I've been around the workforce for quite a few years - 32 years in fact. I'm currently happily employed as a Principal Consultant : Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) in a major government department and often wonder how I came to be in this senior role. One thing I can say with certainty, is that when I left school, this was not on the horizon!

In essence, an OHS system is a group of related and interdependent plans, strategies, and policies as well as implementation and evaluation activities designed to reduce the probability and severity of workers being injured in the workplace.  Like any other system there is a “plan”, “do”, “review” and “improve” sequence which supports continuous improvement.