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

A (not so) long time ago….

A unique characteristic: The Threat of Violence

Determining the Status Quo

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

Afghanistan 2012:

OHSwasviewedasanunnecessarybureaucraticobligation

Soldiersare‘10foottallandbullet-proof’.

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.’

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.

Summary: Challenging the Status Quo

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

Thanks for listening

SeanFaulkner- sfaulkner@npsp.sa.gov.au' +61414938944

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