Normative physical performance data: Infantry and ADG: Report 11
- Payne, Warren, Harvey, Jack, Knez, Wade, Selig, Steve, Sinclair, Wade, Ham, Daniel, Lee, Craig
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Selig, Steve , Sinclair, Wade , Ham, Daniel , Lee, Craig
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards.
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Selig, Steve , Sinclair, Wade , Ham, Daniel , Lee, Craig
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards.
Reliability of potential physical employment tests: Infantry and ADG: Report 10
- Harvey, Jack, Payne, Warren, Knez, Wade, Ham, Daniel
- Authors: Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren , Knez, Wade , Ham, Daniel
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project. Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG).
- Authors: Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren , Knez, Wade , Ham, Daniel
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project. Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG).
Retrospective surveys of injuries (2004 & 2005) : Infantry and ADG: Report 7
- Harvey, Jack, Payne, Warren, Otago, Leonie, Pascoe, Deborah
- Authors: Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren , Otago, Leonie , Pascoe, Deborah
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG).
- Authors: Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren , Otago, Leonie , Pascoe, Deborah
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG).
Trade Task analysis: Infantry and ADG: Report 9
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards
Trade tasks risk analysis and risk mitigation: Infantry and ADG. Report 5
- Culvenor, John, Pascoe, Deborah, Payne, Warren, Harvey, Jack, Knez, Wade, Cunningham, John
- Authors: Culvenor, John , Pascoe, Deborah , Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Cunningham, John
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project. Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur risks for injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG). The central purposes of this component of the work were: • to perform a risk analysis for the dual purposes of developing a risk register for general use and identifying risk issues in relation to the development of physical employment standards which pose a minimum possible risk to test candidates; and • to identify risk mitigation strategies that may be implemented or developed for use in Infantry and/or Airfield Defence Guard
- Authors: Culvenor, John , Pascoe, Deborah , Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Cunningham, John
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project. Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur risks for injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG). The central purposes of this component of the work were: • to perform a risk analysis for the dual purposes of developing a risk register for general use and identifying risk issues in relation to the development of physical employment standards which pose a minimum possible risk to test candidates; and • to identify risk mitigation strategies that may be implemented or developed for use in Infantry and/or Airfield Defence Guard
Evaluation of learning outcomes for the Engineering Resource Package (ERP)
- Culvenor, John, Cowley, Stephen, Else, Dennis, Hall, Stephen
- Authors: Culvenor, John , Cowley, Stephen , Else, Dennis , Hall, Stephen
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Full Text: false
- Description: The Australian Safety and Compensation Council recently released "Safe Design for Engineering Students - A Resource Package". This package won the Society of Technical Communication Excellence Award for technical communication. Much of the Resource Package was drawn from The Principles of Safe Design (Culvenor, 2004). The report above was an evaluation of the implementation trial and it lead to the identification of improvements - one which was the inclusion of substantial additional material on accident causation and prevention concepts and activities (Culvenor, J. 2005, Editing the final stage of the Safe Design: An Engineering Resource Package).
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- Description: 2003002681
Review of injury data: Infantry and ADG: Report 3
- Harvey, Jack, Payne, Warren, Otago, Leonie
- Authors: Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren , Otago, Leonie
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1. Data about ADF injuries can be found mainly in three systems: Defcare is the primary occupational health and safety (OHS) database administered by the Management Information Branch of the Occupational Health Safety and Compensation Branch (OHSCB); EpiTrack and Defence Injury Prevention Program (DIPP) databases are administered under separate programs within the Defence Health Service Branch (DHSB)
- Authors: Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren , Otago, Leonie
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1. Data about ADF injuries can be found mainly in three systems: Defcare is the primary occupational health and safety (OHS) database administered by the Management Information Branch of the Occupational Health Safety and Compensation Branch (OHSCB); EpiTrack and Defence Injury Prevention Program (DIPP) databases are administered under separate programs within the Defence Health Service Branch (DHSB)
Selected of criterion trade tasks: Infantry and ADG: Report 8
- Payne, Warren, Harvey, Jack, Knez, Wade, Brotherhood, John, Culvenor, John, Selig, Steve, Ham, Daniel
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Brotherhood, John , Culvenor, John , Selig, Steve , Ham, Daniel
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1.
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Brotherhood, John , Culvenor, John , Selig, Steve , Ham, Daniel
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1.
The effect of physically demanding infantry and ADG trade tasks on cognitive performance: A pilot observational study: Report 6
- Knez, Wade, Harvey, Jack, Payne, Warren
- Authors: Knez, Wade , Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards.
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1.
- Authors: Knez, Wade , Harvey, Jack , Payne, Warren
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards.
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1.
Trade tasks movement analysis: Infantry and ADG: Report 4
- Payne, Warren, Knez, Wade, Harvey, Jack, Sinclair, Wade, Elias, George, Ham, Daniel
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Knez, Wade , Harvey, Jack , Sinclair, Wade , Elias, George , Ham, Daniel
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical employment standards project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Knez, Wade , Harvey, Jack , Sinclair, Wade , Elias, George , Ham, Daniel
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical employment standards project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)
- Payne, Warren, Eime, Rochelle, Harvey, Jack
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Eime, Rochelle , Harvey, Jack
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Full Text: false
- Description: This report relates to an extensive state-wide research program aimed at exploring the nexus between sport and health; and in particular the development of health promoting sporting clubs. It includes innovative contributions to the development of theoretical frameworks that enable these areas to be integrated in a meaningful manner. The report was reviewed by a panel of specialists in the field of health promotion. The recommendations of this research have been adopted by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth).
- Description: K1
- Description: 2003002927
Waste water demand management study stage 2
- McRae-Williams, Pamela, Campbell, Dianne, Lowe, Julian, Tuck, Michael
- Authors: McRae-Williams, Pamela , Campbell, Dianne , Lowe, Julian , Tuck, Michael
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Full Text: false
- Reviewed:
- Description: This report for the Central Highlands Water Authority used a novel research approach to identify the impact of demand management measures on water consumption in a country town. Specifically the report tested out real interventions with a sample of water customers, and estimated price elasticities by using a methodology that estimates it as a residual after technical, social marketing and other factors have been accounted for. The estimates for price elasticity are less than those published in much of the research literature, but nevertheless fit the data in this experiment.
- Description: K1
- Description: 2003004538
Workforce planning at Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) 2005-2015
- Harman, Jessie, McEachern, Steven, Lynch, David
- Authors: Harman, Jessie , McEachern, Steven , Lynch, David
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Report
- Full Text: false
- Description: Explored current staffing at RAV, modeled the organisation's staffing needs over the next decade and presented a workforce planning approach to support RAV to meet these needs
- Description: K1
- Description: 2003002465
Selection of key trade tasks for detailed observation : Report No.1
- Stacy, R, Payne, Warren, Harvey, Jack
- Authors: Stacy, R , Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: The aim of this work package was to identify a set of key job performance tasks, which were considered to represent the critical physical performance requirements and risks relevant to Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards, for more intensive examination. A total of 34 tasks were identified for further detailed observation and analysis in the next work package (WBS: 1.1.2.2). These tasks were selected using a process of analysis which was consistent with processes used in previously reported studies, such as Rayson (1998). The objectives of this analysis process were to identify those tasks that are: 1. Most physically demanding and/or impacting on cognitive function; 2. Common to all the combat arms; 3. Specific to a particular combat arm, trade or sub-trades; and 4. Considered to involve higher levels of risk of injury. The method followed a three-step process, including: 1. A preliminary review of existing ADF task analysis survey data, competency statements and sub-trade manuals; 2. A questionnaire to subject matter experts; and 3. A series of one-day workshops at Puckapunyal. The outcome of this analysis process was a list of 34 tasks that represented a combination of physically demanding tasks, common tasks and high-risk tasks. For the purposes of detailed task observation, the tasks were provisionally allocated, 20 to Infantry and 15 to Airfield Defence Guards. One duplicate task appears in both lists.
- Authors: Stacy, R , Payne, Warren , Harvey, Jack
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Project: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: The aim of this work package was to identify a set of key job performance tasks, which were considered to represent the critical physical performance requirements and risks relevant to Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards, for more intensive examination. A total of 34 tasks were identified for further detailed observation and analysis in the next work package (WBS: 1.1.2.2). These tasks were selected using a process of analysis which was consistent with processes used in previously reported studies, such as Rayson (1998). The objectives of this analysis process were to identify those tasks that are: 1. Most physically demanding and/or impacting on cognitive function; 2. Common to all the combat arms; 3. Specific to a particular combat arm, trade or sub-trades; and 4. Considered to involve higher levels of risk of injury. The method followed a three-step process, including: 1. A preliminary review of existing ADF task analysis survey data, competency statements and sub-trade manuals; 2. A questionnaire to subject matter experts; and 3. A series of one-day workshops at Puckapunyal. The outcome of this analysis process was a list of 34 tasks that represented a combination of physically demanding tasks, common tasks and high-risk tasks. For the purposes of detailed task observation, the tasks were provisionally allocated, 20 to Infantry and 15 to Airfield Defence Guards. One duplicate task appears in both lists.
Selection of potential endurance tests & Kinanthropometric measures: Report 2
- Payne, Warren, Brotherhood, John, Harvey, Jack, Knez, Wade, Kay, Bartholomew, Selig, Steve
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Brotherhood, John , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Kay, Bartholomew , Selig, Steve
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
- Full Text:
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- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1. The aim of this work package was to identify a range of potential tests that may be used by the ADF to predict performance on trade tasks that involve a significant endurance component and potentially a significant strength-endurance component. The work package also aimed to identify a battery of kinanthropometric tests for use within the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP). The method used was to review the relevant academic and Defence literature and to conduct a oneday workshop attended by subject matter experts from the UB team and the ADF. The workshop was conducted in a manner that enabled the participants to comment on the literature provided by way of a background briefing paper and to use their collective experience and expertise to identify a number of potential tests and measures in keeping with the overall aim of the work package. It was assumed that the criterion endurance trade task would be the 50 km pack march. The literature review identified a range of approaches to the selection or development of a test to predicted performance on the 50 km pack march. These approaches include the prediction of endurance capacity from: • a direct measure of a related trade task (e.g. a shorter pack march) (Approach A);
- Authors: Payne, Warren , Brotherhood, John , Harvey, Jack , Knez, Wade , Kay, Bartholomew , Selig, Steve
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Report
- Relation: Defence Physical Employment Standards Projects: Infantry and Airfield Defence Guards
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- Description: Military operational tasks are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury. In order to address the issues and costs associated with the high injury rates and focus on ways to reduce the risk of injury to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the ADF Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) has endorsed a number of injury prevention strategies aimed at examining, analysing and evaluating injury-related risks and hazards within the ADF. In line with those strategies, COSC has affirmed that ADF employment policy is to be competency based and agreed that physical employment standards should be developed for combat arms trades. The purpose of the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP) is to develop these performance-based competency standards. The ADF has employed the services of the University of Ballarat (UB) to undertake the DPESP. This involves reviewing combat arms trade tasks (CATTs), establishing a set of criterion CATTs, developing a battery of simulation and predictive tests based on the criterion CATTs to be used to assess the physical competency of ADF combat personnel, and making recommendations for associated physical employment standards. In the initial phase, the study is focused on one Army corps - Infantry, and one Air Force mustering - Airfield Defence Guards (ADG)1. The aim of this work package was to identify a range of potential tests that may be used by the ADF to predict performance on trade tasks that involve a significant endurance component and potentially a significant strength-endurance component. The work package also aimed to identify a battery of kinanthropometric tests for use within the Defence Physical Employment Standards Project (DPESP). The method used was to review the relevant academic and Defence literature and to conduct a oneday workshop attended by subject matter experts from the UB team and the ADF. The workshop was conducted in a manner that enabled the participants to comment on the literature provided by way of a background briefing paper and to use their collective experience and expertise to identify a number of potential tests and measures in keeping with the overall aim of the work package. It was assumed that the criterion endurance trade task would be the 50 km pack march. The literature review identified a range of approaches to the selection or development of a test to predicted performance on the 50 km pack march. These approaches include the prediction of endurance capacity from: • a direct measure of a related trade task (e.g. a shorter pack march) (Approach A);
- Authors: Culvenor, John
- Date: 2004
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- Description: This commissioned report was the core material for the "Guideline for the Safe Design of Work" released last year by the Australian Safety and Compensation Council. This document establishes the foundation arguments for the discussion of safe design in occupational health and safety. Regulation in OHS is currently changing and so too are industry practices and this document is a key policy and educational document supporting these social improvements.
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- Description: 2003002678
Understanding male domestic partner abusers
- Gregory, Raeleene, Richards, Jeffrey, McLachlan, Angus, Scott, Wayne
- Authors: Gregory, Raeleene , Richards, Jeffrey , McLachlan, Angus , Scott, Wayne
- Date: 2004
- Type: Report
- Relation: Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice No. 283
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- Description: Research in the past decade has found that certain ways of responding to domestic partner abusers, particularly psycho-educational approaches, can be effective in modifying abusive behaviours. The study described in this paper sought to classify male domestic partner abusers by certain identified characteristics and determine whether they responded differently to a Men's Behaviour Change Program conducted by community agencies in regional Victoria. It was found that some types of male abusers appeared to derive greater benefits from the standard 12-week program than others. Those with antisocial personality disorders tended not to respond favourably. Further research work is now required to identify interventions that will be successful with abusers who have significant antisocial personalities.
- Authors: Gregory, Raeleene , Richards, Jeffrey , McLachlan, Angus , Scott, Wayne
- Date: 2004
- Type: Report
- Relation: Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice No. 283
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- Description: Research in the past decade has found that certain ways of responding to domestic partner abusers, particularly psycho-educational approaches, can be effective in modifying abusive behaviours. The study described in this paper sought to classify male domestic partner abusers by certain identified characteristics and determine whether they responded differently to a Men's Behaviour Change Program conducted by community agencies in regional Victoria. It was found that some types of male abusers appeared to derive greater benefits from the standard 12-week program than others. Those with antisocial personality disorders tended not to respond favourably. Further research work is now required to identify interventions that will be successful with abusers who have significant antisocial personalities.
Effects of windthrow on a Eucalyptus delegatensis (Myrtaceae) stand and early understorey succession at Snowy River National Park, Victoria
- Florentine, Singarayer, Westbrooke, Martin
- Authors: Florentine, Singarayer , Westbrooke, Martin
- Date: 2003
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- Description: The June 1998 a severe windstorm at Snowy River National Park near Mt. Gelantipy caused severe damage to a stand of Eucalyptus delegatensis. Little is known about the impact of windthrow on E. delegatensis and subsequent seedling recruitment. This study was undertaken 4.5 years later to examine (i) the windthrow damage on E. delegatensis and the understorey Acacia dealbata (type of damage, diameter class distribution), (ii) the influence of tree size (diameter at breast height, 1.3m) on pattern of tree damage (snapped/uprooted/ snapped and resprouting) (iii) undergrowth in the windthrow area compared with control plots, (iv) species composition of soil stored seed bank in windthrow damaged plots and control plots. Eleven (25 x 25 m2) plots within damaged areas and five plots within undamaged (control) were selected for study. Tree diameter at 1.3 from the rooting point and type of damage (snapped, uprooted, snapped resprouted, snapped dead) were recorded. To examine seedling recruitment, each 25 x 25 m2 plot was further divided into 1 x 1 m2 sub-plots. Within each sub plot, all E. delegatensis seedlings and their diameters were recorded. Soil seed bank species composition was examined by taking 88 and 40 soil samples from windthrow and control sites respectively. Soil samples were placed in punnets and new recruits were counted and identified. This study showed that, high winds toppled virtually all trees regardless of size and species damaging 99% of E. delegatensis. Seedling recruitment was 49 ha-1 for the canopy species E. delegatensis and 2,210 ha-1 for the sub-canopy species A. dealbata. No E. delegatensis or A. dealbata seedlings were recorded in the control plots. In the soil seed bank study five species were recovered from soil samples collected from the control and six from the windthrow damaged sites. The canopy species E. delegatensis recruited only from the windthrow site. The exotic Rubus fruticosus was found to be colonizing the windthrow site, but was not present in the control site. Results show that E. delegatensis recruitment is very poor in the damaged area and species colonizing within the windthrow damaged area were light-demanding or early succession species. It is proposed that seedling recruitment in the winthrow sites be promoted by burning the site and broadcasting E. delegatensis seed.
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- Description: 2003000710
- Authors: Florentine, Singarayer , Westbrooke, Martin
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Report
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- Description: The June 1998 a severe windstorm at Snowy River National Park near Mt. Gelantipy caused severe damage to a stand of Eucalyptus delegatensis. Little is known about the impact of windthrow on E. delegatensis and subsequent seedling recruitment. This study was undertaken 4.5 years later to examine (i) the windthrow damage on E. delegatensis and the understorey Acacia dealbata (type of damage, diameter class distribution), (ii) the influence of tree size (diameter at breast height, 1.3m) on pattern of tree damage (snapped/uprooted/ snapped and resprouting) (iii) undergrowth in the windthrow area compared with control plots, (iv) species composition of soil stored seed bank in windthrow damaged plots and control plots. Eleven (25 x 25 m2) plots within damaged areas and five plots within undamaged (control) were selected for study. Tree diameter at 1.3 from the rooting point and type of damage (snapped, uprooted, snapped resprouted, snapped dead) were recorded. To examine seedling recruitment, each 25 x 25 m2 plot was further divided into 1 x 1 m2 sub-plots. Within each sub plot, all E. delegatensis seedlings and their diameters were recorded. Soil seed bank species composition was examined by taking 88 and 40 soil samples from windthrow and control sites respectively. Soil samples were placed in punnets and new recruits were counted and identified. This study showed that, high winds toppled virtually all trees regardless of size and species damaging 99% of E. delegatensis. Seedling recruitment was 49 ha-1 for the canopy species E. delegatensis and 2,210 ha-1 for the sub-canopy species A. dealbata. No E. delegatensis or A. dealbata seedlings were recorded in the control plots. In the soil seed bank study five species were recovered from soil samples collected from the control and six from the windthrow damaged sites. The canopy species E. delegatensis recruited only from the windthrow site. The exotic Rubus fruticosus was found to be colonizing the windthrow site, but was not present in the control site. Results show that E. delegatensis recruitment is very poor in the damaged area and species colonizing within the windthrow damaged area were light-demanding or early succession species. It is proposed that seedling recruitment in the winthrow sites be promoted by burning the site and broadcasting E. delegatensis seed.
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- Description: 2003000710
Facilitators and inhibitors of mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse
- Blaskett, Beverley, Taylor, Caroline
- Authors: Blaskett, Beverley , Taylor, Caroline
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Report
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- Description: This project was funded by the Australian Institute of Criminology and gained some media attention on its release. It has helped to inform Victorian Department of Human Services policy in relation to child protection procedures and training of those professions with responsibilities for the care of children in Victoria, particularly those who are mandated to report suspected child abuse.
- Description: 2003002864
Not so gay in the bush : 'Coming out' in regional and rural Victoria
- Gottschalk, Lorene, Newton, Janice
- Authors: Gottschalk, Lorene , Newton, Janice
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Report
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- Description: This research indicates that for both lesbians and gay men the journey to self acceptance was often a difficult and stressful one, caused by the prevailing atmosphere of non-acceptance and often vilification of homosexual people. Such a context was found by many respondents to be more prevalent in regional and rural areas. In each of the domains of inquiry examined in this study, that is family, community, school, contact with health professionals and the workplace, lesbians and gay men had experiences of 'homophobia'. In the culture of regional and regional Victoria homosexuality is still considered a minority experience. This has serious consequence for how lesbians and gay men can live out their lives.