Hi 

Welcome to our winter newsletter.  As we approach the end of the financial year, R2A has had a busy few months.  

With the WHS legislation finally commencing in WA on the 31 March, we have delivered a number of courses for organisations including Rio Tinto and Western Power on how to demonstrate safety due diligence.  We have also completed a SFAIRP review for a new fishway passage at Bright, a safety due diligence review for Court Services Victoria, as well as a marine firefighting review for the CFA.  

Our strong partnership continues with Engineering Education Australia with over 20 courses (public and in-house) delivered this financial year.  Another two public courses have been scheduled in July and August (see details below).

We were also thrilled to launch the 12^th edition of our R2A text – Engineering Due Diligence: How to demonstrate SFAIRP.  If you missed the launch webinar, we’ve added the recording to our text product page that you can watch here.

On a personal note, I enjoyed presenting at the 3rd Industrial Manslaughter conference on 31 May. As the engineer amongst the lawyers, I was happy to share R2A’s approach on how to positively demonstrate due diligence and, in turn, make workplaces safer. Conference organiser, Informa, has also kindly given access to my presentation and you can watch it here. What I presented and how it relates to organisational culture towards safety is also outlined in a new article on SFAIRP Culture and will be the focus of our next free webinar. See below for details on both.

Richard and I continue to enjoy the hybrid model of R2A at the moment combining online training and consulting work, with some in-person meetings and projects starting to return.  However, as we head into the second half of 2022, we are hopeful that there will be an opportunity to increase some of those face-to-face aspects, especially here in Victoria.

If you have any questions or queries relating to engineering due diligence and how to demonstrate SFAIRP, please get in touch with Richard or I – we are always happy to chat. Email admin@r2a.com.au or call 1300 772 333. 

Until next time,

Gaye Francis
R2A Partner

The Work Health & Safety (WHS) legislation has changed the way organisations are required to manage safety issues which often needs a change in cultural mindset for many organisations. 

The SFAIRP approach is attempting to move safety from the pathological question: Is this bad enough that we have to do something about it, to the generative perspective: Here’s a good idea, why wouldn’t we do it

Read our blog and then join us as we explore this in more detail in our free webinar on Tuesday 12^th July at 12pm.

As highlighted above, we have been busy delivering many public and in-house courses with Engineering Education Australia. We have two upcoming public courses open for registrations.

Rail Safety National Law & OHS Legislation - Obligations for Engineers & Designers
Date: Thursday 21 July 
Time: 9.00am to 12.15pm (AEST)
Where: Online 
Audience: This course suits engineers across all disciplines, especially engineers involved in the rail industry. Other relevant roles include: Designers and Project Managers.
Further information and registration via EEA: https://eea.org.au/courses/rail-safety-national-law-and-ohs-legislation-obligations-engineers-and-designers

Criminal Manslaughter – How not to do it
Date: Tuesday 30 August
Time: 9.00am to 1.00pm (AEST)
Where: Online
Audience: This course suits engineers and design professionals, and is particularly valuable for board members, senior decision-makers and technical advisers.

Further information and registration via EEA: https://eea.org.au/courses/criminal-manslaughter-how-not-do-it

In January, R2A launched the 12th Edition of our text Engineering Due Diligence - How To Demonstrate SFAIRP. The book has been updated to reflect the introduction of criminal manslaughter for health and safety matters into Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions, using the notion of SFAIRP (so far as is reasonably practicable).