Event Overview:

The Australian Institute of Health & Safety invites you to join our upcoming webinar, Critical Controls in Practice: Understanding Why Implementation is Difficult for Workers presented by Incident Analytics on 11 September 2025.

Join us for a practical, research-informed webinar exploring why critical controls often fail when they’re needed most – and what organisations can do to close the gap. We’ll examine how everyday work conditions can undermine the effectiveness of safety controls, especially those that rely heavily on human action. The session will also explore how these challenges play out across different high risk activities.

Key Takeaways:

You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of how to understand whether workers were truly set up to use controls effectively, and how proactively checking control use in the field can reveal hidden issues. This session, led by Alex Fernando and Warren Smith will help your organisation better understand the gap between how work is imagined and how it’s actually done, and how to improve the reliability of critical controls in real-world conditions.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday 11 September, 2025.
Time: 1:00 - 2:00pm AEST (Canb, Melb, Syd)
Cost:  AIHS Member: Complimentary | Non Member: $33 (incl. GST)
Format: One hour Zoom webinar

Event Speakers:

	Warren Smith Director/ Research and Data Science - Incident Analytics With an extensive background in operations management, organisation development, HR management, leadership, and culture development, Warren Smith is dedicated to enhancing safety performance across industries. Over the past 20 years, he has worked with both large and medium-sized enterprises, guiding them towards pragmatic safety performance improvements. Warren's expertise notably includes managing exposure to serious injuries and fatalities, leadership development, behaviour change, safety governance, systems alignment, and the exploration of human factors associated with error and reliability. His Bachelor of Arts degree provides a valuable social lens to workplace safety that informs a complete approach to risk management.
	Alex Fernando - Director/ Strategy and Risk Advisory - Incident Analytics Alex is a seasoned management consultant that has worked across a diverse array of high-risk industries in Europe, Asia, and Australia. His background spans petrochemical, manufacturing, transport, oil and gas, agriculture, utilities and mining sectors. He has led safety improvement initiatives across many key areas from serious injury prevention, leadership and governance, and workforce development. Alex holds a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Bachelor of Science, and an MBA from Monash University. His education and professional experience provide a unique perspective on safety and risk management. He is a key asset that delivers practical, impactful change for clients and drives the Incident Analytics' mission forward.

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