It’s hard to know where to start when it comes to Andy’s presentations because he was up the front three times. There was a lot of audience note-taking during both his training and critical risk management sessions, and head nodding throughout the panel interview.
With his sharp logic and self-assured swagger, you can see he would have been an engaging scuba diving instructor and why he’s known throughout New Zealand as an experienced trainer and safety professional.
BITE-SIZED TRAINING TIPS
- You can have the best systems in the world, but if no one is engaged in them, they won’t work!
- The key to effective training is:
- Knowing who the audience is (their background and level of experience).
- Knowing what are the key things you want them to know/ be able to do immediately after the session and then in one month’s time.
- The best facilitators speak 20% of the time and let the group own the other 80% (wrap your head around that!).
- Learning happens when people put what they have seen and heard into practice
- Keep it simple!
CRITICAL RISK MANAGEMENT TIPS
- To complete a risk management process, you need to understand the relationship between a hazard, risk and harm,.
- It’s the hazard that causes harm and harm ≠ death. Death is an absolute outcome that cannot be remedied or modified.
- Once you have defined the hazard and the potential for harm you can then look at the threats caused by the hazard and potential controls to prevent harm.
- Once you have established the controls you need to check they are working.
- Keep it simple! For the team on the ground, a drawing a Bow Tie diagram is enough.
- It is up the Health and Safety team to take the information from the front line and capture it some sort of software like BowTieXP or turn it into whatever other documents the client wants (Site Specific Safety Plan, Hazard Register etc.).
The COHSF committee would like to formally thank Andy for taking the time to come and speak to us and would welcome him back anytime.
QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS
1. What has been the highlight of your working career?
Achieving my SCBA diving instructor ticket.
2. What has been the hardest decision that you have had to make during your working career?
I can’t think of one, I’ve followed my gut most of my life and it’s worked out.
3. What was the hardest lesson that you have had to learn?
Say no when you need to and follow your gut.
4. If you could go back to your first year in your professional role, what advice would you give to your younger self?
Sometimes you need to remember that the most important thing is to kick and breathe.
5. What advice would you give to people starting out in their health and safety career?
It’s all about people, focus on people and what they need.
6. What is the key message from your presentation?
Simplicity is key.
7. What is the one thing you would like the audience to do when they leave the conference?
Focus on engagement rather than compliance and engagement is all about building trust.
GET IN CONTACT:
Website: www.metanoiasafety.com
Email: andy@metanoia.co.nz
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-evans