ELAA and WorkSafe will provide our sector with an overview of what’s happening in the ECEC OHS space here in Victoria. This will include the new free WorkSafe training available,  ‘Manual Handling Basics’.

We asked.

ELAA recently sent out a questionnaire asking the sector about the OHS forum topics that they wanted more information on.

You said …

• Manual Handling (90%)
• Mental Health (85%)
• WorkSafe Inspections (76%)
• Health and Safety Representatives (65%)

We listened.

The first free forum ELAA will be hosting is one specifically for the ECEC sector to hear from WorkSafe about their latest initiatives on manual handling.

They will speak about their “Manual Handling Basics” program. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and have your say in relation to the sector’s issues around manual handling.

ELAA will be hosting this forum and Zora Marko (ELAA OHS Co-Ordinator) will be moderating. If you have specific questions that you would like addressed, please email them through to ELAA so we can brief WorkSafe so they are able to address your manual handling queries.

Presenters: Zora Marko – OHS Co-Ordinator, ELAA | Jade Liston – Senior Ergonomist, WorkSafe

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Jade Liston, Senior Ergonomist

MESH, BCom

Jade is a Senior Ergonomist at WorkSafe Victoria and is an inspector appointed under the Occupational Health and Safety Act Vic. Her main role focuses on providing specialist advice in relation to hazardous manual handling, human factors, and systems thinking to support inspectors and health and safety projects. Jade has recently completed her Master’s in Ergonomics, Safety, and Health at La Trobe University and has written a thesis where she has applied systems thinking methodologies to identify OHS gaps in hybrid working. Prior to this, Jade was working as a Program Officer at WorkSafe Victoria where she developed and implemented health and safety projects focused on driving awareness to employers about their OHS obligations in relation to hazardous manual handling and reducing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.

Zora Marko, OHS Co-ordinator & Project Manager, Road Safety Education

Zora has been with ELAA (and KPV) since 2007 and is the Safety Coordinator at  ELAA, covering Occupational Health and Safety and Starting out Safely, Victoria’s early childhood road safety education program delivered on behalf of the Transport Accident Commission.   Zora was previously the Project Manager of WorkSafe Early Child OH&S Champions Project.  Zora holds qualifications in OHS and has an extensive background in children’s services and supports the sector to find solutions to make their workplaces safer.    Zora represents the early childhood sector on a number of key OHS industry stakeholder groups and is passionate about advocacy for the ECEC sector in this space.  Zora also has over 20 years’ senior experience in industrial relations.

MEETING ARRANGEMENTS
Attendees will join remotely via Zoom Webinar, the link will be sent to you via email before the session.

Please note: a camera and speaker will be required on your PC or laptop to connect to the meeting. Alternatively, you can download the Zoom app on your smartphone and join the meeting via your phone.