MARS Program initiatives include training and professional development programs that help to build a culture of respect and embed healthy, safe, gender-equitable and inclusive practices in the mining industry.
Hindsight – Safety Moments
Following the successful WA regional tour of Hindsight, the second MARS Program-commissioned production from the Acting Consulting Training Australia and New Zealand (ACT Australia) team that created The Slip, three short videos were released as Safety Moments - tools. These videos are tools to help start conversations about safety.
Videos include clips from the performances that can be used as toolbox talks or meeting starters. Suggested questions are included to get your team's conversations started, but we encourage you to create your own.
- Episode 1: Windrow on B7
- Episode 2: Under pressure
- Episode 3: Press play
ACT Australia, supported by the MARS Program has developed these tools.
The Slip – Safety Moments
Show moreAfter the successful WA regional tour of The Slip: What good looks like, three short videos were released as Safety Moments – tools to create safety conversations.
- Episode 1: Calling Mayday
- Episode 2: Yellow
- Episode 3: EAP
These short videos include clips from the performances to use as Safety Moments, toolbox talks, or just meeting starters. They have some suggested questions to get your team's conversations going, but we encourage you to create your own questions.
ACT Australia, supported by the MARS Program has developed these tools.
Thriving in Mining
Show moreDelivered by This Working Life, Thriving in Mining provides training and resources designed for mining frontline managers and supervisors to increase knowledge and capability to manage psychosocial risks and implement workplace mental health and wellbeing strategies.
Training and resources include a series of online microlessons and face-to-face training workshops aimed at building respectful workplace culture and support for mental health and wellbeing for all workers in the WA mining industry. Modules cover mental health, respect, alcohol, and legal and moral responsibilities in the workplace. The modules are designed to enable participants to embed concepts into workplace practice.
Microlessons
Available on the Thriving in Mining website, over 50 free microlessons are designed for busy mining life, using a short, engaging format for each lesson that increases knowledge and awareness about key issues relevant to mental health and wellbeing, respect and other associated topics. The microlessons can be used by individuals, or those wanting to add value on-site such as at pre-start meetings and toolbox sessions.
Find out more about the Thriving in Mining and training programs
FIFO Focus, AIHS and WHS Foundation
Show moreTrauma informed investigations training
A consortium between FIFO Focus, WHS Foundation and AIHS this two-level four-day accredited specialist training program has been designed to develop internal capability to support change in WA mining sector and improve the quality and experience of those affected by sexual harassment incidents in the WA mining sector.
The program, subsidised by MARS Program, will upskill participants in providing person-centred, initial support when responding to, investigating and/or managing incidents of sexual harassment using a trauma-informed lens to reduce the risk of re-traumatisation and causing further harm.
- First 2 days of the program = Level 1: Do No Harm: Support and Trauma Informed Considerations
- Last 2 days of the program = Level 2: Natural Justice: Reporting, Investigation & Dealing with Authorities
Find out more about the FIFO Focus specialist trauma training
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