The Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board today announced Genevieve Hawkins and Graham Jackson as members of the Board. Genevieve and Graham join Angela Seidel as independent OHS professionals on the Board. Genevieve is General Manager, Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Coles. Originally trained as an occupational therapist, Genevieve has tertiary qualifications in OHS, change management […]
With the retirement of Dr Margaret Cook who is taking up the Presidency of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, HFESA has nominated Dr Alison Bell as their representative on the Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board. Dr Bell is a senior lecturer in the Work Health and Safety program at the University of […]
Dear OHS Educators and Researchers As 2016 draws to a close we have some news items and also information on OHS education accreditation leading into the 2017. Membership of the Accreditation Board Membership of the Accreditation Board includes representatives of the five OHS professional bodies (SIA, AIOH, HFESA, ANZSOM and AFOEM) as well as independent […]
The Safety Institute of Australia together with the Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board last night awarded Dr Jianjun Xiang of the University of Adelaide the prestigious Eric Wigglesworth OHS Education (Research) Award for his Doctor of Philosophy thesis Extreme heat and workers’ health in South Australia. This award, which includes a $5000 professional development fund, […]
The Safety Institute of Australia last night announced the winners of the SIA National OHS Education Awards. These awards are made at the undergraduate and post graduate levels recognising Technical and theoretical knowledge Ability to access, analyse and evaluate information Ability to solve problems related to OHS Communication skills to transmit knowledge, skills and ideas […]