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WHS in a Warzone - Challenging the Status Quo SIA National Safety Convention, 7 th September 2016 Sean Faulkner - Manager, WHS & Risk

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Page 1: Sean Robert Faulkner - City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters - •WHS in a Warzone: Challenging the status quo

WHS in a Warzone - Challenging the Status QuoSIANationalSafetyConvention,7th September2016SeanFaulkner- Manager,WHS&Risk

Page 2: Sean Robert Faulkner - City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters - •WHS in a Warzone: Challenging the status quo

A (not so) long time ago….

Page 3: Sean Robert Faulkner - City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters - •WHS in a Warzone: Challenging the status quo
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A unique characteristic: The Threat of Violence

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Determining the Status Quo

• Critical to understand the context• Need to understand more than just statistics

Afghanistan 2012:

OHSwasviewedasanunnecessarybureaucraticobligation

Soldiersare‘10foottallandbullet-proof’.

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Looking at the gaps…

• No one likes to confront their own shortcomings• Identify opportunities to be exploited

Afghanistan 2012:

ForceProtectionwaswellunderstood&applied

Militarydoctrinedefinessecurityas‘theprotectionandpreservationoforganisationsassets– includingpersonnel– fromsourcesofharmthatcouldweakenordestroythem.’

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Assist the change process

• ‘Everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler’• Avoid ‘preaching’• You must support the change process

Afghanistan 2012:

ImplementationTourtoassistinredefiningForceProtection

packages

ConductedRiskAssessmentworkshopsforallpermanentADF

bases.

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Summary: Challenging the Status Quo

• Determine the current ‘state of play’• Look for opportunities to exploit• Support the change process

Thanks for listening

SeanFaulkner- [email protected]' +61414938944

https://au.linkedin.com/in/sean-faulkner-50524824