Code of Practice & WHS/OHS Confusion

05/12/24 • 9 min

In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Code of Practice and WHS/OHS confusion in relation to a presentation they delivered to the Dam Owners and Operators' Forum in Queensland recently, called "How do we do ALARP? Meeting a duty of care."

They explain how the Code of Practice doesn’t align with WHS/OHS legislation and if you conduct an “augmented ALARP” as suggested by the ANCOLD (Australian National Committee on Large Dams) Guideline it does not promote innovation or an efficient due diligence process. and that this exists in a number of industry guidelines.

They also discuss the Oroville & Edenville Dam breaks (USA), how risk is multidimensional, how many industry guidelines have the same issues, and considering reciprocity as part of diligent decision making.

Discover more about Richard and Gaye’s work at https://www.r2a.com.au.

Discover more about Richard and Gaye’s work at https://www.r2a.com.au.

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Risk! Engineers Talk Governance - Code of Practice & WHS/OHS Confusion

Transcript

Megan (Producer) (00:00):

Welcome to Episode 6 (Season 3) of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance. In this episode, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis chat about Code of Practice and WHS confusion.

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