Projects

Australia plans to deliver a replacement for the Collins Class Submarine in the next dozen or so years. An important part of that endeavour is try to get the people issues right in the early stages of design. Previous work conducted at the University of Western Australia has established the key drivers of crew endurance and its relationship to the existing at sea work systems of submariners [6] the importance of circadian patterns to endurance and the manner in which at sea work systems might respond better to that important endurance driver This research activity aims to leverage work already undertaken in the UK to populate a crewing system model that will help us compare the likely impact of a range of possible crewing system and technology change options. DST hopes to engage Curtin University in an ongoing collaborative effort that is aiming internationally to improve the manner in which crewing systems are designed to ensure that the best possible performance is achieved b

Investigation of reported safety incidents from participating companies to identify consistencies and connections across accident types. A combination of text and statistical analysis will be used to identify potentially new clusters of cause and effect.

Rio Tinto would like to partner with CTWD to take a proactive step towards the redesign of work that not only takes advantage of developments in automation, but provides a platform to enrich the employee experience and prevent harmful outcomes. This partnership will support Rio Tinto in preparing for the broader continued journey towards automation by helping them to better understand: The impacts of automation on employee experience and the associated risks of these impacts The ways in which work can be redesigned to mitigate potential harmful effects An effective model for work redesign which has the potential to be replicated within other business units and organisational functions

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Undertaking audit of mental health and wellbeing activities across WAPOL to inform strategy.

The Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD) is seeking to partner with the ACT Government to provide a report that:a) identifies and describes the organisational psychosocial risk factors for activity-based work (ABW) environments; b) provides an assessment of these risk factors in the context of the ACT Government's transition to ABW office design for the Dickson and Civic Office Blocks; and c) provides recommended actions that are practical, relevant and responsive to the risks identified based on industry best practice.

Curtin is collaborating with State of Queensland, acting through Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland Treasury on a project which relates to the development of a Safety Culture Transformation Toolkit and ongoing development and maintenance of the existing Safety Leadership Toolkit.The aim of the Safety Culture Transformation Toolkit is to equip Queensland industry and internal OIR stakeholders with capabilities to measure and improve safety culture.

This project involves a review of DFES EAP current practice against best practice and a broader review of the utility of EAP as the primary control

The grant provides funding to support activitis and resources, within a state-wide Strategy, to assist workplaces to promote positive mental health and wellbeing, and to support suicide prevention and employees with mental health issues. These activities will be refined in collaboration with CTWA.

The Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD) is seeking to partner with the ATO to embed positive work design practices into the ATO's current workforce planning and decision-making activities. Over an initial 8 week period, the CTWD will aim to provide the ATO with: a review of existing job design and evalution practices  a set of tailored recommendations to address identified work design issues  a partnership that will support the development of evidence-based interventions to embed positive work design principles contemporary training packages for managers, HR professionals and senior leaders to build organisational work design capability a suite of tools and resources to support the business to improve job design activities in line with the ATO's strategic objectives a comprehensive evaluation regarding the effectiveness of the piloted tools and resource

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