Overview

If you or your business developed an innovative occupational health and safety solution or initiative over the last year you could be in the running for one of the 2010 Safe Work ACT Awards. Nominate now and get the recognition you deserve as one of the ACT's leaders in workplace safety.

Nominations for the 2010 ACT OHS Awards open on 15 April 2010 and close on 30 June 2010.

Entries may be submitted by individual applicants or by organisations in any of the following categories:

  1. Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System
    1. Public Sector
    2. Private Sector
  2. Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue
  3. Best Workplace Health and Safety Practices in Small Business
  4. Best Individual Contribution to Health and Safety
    1. An employee, such as a work safety representative, who does not have formal responsibility for OHS management as part of their duties
    2. An outstanding contribution by an OHS manager or a person with responsibility for OHS as part of their duties
  5. Most Successful Promotion of OHS in Workplaces
  6. Best Workplace Health and Wellbeing Program

The winners of Categories 1 to 4 automatically qualify as the ACT's nominee for the national Safe Work Australia Awards.

The ACT OHS Awards is an annual awards scheme, designed to promote and recognise high standards of occupational health and safety in ACT workplaces.

The awards aim to:

  • encourage public and private workplaces throughout the ACT to develop and implement initiatives that help to achieve a safer work environment
  • share learning so that proven initiatives and innovations can find their way into widespread practical application in workplaces across the ACT
  • publicly highlight significant achievements in workplace health and safety state-wide.

Awards Ceremony

An awards ceremony will be conducted on Tuesday 12 October 2010 at the National Convention Centre, commencing at 12.30 pm and concluding at about 3.00 pm. The ceremony will involve the announcement of award category winners and presentations by the Attorney-General, Mr Simon Corbell, MLA.

Details regarding how to register your attendance at this event will be provided closer to that date.

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