SafeWork NSW has launched its 2017 Mentor Program, with 80 NSW businesses committing to improving safety in their workplaces.
The Mentor Program is free and involves an experienced business pairing with a small business to find new ways to improve work health and safety, workers compensation and injury management.
SafeWork NSW, Acting Deputy Executive Director, Jodie Deakes, said the program not only helped businesses improve safety but also their competitiveness and productivity.
“The Mentor Program brings big and small businesses together to create new ways of tackling safety in the workplace,” Ms Deakes said.
“Mentors are some of the country's leading health and safety professionals and they understand the work health and safety challenges mentees face on a daily basis.
“They can suggest innovative solutions to common safety, injury management and workers compensation issues.
“The program is a great example of businesses helping each other to stay safe while also contributing to an improved bottom line.”
The SafeWork Mentor Program runs for three to six months and involves a series of site visits, advisory sessions and workshops. SafeWork NSW also conducts free advisory and educational sessions across a variety of safety and injury management topics.
To coincide with the commencement of the program, SafeWork NSW has launched a Mentor Program eBookfeaturing the stories, safety benefits and tips of some of the 485 businesses that have participated in the program since its commencement in 2006.
Ms Deakes added that the Mentor Program gave medium and large businesses the opportunity to share the importance of a positive safety culture.
“Every worker in this state has the right to a safe and healthy workplace, and safety is everyone’s responsibility,” she said.
“The Mentor Program encourages small businesses to think about how they can create a safety culture at their workplace while mentors have the opportunity to enhance their business’s reputation and profile.”
Footage of the Mentor Program launch, including interviews with mentors Maria Hooker from Allied Mills and Mark Paegam from CSR/Viridian Glass, mentees Paul Cronin from Milton Labs and Mark Frater from Dee Why Glass Service and SafeWork NSW, Acting Deputy Executive Director, Jodie Deakes can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/210691999
Out website has further information on the SafeWork NSW Mentor Program or call 13 10 50.
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Allied Mills Pty Ltd, Rhodes Balance Training & Assessments Pty Ltd , Haywards Bay Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd, Old Toongabbie Bohmer's Tree Care, Woonona (Wollongong) NRMA, North Strathfield Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Allambie Heights City of Parramatta Council, Rydalmere Coca-Cola Amatil, North Sydney CSR/Viridian Glass, Ingleburn Diona Pty Ltd, Rouse Hill Eden Brae Homes, Baulkham Hills Fairfield City Council, Wakeley FDC Construction & Fitout Pty Ltd, Forest Lodge Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd, Macquarie Park Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst Goodman Property Services Australia, Sydney NA Group Pty Ltd, Revesby Northrop Grumman Australia, Mascot Richard Crookes Construction, Naremburn Riding for the Disabled Assoc (NSW), Box Hill Riskology, Morpeth Saoirse Lidcombe SRS Roads / COLAS Australia Group, Winston Hills Sydney Fish Market, Pyrmont Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point Taylor Construction Group Pty Ltd, North Sydney TNT Express, Mascot The University of Sydney, Glebe TreeServe Pty Ltd, Horsley Park Woolworths Limited, Bella Vista BAE Systems Flight Training Tamworth Challenge Community Services, Tamworth Tamworth Regional Council – 2 mentors Teys Australia, Tamworth West Tamworth Leagues Club, West Tamworth | Molten-Labs, Gordon Succeed Training T/as Test Tag Courses, Campbelltown PMO Solutions, St Ives State Wide Tree Services, Granville Queen of Hearts Community Foundation, Penrith Georges River Sailing Club Pty Ltd, Sandringham Kyora Landscapes, Warriewood Spice Quarter, Epping Dee Why Glass Service, Cromer Govinda Valley Yoga and Meditation Retreat, Otford Prime Build Pty Ltd, Berkshire Park The Middlewoman Services, Stanmore Got Game Pty Ltd, Alexandria Cannavale Constructions Pty Ltd, Cardiff Mount Druitt Newsagency, Mount Druitt Equilibrium Air Conditioning (NSW) Pty Ltd, Baulkham Hills Box Advisory Services, Sydney CMW Services Pty Ltd, Miranda Enviro Cut Pty Ltd, Villawood TK Constructions NSW Pty Ltd, Collaroy The Highgate Group Pty Ltd, Warriewood Stafford Constructions, Martinsville NSW 2265 Ceragloss Pty Ltd, Gladesville Creative Hire Pty Ltd, Caringbah Edisco Management, Ultimo Parker-Wood Digital, Lavendar Bay Earthwise Environmental Consultants, Thirroul Bombini, Avoca Beach Biennale of Sydney Pty Ltd, The Rocks Concrete One Pty Ltd, Merewether Guru Driving School, Pendle Hill Straightshot Transport, Luddenham Edna and Wilfred Home Care, Maroubra Argonauts Tree Service, Tuggerah Flagship Communications, Parramatta Barraba Café, Barraba Dubbo Heavy Towing and Salvage, Coonabarabran Monterey Café, Narrabri Grazag Pty Ltd, Armidale Lockwood Pastoral, Coonabarabran Blaney Pastoral Company, Wallangra David Henry, Hallsville Newcastle Hats, Coonabarabran Coonabarabran Hotel, Coonabarabran |