Partners in Safety program launched
The Partners in Safety mentor program was officially released this week by the acting Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner, Steven Hart.
“The aim of the program is to encourage larger organisations to take on a mentoring role to a selected number of smaller businesses within the same industry,” said Hart.
“They will draw upon their OHS experience and expertise to help the smaller businesses improve their workplace health and safety strategies, whilst complying with the OHS related legislation.
“The first industry chosen to participate in the program is the construction industry, and we have two of our major ACT construction companies — Bovis Lend Lease and Construction Control — signed up as mentors,” he added.
The program is proposed to run over an eight-month period and will consist of a mix of workshops, site visits and discussions with designated OHS officers from the larger organisations.
The Office of the OHS Commissioner will provide technical and administrative support to all participants throughout the program.
The recently launched Serious about Safety pack is available for program participants, providing a number of tools to assist businesses in identifying what they need to do to make their workplace safer.
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