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Empowerment can be defined as a relationship where a worker is given autonomy and the power to make decisions and speak up.

Making sure staff are empowered to identify and report potential issues and propose solutions, reaffirms safety is everyone’s business.

This package contains:

  • A generic overview of Toolbox Talk Discussion and how it can be applied to work driving safety, including a step by step process to assist team leaders/managers and facilitators to lead a Toolbox Talk discussion.

  • Aid for the promotion of discussion

  • Topic background information and fact sheets

  • Discussion prompt sheet

  • Participant attendance record sheet

  • Participant self-assessment sheet

  • Discussion review sheet

  • Empowerment posters

  • Supporting PowerPoint Slides

  • Empowerment Video Link (access video here or contact NRSPP to download)

Author Acknowledgement

This Toolbox Talk has been developed in collaboration with Jerome Carslake (NRSPP), Jennifer Rivera-Gonzalez (MUARC), Grace Harries (NRSPP Swinburne Intern 2022/23), Manal Rizwan (NRSPP Swinburne Intern 2022/23),  Tim Roberts (FleetStrategy).

Toolbox Talks Branding, marketing and promotional videos were completed by the Swinburne Design Bureau: Dr Shivani Tyagi (Communication Design Lecturer Swinburne and Director of Design Bureau), Kai Djeng (videos and editing), Emelia Cox (videos and editing), Amanda Wang (videos and editing) Lachlan Tobin (marketing and communications), Lauren Gualano (branding and logo design).

Toolbox Talks Steering Group includes: James Zarb (Viva Energy), Craig Beikoff (BINGO Industries), Jim Sarkis (BINGO Industries), Mark Noble (Holcim), Daniel Brain (Toll Group), Adam Ritzinger (Toll Group), Peter Johansson (Zurich), Steve Power (Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia), Mike Mulligan (Qube).

References

  1. “The Human Factors of Process Safety and Worker Empowerment in the Offshore Oil Industry,” 2018.
  2. OzHelp, “Physical and Mental Health and Wellbeing of Heavy Vehicle Drivers in the Road Transport Industry: Risks, Issues, and Impacts,” 2020.
  3. L. C. Altobelli, “Sharing Histories-a transformative learning/teaching method to empower community health workers
    to support health behavior change of mothers,” Human Resources for Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2017.
  4. H. Ahl, I. Bergmo-Prvulovic and K. Kilhamm, Eds., Human Resource Management: A Nordic Perspective, 1 ed., London: Routledge, 2018.

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