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21/06/2018

Proposed merge - safety culture and safety climate

I am proposing merging the safety climate page (that requires clean-up) with the safety culture page. Safety climate appears to be the American term for safety culture, which is certainly used in the OSH field.
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I don't think the two terms should be merged. While similar, there are enough differences to warrant a mention of both.
Whether a Safety Culture or Safety Climate? Putting semantics aside, the intent is to arrive at a phrase to describe an integrated pattern of knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors regarding safe work practices that can be passed on to new workers. It hints at the collective beliefs, behaviors, and traits peculiar to safety-conscious workers. Included in the inference would be the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with the safety-savvy worker.
A “culture” would conjure up the thought of a set of characteristics that define a whole group, such as “Western Culture” or the “American Culture.” Using “climate” reflects a prevailing influence or environmental conditions characterizing a group or period such as “a climate of fear” or “a hostile climate.”
Either phrase is effective depending on context and audience. What health and safety officers in modern organizations hope to communicate is that “safety” must become a natural part of the worker: instinctive and automatic. One would not think twice about whether to come to work without wearing shoes – it is unthinkable to arrive for work bare footed. As it should be with safety – it should be unthinkable to perform a task unsafely. It is only through a attitudinal change, a mind-set if you will, that workers develop a safety “culture” or “climate” in which safety becomes the most important aspect of the job.

21/06/2018

2018 STUDENTS CALL FOR GREEN INNOVATION PROJECT PROPOSALS
1.0 Organization Background
Environmental Professionals Council of Zimbabwe (EPCOZ) is a group of environmental professionals in Zimbabwe who are working with EMA, Ministry of Environmental Water and Climate, institutions of higher learning and industry to proffer technological solutions to industry and the community at large. The main objective of the council is to regulate environmental professionals and ensure environmental standards within the profession. The council also aims to promote environmental protection through research and development. To this end, EPCOZ is hereby calling for proposals from EPCOZ registered student members for projects that can contribute towards solving environmental challenges facing the country.

2.0 Eligibility
Funding is open on a competitive basis to students who are registered as EPCOZ student members. The proposals should focus on innovative ways of solving environmental problems and development of Best Available Technological solutions to environmental protection. A full proposal is expected to cover the following aspects: a relevant title, clear background, a real problem statement, achievable objectives, project justification, brief review of literature, explicit and practical methodology, budget, work plan and target population. Successful applicants stand a higher chance for recruitment as attachés or employees by the donor community

3.0 Research Grant
The research will be sponsored to a maximum of USD1 000.00 per student/ group. The amount will cover all the necessary project costs which include field work, data processing and other necessary activities approved by the council.

4.0 Submission
All proposals have to be submitted in PDF format to [email protected] and copied to [email protected] with the following email subject line ‘2018 STUDENT CALL FOR GREEN INNOVATION PROPOSALS’. The deadline of application is 31st July 2018 at 1600hrs.

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