BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:Australia/Melbourne X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:VEVENT UID:313@ergonomics.org.au DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210826T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210826T190000 DTSTAMP:20211124T121712Z URL:https://www.ergonomics.org.au/events/healthy-safe-and-effective-workpl aces-a-wa-branch-smorgasbord/ SUMMARY:Healthy Safe and Effective Workplaces\; a WA Branch smorgasbord DESCRIPTION:The WA Branch of HFESA is a hosting National PD event via Zoom. Ari Antonovsky\, Kath Jones and Stephanie Black will present their recent or upcoming conference papers on the theme of “Healthy Safe and Effecti ve Workplaces”. Join us via Zoom from 17:30 (AWST) / 19:30 (AEST)\n\nPRO GRAM\n17:30-17:55 Using mixed methods to strengthen connections between hu man factors and complex sociotechnical systems (Dr Ari Antonovsky and Dr C hristian Mauri)\n\nIn this talk from the IEA 2021 conference\, we identify two habits that hinder the ability of human factors to assist organisatio ns to better understand their socio-technical problems and develop solutio ns. First\, the tendency toward acceptance of widely accepted\, but ambigu ous constructs\, which can result in the under-examination of HF concepts and their application in the ‘real world’. Second\, the tendency for p sychology to investigate these constructs using environments and subjects that cannot adequately capture the complex real-world contexts in which in terventions are to be applied. These shortcomings can be addressed through a mixed-methods analysis using both qualitative and quantitative data. Th is is then illustrated through a case study of a recent project on naval v essel maintenance\n\n17:55-18:20 Protecting community health workers from workplace violence and aggression (Kath Jones)\n\nThis paper from the 2020 Safe &\; Secure Hospital &\; Healthcare Worker Conference covers th e outcome of a project undertaken at WorkSafe WA examining the prevention and management of workplace violence and aggression in community disabilit y and aged care. In this presentation Kath will outline the process used t o measure workplace performance in managing injury risks associated with e xposure to violence and aggression in community care settings\, and discus s the findings from this project conducted between 2018 and 2020.\n\n18:20 -18:45 Ensuring management buy-in for workplace wellbeing programs (Stepha nie Black)\n\nIn this presentation Stephanie will highlight how several es tablished techniques can be drawn together and used in synergy to develop a convincing business case for a workplace wellbeing program. She will ill ustrate how business priorities align with the benefits of a wellbeing pro gram\, and she will give examples of how external statistics and internal organisational data can be used to demonstrate this alignment to managemen t. Stephanie will further show how a psychosocial hazard survey combined w ith staff consultation workshops can aid in the development of an action p lan\, provide measurability of results for evaluation and monitoring\, and thereby help legitimising a wellbeing program in the eyes of management. Time permitting\, Stephanie will address how framing employee wellbeing as part of sustainability (e.g.\, ESG\, CSR\, CLO\, UN SDGs) can further aid the business case for a wellbeing program.\n\n18:45-19:00 Panel discussio n / questions\n\nMORE ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:\n\nDr Ari Antonovsky &\; Dr C hristian Mauri\nAri is a Research Fellow at UWA\, who has been studying th e application of human factors to industrial domains\, particularly with r espect to maintenance crews and organisations. He has completed HF-related projects on the Future Submarine and other RAN vessels\, maintenance of o il&\; gas facilities\, and operator tasks in mining organisations. He i s currently consulting to the Public Transport Authority on HF in the desi gn and construction of extensions to Perth’s commuter rail system.\nChri stian Mauri\, Ph.D. is a researcher and facilitator living in Fremantle\, West Australia. Trained as a sociologist\, his work addresses the conditio ns and consequences of changing work and employment situations within cont emporary organisations\, the role of qualitative research in elucidating t hese contexts\, and ways to cultivate rich multicontextual relationships a cross communities. The themes of his work can be caught with three words: precarity\, complexity\, and community.The problem that motivates Christia n is deceptively simple: if work and employment are set to become less sta ble as organisations adapt to an increasingly disruptive environment\, the n what does this mean for engagement and collaboration?\nWith a firm belie f in the importance of these themes and not content to keep knowledge conf ined to print\, Christian is committed to translating the best work in his fields into practical tools that will benefit communities and organisatio ns.\n\nKath Jones\nKath is an Occupational Therapist with undergraduate qu alifications in psychology and has worked as a Senior Scientific Officer i n the Human Factors and Ergonomics team at WorkSafe WA for 12 years. She h as extensive experience in applying regulation in complex areas such as oc cupational violence and aggression\, workplace bullying and design of ment ally healthy workplaces. Kath previously worked as the Occupational Safety and Health Manager of a major mental health service as well as an Occupat ional Therapist in residential aged care and disability support services\, and this experience has led her to focusing on prevention of injuries in the health care and social assistance sector. Kath sits on a number of nat ional working groups aiming to reduce work-related psychosocial injuries a nd has been an active member on both the WA branch and national board of H FESA for over 15 years.\n\nStephanie Black\nStephanie is passionate about improving organisational performance and workplace wellbeing in times of i ncreasing technological complexity. She holds degrees in hard and soft sci ences and is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Western Aust ralia\, investigating performance at the interface of human and machine in complex and high-risk environments like mining and the military. Stephani e works part-time as Head of Health &\; Wellbeing for Galactic Co-opera tive\, where she implemented an employee wellbeing program that won the We stern Australian Health and Safety Excellence Award 2019 in the category B est Workplace Health and Wellbeing Initiative. Stephanie volunteers as WA Board Rep with HFESA\, as WA Branch Secretary of the Australian Institute of Physics and as Associate Editor of the Journal Australian Psychologist\ n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ergonomics.org.au/wp-content/uploads /2021/06/Upcoming-Events-Image.png CATEGORIES:WA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20210404T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR