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Your Workplace Safety Is Certainly Just As SOUND As Your Weakest Work Health and Safety SYSTEM
In the very same way, your safety system is only as strong as your weakest WHS procedure. We've written this article to assist you carry out an effective review of your WHS procedures, see where you're weak, and reinforce what you can.

We specified these five arenas by walking through the Occupational Safety Solutions (OSS) blog given that July 2016. Because this short article touches on 20 separate articles, it's also a great way to get a summary of near 4 years of resources. Then you can check out the ones that relate to you.

The five arenas we will prioritise are:
1. Mindsets.
2. Methods.
3. Leadership.
4. Currency.
5. Affordability.

We profile each arena, to inspire you, help you focus and empower solutions.

WHS PROCEDURE ARENA 1|MINDSETS.

It's easy to seem like work health and safety procedures slow things down, complicate production, and minimise profit. These are easy to understand understandings, but they're likewise incorrect - if you're carrying out WHS well.

There are three essential mindsets that we'll highlight:.
1. A quality-focused frame of mind,.
2. A competitive state of mind, and.
3. A profit mindset.

We introduced the quality frame of mind in April 2017. We did a six-part expose on design methods and quality assurance procedures.

Yes, we desired you to value the specialised work we do, but we were likewise casting a light on Work Health and Safety procedures, processes and resources that instil and support quality. The pertinent short articles (of that six-part series) can be accessed on our blog.

The next arena was a competitive frame of mind because while quality control is helpful, you also require to win tenders. This highly competitive process can promote corner-cutting, even with workplace health and safety.

Loose Work Health and Safety procedures don't assist you build momentum in tendering success. This is why in July 2018, we addressed a variety of WHS resources and the role they play in winning tenders. Topics consisted of WHS Management Systems and Plans, the role of templated options, AS 4801 and ISO 45001 compliance, and third-party accreditation. That article was called Win Your Building and Construction Tender.
Rounding out this arena with a profit state of mind, we published "Safety Procedures Enable Your People and Your Profit" in December 2019.

We dealt with a range of workplace safety and culture concerns that impact success - including the mistaken mindset that WHS procedures are an obstacle to revenue.

If any of these 'mindsets' stretch your viewpoint, the relevant post might be worth a read (and as always, if you believe we're mistaken, let us know).

WHS PROCEDURE ARENA 2|METHODS.

Once you've resolved issue mindsets, taking an intentional appearance at your methods is the next sensible step. To do this, we recommend you:
1. Figure out how things really should be.
2. Produce a plan to tighten things up, and.
3. Put that plan into action.

Finding how things should certainly be isn't easy. Workplace health and safety needs are formed by the specifics of your service and project( s), and pulling together all the necessary aspects can feel like putting together 101 items of various IKEA furnishings - at the very same time and without directions.

To aid with this, we published two posts resolving this problem. In April 2017, we revealed you how to assemble your Work Health and Safety safety resource handbook, and we evaluated the effectiveness of some other WHS procedural resources. Then, in August 2019, we cleared up a common location of confusion, explaining the distinction between a Work Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS) and a Work Health and Safety Management Plan (WHSMP).

Producing a plan comes next. To this end, our July 2016 short article must prove useful. Utilising the example of our WHSMP design template, we explained (in quick) how 4 vital elements affect the 100 plus pages and 14 various focus locations covered. From higher-level Work Health and Safety policy development through to SWMS and review processes, we wanted to empower your reliable preparation..

The four WHS 'vitals' were:.
1. Faultlessness in your terminology,
2. Duty,
3. The expanse of protection,
4. And Customisations.

WHS PROCEDURE ARENA 3|LEADERSHIP.

As soon as you have your strategy, it's time to lead. Individuals need to be led and supervised. Luckily, leaders are made, not born, so we include leadership methods, strategies and principles in our writing, our resource production, and our consultations..

In "How to Lead a 2020 WHS Policies and Procedures Revival" we took a look at the function of leadership. We proposed 5 efficient and attainable strategies and attended to eight domains of workplace leadership. If you 'd like to research those specifics, the Part One and Part Two posts can be viewed by following the links.

No conversation of leadership would be total without attending to the issues of inconvenience, absentmindedness and defiance. These 3 elements are often at play when a Work Health and Safety treatment is not followed. This is why, in the second half of 2018, we worked with Safety-minder software to bring you a digital phone-based Work Health and Safety platform - producing convenience, sending suggestions, removing excuses, and as a bonus, minimising everyone's administrative concerns.

WHS PROCEDURE ARENA 4|CURRENCY.

Keeping up with the WHS legislation and guidelines can be difficult. The quantity of change is not that fantastic, but when change does take place, it is typically substantial, and the compliance can be troublesome..

4 locations of current or resisted modification include:.
1. The Environment ( Sep 2016).
2. Electrical Wiring Rules (AS/NZS 3000:2018) ( May 2019).
3. RCS, or Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) ( Jul 2019), and.
4. Coronavirus ( Apr 2020).

Given that these 4 topics will not apply to everybody, we will not delve into them here, however you can follow the links to read more.

Modification WILL occur - for everybody. For this reason, we strive to keep you notified of modifications to legislation or policy - specifically if it affects an item you formerly bought from us. Typically, we will offer a complimentary upgrade if the modifications are not too cost-prohibitive at our end. We can't ensure this service will cover everything, however it sure will aid.

Work Health and Safety PROCEDURE ARENA 5|AFFORDABILITY.

We've been dealing with, and in, your service for this entire article, today it's crunch time. We can fix mindsets, refine methods, exercise leadership, and keep up with all the modifications, but if we do not do all of this affordably, there'll be no revenues, and there'll be no service.

We recommend that you access WHS resources that are:.
1. Fairly priced.
2. Quality assured,.
3. Totally compliant with industry-relevant requirements.

We likewise propose you use a supplier that is services minded and really practical. That indicates they'll address any appropriate concern (not just the ones that lead to big-ticket sales) and they're prepared to explain and clarify concerns, even when it costs them a sale. We 'd likewise suggest you look for somebody who desires to take your call, and has the competency to answer your questions.

We are such a supplier - and we can back that claim!

We've never written an article about our rates, and we probably never ever will, but I believe any rational analysis of our products will show our prices is reasonable.

Our requirements are high and totally certified. We described this in the six-part expose we performed in 2017 (which we mentioned at the start of this short article). There's absolutely nothing casual about what we do. If you wish to check out those articles, you'll discover them on our blog.

We'll respond to any pertinent concern, even if it will not lead to a big sale. An example of this was explaining what a Safe Work Method Statement was, in November 2017. It's a minutia subject that doesn't make much money, but it is a concern that is worthy of an answer.

COMPANY INTEGRITY.

It's tough to quantify how many sales we've lost by supplying sincere answers, specifically to individuals that thought they required something but didn't. Possibly I require to compose about some of these, however I have not done it.

We welcome your telephone call! That was our message to you in September in 2015. We want you to explain your circumstances, so we can both rest assured that you've got the optimal service.

BRINGING THESE WHS PROCEDURE ARENAS TOGETHER.

By focusing on each of these arenas, you can much better prioritise, discriminate, optimise your usage of resources, and awaken your imaginative and problem-solving attributes..

Keeping in mind that a chain is just as strong as its weakest link, we encourage you to examine your WHS procedures, see where you're weak, and strengthen what you can. Mindsets, methods, affordability, currency and leadership are all worthwhile of your attention.

In the same way, your safety system is only as strong as your weakest WHS treatment. We've composed this short article to aid you conduct an effective review of your Work Health and Safety procedures, see where you're weak, and strengthen what you can. Loose WHS procedures don't aid you construct momentum in tendering success. In April 2017, we revealed you how to assemble your Work Health and Safety safety resource handbook, and we evaluated the effectiveness of some other Work Health and Safety procedural resources. These three elements are typically at play when a Work Health and Safety treatment is not followed.

WHS or Safe Work Method Statement Assistance!

The best bet for any WHS or SWMS help is to speak with Andrew Watters from Occupational Safety Solutions.
For a detailed list of their SWMS Templates please go here: https://www.occupational-safety.com.au/collections/swms

They do have an office, visits by appointment only -
Occupational Safety Solutions
Address: Level 3/55 Pyrmont Bridge Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
Phone: 1800 304 336
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