Committee of Management

Comprising:

Mr. John Everett, FSIA, RSP(Aust)
President
Mobile: 0406 661 988

Mr. PJ Fleming, FSIA, RSP (Aust), MOHS
Vice President and Treasurer
Business: 02-6127 2018
Mobile: 0439 605 217

Mr. Philip Howard, CPMSIA, RSP (Aust)
Secretary
Mobile: 0414 514 835

Mr Tony Mitchell, CPMSIA, RSP (Aust), MHlthSc (RM)
National Representative
Business: 02-6266 6312
Mobile: 0410 626 393 

ACT Committee of Management Profiles:

PJ is an active safety professional with extensive OHS experience in the public sector. Currently project manager for strategic OHS projects within Defence; he is implementing Safety in Design / Human Systems Integration Framework enhancements to Defence acquisition processes.

Previously, he worked as project officer within NOHSC (now Safe Work Australia) and ACT Chief Minister's Office, two Queensland councils as Safety and Training Officer and in safety capacities as a uniformed member of the Australian Defence Force both on land and at sea (aircraft operations, engineering maintenance and support). He has a Masters degree in OHS completing a thesis on Hepatitis A Immunisation risks in child care workers. He has a Graduate Diploma in OHS, Diploma's of Project Management and two in Aircraft Engineering.

PJ is an International member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and was the Treasurer for ACT Division from 2004 to August 2009.

PJ is the ACT Representative on the National Technical Panel, with particular interests in Plant and Machinery Safety, Local Government and OHS Education Special Interest Groups. Locally, he has also been involved as an OHS subject matter expert to a number of Professional Reference Groups validating OHS Course Accreditation and Reviews for the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT). More recently, PJ has been extensively involved on Technical Reference Committees for projects for the OHS Education Chapter of the SIA - OHS Core Body of Knowledge for OHS Professionals and the upcoming IBSA review of VET sector OHS Qualifications and Units of Competence.

My interest in safety stems from personal and employment experiences in the agricultural and local government industry sectors. In both of these sectors safety problems were commonly encountered and these experiences helped me to learn and develop problem-solving skills. My first official safety practitioner's role began in local government after I was elected to a OHS committee and after a short period of time I began coordinating OHS programs for two neighbouring Councils. In 2000 I joined a government/private water, electricity and gas joint venture and in 2002 became Manager Safety. I've been SIA's ACT secretary since 2006 and as a volunteer it is my way of putting something back into the local community and the safety occupation.

National Representative- Tony Mitchell, CPMSIA, RSP (Aust), MHlthSc (RM)

Tony Mitchell is a long serving Australian Defence member who has practised Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) at each level of the organisation over the past 14 years. He has a Masters in Health Science (Risk Management) and Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety through the Queensland University of Technology. He was awarded the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA) Medal for his academic achievements, leadership and professional capability in 2001. He has remained a member since joining the SIA in 1997.

He has filled OHS positions at unit, divisional and Service headquarters levels in Army, and has filled the Deputy Director Defence Safety Policy and Acting Director Defence Safety Management Agency in the corporate space over a number of years.  

Tony has had experience with the National OHS Commission as it transitioned to the Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council in 2004, where he worked on the production of the National Safe Design Guidelines.  He has gained extensive experience in implementing organisational cultural change, having worked on numerous projects to change safety culture. He has also worked extensively in the area of strategic OHS planning and implementation. 

In his current role Tony is the project director for a number of key safety and cultural change projects in Army.  His key function involves him leading a small team to implement an integrated risk management framework across Army. As a side-line he has oversighted the Defence Motorcycle Safety Awareness Project.

Tony has developed sound skills in the management of teams, projects and committees. He has a strong collaborative team focus, which has ensured his reliable project and product delivery track record.  He is loyal, hardworking and honest, and puts people first.

 
Kerry Plunkett, FSIA
Business: 02 6207 4377

Ms. Glenda Snoxall, CPMSIA, RSP (Aust)
Business: 02 9297 0052
Mobile: 0427 522 033

Pam Best, CPMSIA 

Sean Faulkner, Member SIA