Occupational Support Services

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

• Occupational Health & Safety Advisory Service (OH&S)

• Workplace Injury Solutions (WIS)

• Training & Employment Programs (TEP)

Workplace OH&S

• OHS Advisory Service

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

To Date:

• Gap Analyses performed – key findings similarities found

• Generic NTG OHSMS framework developed – 60+ documents

• In-principle support – no. of agencies building their OHS capacity

• Assistance provided to develop self-inspection and follow-up capabilities

• On-line incident report – improved workflow and periodical reporting

• SharePoint web-site – information sharing improvements

OHS Advisory Service

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

NTPS OHS Performance

Note:• These are adjusted figures

NTPS Comparative

10,000,000

11,000,000

12,000,000

13,000,000

14,000,000

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

Finacial Year

Workers Compensation Costs

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

NTPS OHS Performance

Note:• These are adjusted figures

NTPS Comparative

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

Financial Year

No.

of O

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s

No. of Incident Reports No. of Incident Reports with Injury No. of Workers Comp. Claims

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

Looking Forward:

• Broader periodical reporting

• Uptake of On-line Incident Report

• Setting targets and objectives

• Continue to review, develop, implement and measure OHSMS’s

• Further development of the SharePoint web-site

• National OHS Laws preparation

OHS in the NTPS

Workers Compensation

• Workplace Injury Solutions

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

Responsibilities

Injured Worker

• Determine liability • Claims Management• Ensure Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (WRACA) Compliance

• Provides facilitation role• Represents employing Agency• Liaises between Agency and TIO to coordinate compensation processes• Ensure compliance with legal and policy requirements

• Complies with workers compensation and employment legislation• Participates within workers compensation processes i.e. return to work program (RTWP)

• Provides suitable duties • Manages worker under Public Sector Employment and Management Act (PSEMA)• Comply with workers compensation legislation

Employer/Agency

Territory Insurance Office (TIO) Workplace Injury Solutions (WIS)

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

DEFINITION: Failure to decide within specified time Section 87 WRACA If an employer fails to notify a person of his or her decision within the time specified in

Section 85 (10 working days), the employer is deemed to have accepted liability for compensation until:

(a) the expiry of 14 days after the day on which the employer notifies theperson of his or her decision (form 5)

or

(b) the Court orders otherwise

Deemed Claims 01/7/08 – 14/4/10

Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total2008/09 4 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 252009/10 2 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 2 6 21 (to date)

Deemed Claims

Training and Employment Programs Unit

•Training Programs

– Calendar and application forms are located: http://www.nt.gov.au/dbe/hr/training/training/calendars/index.html

– The current calendar is until June 2010

– We anticipate that the July to December calendar will be advertised on the web at the end of May

– A new feature of the training offered is Cross Cultural Training:

• Orientation Program – ½ day• Frontline & System Staff – ½ day• Middle Management (Frontline Service Delivery) – 1 day• Middle Management (System Staff) – 1 day

– The next scheduled Darwin courses are in May

– For all programs and for other regions please see Training Calendar

• Employment Programs

– Apprentices– Graduates– Indigenous Cadetship Support Program– Vacation Employment– Work Integrated Learning Scholarships

Apprentice Recruitment Summary

DBE TEP AACNT RTOAGENCY

Agency conducts Workforce Planning Activity and identifies Apprenticeship requirements

including:

- Qualification and Duration- Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

Agency then forwards a nomination form to DBE TEP

through their Early Career Co-ordinators for action

DBE TEP then assess if advertising needs to occur or if

advertising has occurred within the last 6 months and actions as

required

Applications are then forwarded to Agencies for short listing and

interview

Once short listing and interviewing are completed the

Agency notifies DBE TEP of successful applicant on an

Approval to Fill

Letter of Offer and Contract issued to successful applicant and letters sent to unsuccessful applicants.

Commencement completed including induction.

DBE TEP notify AACNT of commencement

AACNT Register Apprentice and notify

chosen RTO of commencement

RTO completes training plan and commences

training

Apprentice Commences within the Agency

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

• For a copy of the DBE/TIO Service Level Agreement please contact Kevin Thomas on 899 91405 or email: kevin.thomas@nt.gov.au

• A copy of “A Managers Guide to Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation” are located: http://uluru.nt.gov.au/dbe/hr/docs/hr_wis_managers_guide_info.doc

• Calendar and application forms are located: http://www.nt.gov.au/dbe/hr/training/training/calendars/index.html

• For queries regarding:– OHS Advisory Service: Matthew Peachey

899 91624– Workplace Injury Solutions: Gail Calogeras

899 91564– Training and Employment Programs: Samantha Schuster

899 93770

Contacts & Information