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Safety and Health Newsletter – January
2008
Safety Related Training
• Unsealed Radioisotope Handling Courses from Monday
18th February and 25th February (the second course is for honours
students only) http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/radioisotope
• Laboratory Safety Course (1 day) on Tuesday 26th
February
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/lab
• Warden Training Course (1/2 day) on Monday 31st March
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden
• Warden Refresher Training Course (1 hour) on Monday
31st March
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden_refresher
• Senior First Aid Course on Monday 10th and Tuesday
11th March
http://www.osds.uwa.edu.au/about/programme?workshop_id=499
Look@Life
Staff will be aware that they have a choice of accessing either
an external or an internal employee assistance program (EAP)
provider. Our external provider, the OSA Group, has an online
resource (Look@Life) which
contains straightforward, immediately accessible guidance on
workplace related and personal issues. There is an
extensive library of informative articles and self-help tools
developed by the OSA Group’s team of professional
psychologists. The library features a range of articles
dealing with day to day issues.
Articles on personal health, relationships, and general
wellbeing include:
• Addictive Behaviours - addictive behaviours,
including gambling and substance abuse
• Emotional Health - anxiety; depression; eating
disorders and grief
• Families and Relationships - parenting, childcare,
schooling, elder care, child abuse, domestic violence,
relationship breakdowns
• Health and Wellness - medical issues, exercise and
diet
Articles on all aspects of working life include:
• Interactions - workplace interaction: colleagues,
customers and more
• Productivity - workplace performance and productivity
• Wellbeing - maintaining your wellbeing in the
workplace
• Work-life Balance - balancing work pressures with
your personal life
To log onto Look@Life go to
www.osagroup.com.au ,
click on log in, type uniwa in the User Name field and uniwa15 in
the Password field. You can rest assured your
confidentially is guaranteed (there is one password for all
employees).
For information on the University EAP program please see:
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/policies/eap
Safety and Health
Safety and Health farewelled Alana Wake, Radiation and Safety
Adviser since March 2007, who recently commenced employment at
the Health Department of Western Australia. The Radiation
and Safety Adviser position was advertised in The West Australian
on Saturday 19th January 2008 with applications closing on 5th
February 2008.
Administrative Assistant changes: Rebecca Joel
(University Library) has replaced Bonnie Knott who has
transferred to Building Services (Operations and Maintenance)
whilst Belinda Ireland is on secondment at OSDS.
University Safety Committee
The University Safety
Committee last met on 11th December 2007. The next meeting
is on Tuesday 12th February 2008. Approved minutes
from previous meetings are available from the Safety and Health
website.
Previous Safety & Health Newsletters
For
those who have missed out on our earlier editions, copies of
previous newsletters can be obtained from the ‘following
web site: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/newsletter.
All are encouraged to share relevant safety information in each
edition to the rest in your respective workplaces.
The University of Western Australia
Safety and Health
Bus. 08 6488 3938
Fax. 08 6488 1179
Web: www.safety.uwa.edu.au
Email: safety@uwa.edu.au
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