Training

Ongoing training is a key to a robust safety culture. Downer employees must complete general and job specific health and safety training. This includes:

  • Downer company induction
  • Downer’s annual Our Safety Focus program
  • Site or project specific inductions
  • Subject-specific training through registered training organisations (e.g. work at height, electrical safety, manual handling)
  • Detailed instruction, training, mentoring, and supervision for competency.

Consultation

Downer communicates and seeks feedback on health, safety and wellbeing in a number of ways, including:

  • Annual Employee Engagement Survey
  • Community of Practice forums between operational and Zero Harm staff
  • Consultation forums with employees and contractors (and their representatives), customers and suppliers
  • Health and wellbeing promotion events (i.e. Movember, R U OK? Day)
  • Our Safety Focus program designed to refocus employees and contractors on Zero Harm and those activities identified as significantly important to support a strong Zero Harm culture and performance
  • General and site-specific inductions
  • Internal and external webpages
  • Job-specific training, supervision and coaching
  • Community consultation and participation forums
  • Safety shares and toolbox talks
  • Access to The Downer Standard content under review and proposed changes for the purposes of obtaining feedback and as part of our consultation.