Comments on: Business Values Productivity over Safety http://safetyconcepts.com.au/business-values-productivity-over-safety/ Workplace Health and Safety Information and OHS Resources for Australian Workers Tue, 01 May 2012 11:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Les Henley http://safetyconcepts.com.au/business-values-productivity-over-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Les Henley Mon, 03 May 2010 03:25:21 +0000 http://safetyconcepts.com.au/?p=574#comment-1634 The findings of this survey are not surprising given that few non-ohs trained managers (and many ohs trained specialists) are not able to adequately cost the ohs component of work tasks. Hence the ability to properly cost a tender for a contract is radically impeded. (See my article on this site at http://safetyconcepts.com.au/371/measuring-ohs-input-to-operational-tasks/). Even if one organisation were to properly cost the OHS component of a tender, the problem is compounded by the fact the tender would be unfairly compared against other organisations that did not add in the ohs component making the process of winning contracts impossible in this environment. It's a never ending downward spiral until EVERY organisation is required to cost OHS and demonstrate their costing as part of the tendering/quoting process. Les Henley OHS Advisor The findings of this survey are not surprising given that few non-ohs trained managers (and many ohs trained specialists) are not able to adequately cost the ohs component of work tasks. Hence the ability to properly cost a tender for a contract is radically impeded. (See my article on this site at
http://safetyconcepts.com.au/371/measuring-ohs-input-to-operational-tasks/).

Even if one organisation were to properly cost the OHS component of a tender, the problem is compounded by the fact the tender would be unfairly compared against other organisations that did not add in the ohs component making the process of winning contracts impossible in this environment.

It’s a never ending downward spiral until EVERY organisation is required to cost OHS and demonstrate their costing as part of the tendering/quoting process.

Les Henley
OHS Advisor

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