culture, and further still work towards
zero harm?
Mhari McCall, HSSE Assurance Manager,
New Zealand Oil Services
5.10 End of conference and Networking drinks
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Auckland
23rd August 9.00 – 5.00 pm
3 city specific workshops
Developing a new safety culture from scratch- where to start?
Your CEO has decided that the organisation needs to “get a safety culture”. Looking around, you realise that a huge overhaul of safety is due, and the
responsibility to do this is in your hands. Where do you start and how do you do it? Attend this full day master-class to get ideas around implementing a
total safety culture form the scratch.
• What will be the first step to bring about a change?
• How do we measure culture, what are the components of a safety culture?
• Understanding what will change and communicating it to relevant people
• Study the factors that will influence the success of the new culture
• Encouraging development of best practices: Reporting procedures, near misses
• Considering incentives – do they work?
• Analysing past data and KPI- what went wrong and how can you accommodate key lessons gathered within the new safety programme?
• Collecting useful feedback from the employees: Conducting internal surveys and motivating people to participate
• Exercise: Creating a plan to develop an effective safety culture!
Eric Holliday, HSSE Project Manager, Z Energy
Rebuilding Christchurch: Achieving Zero Harm in construction and rebuild environment
Christchurch
28th August 9.00 – 5.00 pm
Wellington
30th August 9.00 – 5.00 pm
“Based on the estimated number of workers involved in the rebuild through 2018, one or two construction-related deaths could be expected every year”
– MBIE website
Christchurch is headed towards a historic rebuild. How can we create history not just by rebuilding the city but by making it the safest possible rebuild?
In a seismically active area, what is the best approach to Zero Harm? In this full-day masterclass you will get a comprehensive, skill-based insight into
the following key issues in construction:
• Safety risks in construction: What we already know
• Dealing with the unknowns: An overview of potential and predicted risks
• Ensuring safety of contractors and sub contractors- and understanding potential liabilities
• Preparing effective agreements for contractors and sub-contractors
• Leadership masterclass: Leading to succeed in a construction environment and why leadership matters to create a total safety culture
• Putting the workforce in-charge: Empowering the staff to display more confidence in exercising safety responsibilities at the site
Matt Jones, Health and Safety Advisor, Phoenix Construction Consultants
Successfully managing the “unknowns”- developing the best emergency response plan
Uncertainty and unknowns are constant in our lives; you can never be “over prepared”. In this workshop, you will learn how to develop the best possible
emergency response plan that will prepare you for the worst, and through practical hands-on exercises, you will experience what it means to implement
these plans in reality.
• Hoping for the best, prepare for the worst: what does this mean in reality?
• Auditing the emergency practice and drills: Does it actually prepare you for safety in wost case scenarios?
• Does your emergency response plan instil confidence in your workforce?
• Practical Exercise: Creating drills that enhance preparedness and increase the confidence in your workforce
• What happens after? Helping the workforce recover faster, better and more efficiently
• Examples case studies: Study well executed emergency response plans and examine what can be adapted at your workplace
Sharyn Devereux-Blum, Director, Devereux-Blum Training & Development

Brochure Code: CG056 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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