NP3 - Objectives

Purpose

To describe how National Aquatic Industry Safety Objectives are determined and how action is planned and taken to meet these objectives.

Setting Objectives

At least once every three years, the responsible RLSSA Officer (at the time of writing - the General Manager - Capability & Industry) will meet with RLSSA Safety Assessment Auditors, State and Territory member organisations, the National Aquatic Industry Committee and subject matter experts to arrange for National Aquatic Industry Strategy (NAIS) planning sessions.

The responsible officer will develop in consultation with the above a National Aquatic Industry Strategy document which contains objectives and key priorities.

The National Aquatic Industry objectives and strategies will be reviewed annually and annual operational plan will be developed for the following financial year and will arise from consideration of;

• Drowning research
• Work health and safety research, guidelines, standards, codes of practice and regulations
• Coronial recommendations
• Formal requests from members of the National Aquatic Industry Committee or governments
• Member / customers feedback
• Staff feedback
• Government, community or media interest
• Industry activities
• Improvement logs and requests
• Incidents
• Information gathered from RLSSA Safety Assessments
• Perceptions of where improvements are necessary / desired

Improvement objectives will be set for various parts of the NAIS and will apply to the industry as a whole. They can be set in relation to RLSSA compliance, efficiency of operations, process improvement and/or system improvement etc. Improvement Objectives will be set in terms that can be measured and each objective is recorded in an annual operational plan and endorsed by the National Aquatic Industry Committee.

Action Plans

Each objective recorded on the annual operational plan has a responsible person nominated.  The nominated person completes the objectives as required, and reports progress to the RLSSA Executive Management Team and/or the Australian Government,