The Australian Health & Safety Business Podcast

Brad's company Corehesion understands the work performed in heavy industries is complex and diverse, requiring management of production operations, employees, contractors, finance, maintenance, engineering, health & safety, risk, regulatory compliance and much more.

Corehesion combines a suite of specifically designed applications with an expert team of industry professionals to create class-leading solutions for heavy industry and mining companies.

Corehesion helps Heavy Industry and Mining teams who are frustrated by the their rudimentary and disconnect infield tools who want to improve their processes and who will benefit from the experience and personalisation that Corehesion can provide.

More information:
https://corehesion.com.au/

Corrina has built about an amazing training marketplace through a history of saying Yes first and working out the details later. It's all worked in her favour.

Starting out in the RTO world, she delivered mainly First Aid and Fire Training courses to customers trying to get on top of their  compliance.

An opportunity came up that allowed her to go out on her own and several years into she's create The Answer is Yes which is a training marketplace representing over 80 trainer SME's and hundreds of niche courses for her client base. Most are delivered online although if you ask nicely I am sure she might say yes to other formats!

Come join us and meet Corrina - recognised by Manage HR as the Top Leadership Development Training Company in APAC for 2022.

MORE INFO
https://answeryes.com.au/

Since getting back home to Emerald Central Queensland Jody recommenced looking for help with his Mental Wellness project. Jody had worked with BMA to get this project ready for mine site/camp role out but am also very interested in seeing if or how it can fit into business workplaces and their surrounding townships.

He has been trying very hard to reconnect friends, family and community with local small businesses and sporting clubs to create a network of health and wellness providers to stave of societies anxiety, depression and obesity challenges.

LINKS

Health and Wellness Coach - Average AF

‎Average AF on the App Store (apple.com)

Average AF – Apps on Google Play

https://youtube.com/channel/UCCkByWCWF10ttZQzfia4cdg

Average AF & The WOW Factor (@averageafandwowfactor) • Instagram photos and videos

Average AF & The WOW factor | Facebook

CONTACT DETAILS

Jody Lowe

Director

Average AF Pty Ltd

0428 834 944

[email protected]

Outback Mind was founded by Aaron Schultz in 2019 and became a health promotion charity - The Outback Mind Foundation in 2022.

After more than 20 years managing male teams across construction, mining and manufacturing industries, Aaron recognised a lot of men struggle, no matter what role we have in life and that there was a huge need to provide guys with support and ongoing wellbeing solutions that help us stay socially connected, build capacity and keep physically and mentally well.

Aaron himself overcame huge self doubt, crippling anxiety and poor lifestyle behaviours caused by over work and burnout before turning his weakness into his strength becoming a teacher of meditation, yoga and anxiety management education, and now has over 7000 practical teaching hours. He has become a strong advocate for a preventative approach to mens health.

You can read more about his journey through his book A Wink from A Guru, forwarded by AFL great Paul Roos.The Outback Mind Foundation knows that many Aussie men have lost their way, their identity and sense of purpose.

Our vision is to empower men to take a smarter approach to our wellbeing, feel safe and supported to do so and help us to become better connected through the our Foundation. Its now more important than ever to help men overcome lifes challenges, manage ourselves better and learn positive ways to thrive.

MORE INFO
Aaron Schultz | Founder | M: 0400 573 867 | 
W: www.outbackmind.com.au

Julie Armour is a Human factors, health & safety risk consultant who has been working in this field for over 35 years, running her own consulting business for almost 30 years. This has led to extensive experience in human factors risk and HSE management which has been demonstrated in academic, clinical, recreational, and industrial environments. Experience stemmed from an initial master’s degree in biomechanics which progressed to an academic career in anatomy & biomechanics primarily in rehabilitation & occupational health, lecturing at both Australian and British Universities. This initial training in biomechanics flowed onto work in ergonomics, human factors engineering and other safety related disciplines. This training was of particular importance when considering the large proportion of costs in any organisation that can be traced back to incidents involving a mismatch in human-machine-environment interaction design, which biomechanics attempts to redress.

An academic role was followed by a consulting role with a range of experience initially in heavy industry such as mining, oil and gas, construction, utilities (power, gas, water, sewage & waste services) & telecommunications, transport (aviation, road, rail & maritime) to all other industries including manufacturing, education, healthcare, retail/wholesale trade, hospitality, finance, public administration, agriculture, forestry & fishing, arts & media. Julie has since worked in a variety of capacities for regulators, union and government organisations as well as international consulting firms. Consulting work has included extensive involvement in Front End Engineering & Design, Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management & Turnkey (FEED/EPCM/EPC) in greenfield and brownfield engineering projects. She has been involved in the setup of major engineering projects across the Asia- Pacific region providing Human Factor risk & Health Safety Security Environmental (HSSE) advice & workshop facilitation. This has included the development of HSSE management systems the diagnosis of HSSE issues, strategy/plan development, implementation, monitoring & review. Julie is also employed by a variety of law firms throughout Asia Pacific to provide expert opinion. She is a member of several professional societies including the International Society of Biomechanics, UK’s Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, International Business Continuity Institute, and the Risk Management Institute of Australasia.

More info
www.workingarmour.com.au

Changing the way people are employed in Australia

MACFORCE Australia is a recruitment company with heart, focused on changing the way people are employed in Australia, particularly across the mining, construction and civil sector.

We support candidates to find suitable work placements with our reputable clients, with our processes underpinned by our values of quality, integrity and compassion.

More info:
Anthony MacShane

 0456 686 769

[email protected]

www.macforce.com.au

After immigrating from Ireland to Melbourne as a safety professional in 2011, Cathal decided to hit out on his own.

In this interview we discuss what it's like to run your own show and how engaging a safety professional can really add value to companies that know where they want to grow!

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.custodiansafety.com.au

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/custodiansafety/

Mobile: 0404484655

Trent is a safety professional who originally started on the tools.

About 5 years ago, Trent received a call early on a Saturday morning that his father had been killed in a car accident whilst on the job working for for Sydney Trains as a contractor for Multi Civil and Rail Services (MCR). 

Trent and his family were understandably devastated. Trent as a safety professional went to work gathering evidence and found there were numerous internal safety policy and procedure breaches as well as breaches under the WHS Legislation. The 3 major parties involved, Sydney Trains, MCR and SafeWork NSW, despite the evidence, denied and disagreed with the evidence despite a damning report from the Rail Regulator supporting Trent's view.

Why was this the case? What really happens in these situations where systems of large enterprises are 'too big to fail'. Tune in for this thought provoking episode.

Tim Lowery is the MD of Specialist Hazmat Services, or SH Services, dedicated to mainly friable asbestos and lead work but also does clean ups of meth labs.

Tim emigrated from NZ at age 20, worked in Demolition and early on got exposed to Asbestos. This was a driver for Tim to go into business and make a difference. He’s now on a mission to raise the professionalism in an industry that some consider to be dirty.

Tune in to listen to this podcast on what happens after areas get flooded.

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More info:

Specialized Hazmat Services offers superior customer service to all clients across Australia needing our Hazmat expertise. We perform all our tasks to assist project efficiency and provide compliant and safe Hazmat solutions. 

All our work is supported by methodology documentation and comprehensive reports to give our clients a thorough and transparent understanding of our services.

Https://shservices.com.au

[email protected]

John Toomey is one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers on a variety of Human Wellbeing subjects. He is widely respect right across the world for his Speaking, his Writing and his guidance on Workplace Wellness and Leadership issues.

Original from the Central Darling Downs in Queensland, John lives in Melbourne’s inner bayside region.

He speaks with incredible presence and connection and a deep passion for the betterment of life for all living things.

More info
https://wideawakewellness.com.au/