Tuesday, September 18, 2018 (3:15 pm - 4:30 pm)

Title of Presentation
Turning Back - Making Difficult Decisions

Session Description
In 2012, Tom Munro was trekking to the Mt. Everest Base Camp and had to make a difficult decision.  Turn back and give up on a dream, or keep going and risk his well being.  This presentation talks about making difficult decisions and how those decisions are made every day by our work forces.

Learning Objectives
Understand what happens when individuals have to make difficult decisions in light of risk.
Understand how we can communicate to our work forces about those decisions.
Identify how we can make those difficult decisions easier on everyone.

Title of Presentation
Risk Registers: A Qualitative Look at a Semi-Quantitative Tool

Session Description
The intent of this presentation is to introduce risk registers conceptually to those in the audience who may not be familiar with them, or a refresher for those who would like to review the use of risk registers. Pacific Safety will also provide some practical and technical examples that look at the components of risk, and risk registers, their value, and how they can be used simply, or in a more complex fashion.

Since 2012 Pacific Safety has developed risk registers for a wide range of clients across a number of industries including construction, marine, aviation, and performing arts amongst others. Whether these registers have leaned towards qualitative, or quantitative, the clients we have worked with have seen significant value in the use of these risk registers as a hazard catalogue, and risk management tool. Using interactive dialogue, and technology to engage the audience, Pacific Safety would like review the key aspects of a risk register, how scaleable they can be, while also gauging how peers in the audience approach hazard and risk management.

Throughout the presentation Pacific Safety will be providing some perspective and feedback from work with their clients to date and taking the audience through the anatomy of a risk register, and encouraging participation in a short workshop designed to get the audience involved in completing a risk register. A key concept will be the value in using a semi-quantitative risk register for complex, or high risk activities to systematically break down and manage risk.

Those attending the presentation should receive a general understanding of the value of a risk register, an overview of the basic components of a risk register and complexities of advanced risk registers, experience completing a risk register, references to additional resources.

Learning Objectives
Understand the value of a risk register.
Identify the key components of a risk register.
Design and use a risk register.