Queensland
2025 Meetings
- Thursday 27 March
- Thursday 26 June
- Thursday 25 September
- Thursday 27 November
In case you missed it....
Recordings from previous presentations can be accessed below
QLD Branch Council Members
Chairperson: Dr Angus Forbes
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Vacant
Nurse Representative: Helen Truscott
Branch Council members: Helena Hurst
UPCOMING WEBINAR
ANZSOM QLD Branch Webinar & AGM
Thursday 27 March 2025
Topic: The occupational health continuum and the role of occupational hygiene
Speaker: Micheal Lewis, Certified Occupational Hygienist
Date: Thursday 27 March 2025
Time: 6:15pm (AEST) AGM, 6.30pm presentation
Format: Webinar only
Cost: Free for ANZSOM/AFOEM members, $25 non-members
QLD Branch Annual General Meeting
The QLD Branch Annual General Meeting (rescheduled from November 2024) will be held online on Thursday 27 March 2025 at 6:15pm (AEST). We would encourage all members to attend.
The AGM will be streamed online using the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z67EC_kvTr-pHHE78nWfhg
(NOTE: same link as webinar link above - please register prior to receive your own personalised link)
Branch elections
The Branch is calling for nominations for the positions of Branch Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. To make a nomination for any of these positions, please complete the form (refer link below) and return it to the Secretariat by Tuesday 25 March 2025. Nominations may also be made at the meeting.
To register an apology for the AGM, please email the Secretariat on secretariat@anzsom.org.au.
AGM Documents:
Session overview
The speaker will present an ‘occupational health continuum’ model that seek to demonstrate where the synergistic overlaps occur between the three professions that are involved with worker health. That is, Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health Nursing and Occupational Hygiene.
Where does one profession end, and the other start? Or is there parallel or concurrent efforts conducted by each profession that that the others may not be fully aware of? Is there a missed opportunities for cross sharing knowledge that supports or augments each other’s professional practice but staying within the respective commercial-in-confidence and patient confidentiality principals.
Where occupational hygienists and occupational health professionals are embedded in a large organisation, there may be informal sharing and cross profession referrals. This may not be the case where occupational health practices provide service to remote and regional clients and may not have ready access to an occupational hygienist to investigate emerging health trends and confirm possible causal link between workplace exposures and conditions or diseases that are presented at the clinics.
About the presenter
Micheal Lewis
As a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH), and a Member of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (MAIOH) Micheal has been working in the health and hygiene professions for over 30 years. Micheal has held a number of roles as an Occupational Health, Hygiene and Safety Professional both in Australia and New Zealand. Micheal has worked in the health, mining, government, aerospace and private industry sectors in roles as diverse as occupational health resource, compliance / conformance auditor, workplace inspector, incident investigator, expert witness, project manager, occupational hygiene consultant, hazard and risk manager and workplace trainer.
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