Day 132 - 07 Jun 95 - Page 27


     
     1        since, as I say, since 1974 and when you train people to do
     2        a job, the fact that you are training them to do the job
     3        right, safety is built into it.  Safety is just an inherent
     4        part of the training programme.
     5
     6   Q.   You have to train people to do a job properly if the job
     7        specifications are so detailed?
     8        A.  Well, you have -- indeed.
     9
    10   Q.   They have to have some training to do it otherwise they
    11        just would not be able to do it, would they?
    12        A.  No, absolutely, absolutely, but that is a guarantee in
    13        itself.  That actually assists the process.  You want
    14        people to do a task in a standard fashion and much of
    15        industry is having to come to terms with that.
    16
    17   Q.   Apart from the Chief Executive Officer in the section above
    18        signing and being responsible for safety policy since 1974
    19        which, I think, is a legal requirement, is it not?
    20        A.  It is a legal requirement to issue a Health & Safety
    21        policy, yes, indeed.
    22
    23   Q.   Yes.  Actually, is training a legal requirement as well?
    24        A.  Yes, it is under section 2 of the Health & Safety at
    25        Work Act.
    26
    27   Q.   1974?
    28        A.  1974.
    29
    30   Q.   So apart from those two matters complying with legislation,
    31        can we note that there is nothing else that you note of
    32        significance until the mid-1980s in which we have talked
    33        about safety included in other management courses, this is
    34        in that middle section there?
    35        A.  Yes.
    36
    37   Q.   Where we talked about that already, about how that has
    38        developed in the 1990s, revised 1990?
    39        A.  Yes.
    40
    41   Q.   The personnel audit is in the box below.  The personnel
    42        audit?
    43        A.  Yes.
    44
    45   Q.   What is that?  Is that the performance reviews?
    46        A.  This is actually Jill Barnes' document, and you would
    47        have to look at the details within that.  I am not aware of
    48        the detail of that document.
    49
    50   Q.   OK.  But apart from that, everything else is post 1990? 
    51        A.  The big steps forward have continued since 1990, 
    52        certainly, but obviously there was a fair amount done, 
    53        there was a lot done before that as well.
    54
    55   Q.   If we move over to page 7?
    56        A.  Yes.
    57
    58   Q.   The last line:  "It should be noted that any tile when
    59        contaminated with grease and/or water will become slippery"
    60         **CORRECTION NEEDED** yes.

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