The statewide tour will include 25 free face-to-face events from Tuesday 1 October and a week-long series of webinars.

In line with this year’s theme – ‘connect, learn, share’ – Health and Safety Month will offer expert-led sessions to share information and advice, highlight current trends and encourage conversations about workplace safety.

Regional roadshow coming to a town near you

From Warrnambool to Wodonga, WorkSafe is visiting locations across the state for in-person events covering a diverse range of topics including safer manual handling, supporting workers returning from injury, and managing risks to mental health in the workplace.

Safety in construction will be a focus of a series of tradies’ breakfasts, while farmers will be supported in preparing for a safe harvest and learning more about manual handling, noise and fatigue at sessions targeting cropping and horticulture.

Breakfast or lunch will be provided at each event, as well as a Q&A session where participants can raise their queries or concerns about workplace health and safety.

Face-to-face events will take place in:

• Portland – Tuesday 1 October
• Warrnambool – Wednesday 2 October
• Hamilton – Thursday 3 October
• Horsham – Friday 4 October
• Traralgon – Tuesday 8 October
• Pakenham – Wednesday 9 October
• Dandenong – Thursday 10 October
• Warragul – Thursday 10 October
• Narre Warren – Thursday 10 October
• Mildura – Monday 14 October
• Carron – Tuesday 15 October (in partnership with Birchip Cropping Group)
• Ballarat – Wednesday 16 October
• Bendigo – Thursday 17 October
• Ballarat Trade Breakfast – Thursday 17 October
• Wangaratta – Thursday 17 October
• Shepparton – Friday 18 October
• Shepparton GV Safety Group Breakfast – Friday 18 October
• Thomastown Trade Breakfast – Tuesday 22 October
• Werribee South – Thursday 24 October (in partnership with VEG Education)
• Albury-Wodonga – Thursday 24 October
• Geelong – Friday 25 October
• Dandenong Business Breakfast – Wednesday 30 October

Virtual events put safety in the spotlight

Learn the latest in workplace safety from a location that suits you with 15 online events.

Webinars will be held on a diverse range of topics including:

• addressing and improving health and safety issues in the workplace
• supporting and supervising apprentices
• preventing gendered violence in healthcare
• safe use of elevated work platforms
• preventing exposure to welding fumes
• treatment pathways for mental injury
• high-risk crystalline silica work and the ban on engineered stone
• preventing and managing psychosocial hazards
• the challenges and priorities of workplace safety in Victoria
• manual handling basics
• how the workwell program can support a mentally healthy workplace
• preventing family violence and supporting Victorians in the workplace
• why consultation is so important
• early intervention and occupational rehabilitation of mental injuries
• how changes to the WorkCover scheme will affect injured workers.

A Q&A segment will feature in each session for participants to get advice on any workplace health and safety issues or concerns.

Webinars will run from Mondy 28 October to Friday 1 November 2024.

When it comes to health and safety, there’s always more to learn

Registrations for all Health and Safety Month events are now open. To view the full program and to register visit the WorkSafe Victoria website.