Team Development for the New Year
The end of the year is fast approaching, bringing with it warmer weather and some well earned time off. The New Year can be a challenge, as we transition from holiday mode to work mode, and January and February can be a quieter time for many businesses. This is a great opportunity to focus on team development, training and wellbeing.
In this months newsletter, we will be discussing the services we can offer in this area, such as our First Aid Group Courses, Wellness Assessments and Ergonomic Assessments. First Aid Group Courses are perfect for bringing your whole teams First Aid skills up to scratch for the new year, and our Wellness Assessments and Ergonomic Assessments offer a great opportunity to educate your employees so they can take ownership of their health outcomes.
Our first public Psychological First Aid Course was a great success this month. This new product was launched during Mental Health Awareness Week on the 13th of October. We received significant positive feedback from this course, and we even had the 1 News team in to record a piece for their news bulletin. You can read more about this below.
During Mental Health Awareness Week, we also started a Wall of Gratitude, for team members to write down on post-it notes, things they are grateful for to stick to the wall. This was a lot of fun and the TriEx team really benefited from this exercise. You can read how this went below.
Enjoy this months read - from the TriEx Team.
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First Aid Training Group Courses
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Wellness Assessments
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Ergonomics Assessments
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Psychological First Aid on 1 News
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First Aid Training: Group Courses
Our on-site First Aid Training group courses are a great way to get your entire team's First Aid skills up to scratch for 2018. Our First Aid courses are fun and informative, and our highly regarded trainers are experts at making their courses relevant to your work environment.
We have a variety of on-site First Aid courses available including 4 hour Basic First Aid, 6 hour Refresher, 8 hour Workplace or 12 hour Comprehensive. Our team will ensure your team is trained in the most up to date First Aid principles.
We understand that one size doesn't fit all, so our trainer will tailor these courses specifically to your workplace and provide first aid scenarios that are most likely to occur in your workplace. After completing this training, your employees will have the confidence to provide vital and lifesaving first aid assistance in your workplace.
To learn more about group courses or to book, call us on 0800 487 439 or email us at enquiries@triex.co.nz
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Wellness Assessments
Wellness Assessments are of great benefit to your team and entire work community. A healthy lifestyle translates into individuals with more energy, concentration and less absenteeism. We can provide an occupational health nurse to assist with measurement of cardiovascular risk factors and education of interested team members.
The assessments include instant (non-fasting) cholesterol and glucose tests, blood pressure, weights and measures along with a discussion of past and family health history, smoking habits, exercise, sleep, nutrition, stress and alcohol consumption. We are passionate about educating people, so individuals are empowered with knowledge of their risks and encouraged to pass on their results to their own GP as required.
To discuss how we can assist your team with our Wellness Assessments, call us on 0800 487 439 or email enquiries@triex.co.nz today.
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Ergonomic Assessments
Ergonomic assessments are used to assess the suitability of the workstations for your desk based team and to ensure it is not contributing to injury or poor posture. Our assessors will recommend practical solutions employing the best ergonomic principles to minimise risk at the workstation.
Our ergonomic assessments can help you:
- Prevent a condition from developing in the first place
- Improve workstation design so employees are as comfortable as possible
- Improve working techniques
- Ensure employee posture is correct and regular breaks are taken
- Investigate where discomfort is reported
To find out how we can ensure your team has proper posture at their workstation, call us on 0800 487 439 or email enquiries@triex.co.nz today.
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Psychological First Aid on 1 News
Earlier this month we launched our Psychological First Aid course during Mental Health Awareness Week. The course was a huge success, with great feedback received from the attendees. A reporting team from 1 News was also present, who recorded a piece for the 6pm news bulletin!
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We're extremely proud of this new product, and we're excited to be able to offer this additional service to our clients.
To read the full story and to watch the 1 News piece, click here.
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The TriEx Wall of Gratitude
To support Mental Health Awareness Week (October 9-15) and to compliment the launch of our Psychological First Aid Course, we decided to do something to support our TriEx Team.
Although the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week was based around nature this year, we tried to think of some other ideas that would work to support mental health in the workplace. One of the most practical ideas, was to run a wall of gratitude. We thought this would be a simple forum for team members (and it turns our members of the public) to express themselves. We setup "The Great Wall of Gratitude" in our Christchurch reception. We encouraged people to write down a message on an array of coloured post-it notes of what they were grateful for – it could be something related to work or even something in their personal life that has made them smile.
It didn’t take long before messages started appearing and it was fun to keep everyone posted (get it) on the progress!
By the end of the week we were really proud of how our wall was looking. The whole exercise really lifted team spirits and everybody got involved. Having this in our Christchurch reception resulted in members of the public asking to add to it which was awesome!
The week came to an end and we decided to frame as many of the messages as we can for display in our lunch room. This was a very simple idea that really helped with team building.
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Workplace Training Calendar
Download our full training calendar here.
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 Learn more about our First Aid
courses here
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 Learn more about our Asbestos
courses here
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Robyn McRae
Sales Executive
Robyn has recently joined our fantastic Sales Team in Christchurch. Robyn has a strong sales background in the Health & Safety Industry and brings a great skill set to assist our clients with their needs. You can read more about Robyn here.
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TriEx at the NZOHNA Conference
Our Clinical Nurse Manager Karen and one of our nurses Avelino had a great time last month at the NZ Occupational Health Nurses' Association Conference in New Plymouth. This was a great opportunity to connect with other Occupational health providers and health and safety professionals, and an opportunity for their professional development.
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2018 Flu Vaccinations
With summer approaching, the 2018 Flu season feels a long way off, but TriEx are already in planning mode! Although we are not ready to take bookings, if you want to register to receive information on the 2018 season please register your interest by emailing us on flu@triex.co.nz.
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Your Health Info
If you want to learn other easy tips to improve your health literacy like the fatigue article above, head over to HealthInfo.org.nz. This is a CDHB website with loads of resources — everything from the types of medications your doctor might prescribe you to healthy living tips you can add to your day.
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Pink Star Walk
The Pink Star Walk is back and is bigger and better than ever before. Dig out your pinkest outfit, gather your friends and experience New Zealand’s pinkest night walk. The Auckland event was held on October 7 with the Wellington and Christchurch events coming up:
Christchurch: Saturday 28th October
Wellington: Saturday 11th November
To learn about Pink Star Walk, view their website here.
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Canterbury Rugby Update
As Canterbury Rugby Sponsors we are excited to update you on the Mitre 10 Cup games. Canterbury has made it through to the final and will be playing a home game at AMI Stadium. Make sure you get along and show your support:
Canterbury vs. Tasman, 7.35pm, Saturday 28th October
Find more information on the Mitre 10 Cup season here.
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Site Safe Awards
Site Safe has just announced the 2017 recipients of the Certificate in Construction Site Safety scholarships. These future safety leaders will now embark on the journey to complete Site Safe’s most advanced health and safety qualification.
All recipients received complimentary training towards the Certificate in Construction Site Safety, a dedicated Site Safe mentor to support them in their studies, and a complimentary ticket to Site Safe’s annual gala event upon graduation. Check out the full article with winners here.
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Canterbury carpet firm Rangiora Carpets was recently fined $180,000 for a highly publicised incident in June where an employee fell from a mezzanine floor that didn't have a building consent.
The employee overbalanced while pushing a box of files in a storage area on a mezzanine floor.
There was nothing for her to grab hold of and she fell 2.5 meters through a suspended false ceiling onto the floor. She received a broken right arm, broken right shoulder, broken right collarbone, fractures to the left side of her pelvis and a laceration to her head.
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To stay up to date with the WorkSafe NZ Prosecution summaries, you can check out their website here.
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Site Safe
Safety Liaison Groups
The minutes for the Northern Liaison Group are located here. The next date for the Commercial NSLG meeting is on December 6.
The minutes for the Wellington Liaison Group are located here. The next meeting date is on December 14.
The minutes for the Southern Liaison Group are located here. The next meeting date is on December 14.
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New Zealand Institute of Safety Management
The Canterbury branch events are available online and you can visit their page here. The next Canterbury Branch Meeting is on October 27 and our Clinical Nurse Manager Karen Woolf will be speaking about Occupational Health.
The Auckland branch events are available here including the Auckland Branch Meeting on November 15.
The Wellington branch events are available here including the Wellington NZISM Industry Focus Evening on October 31.
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