This workshop has been developed for aquatic industry personnel of all levels and experience. The session will be delivered in three sections covering:
The current state of play
Existing and future actions
Fixing a broken system
When: 9.30am to 12.30pm, Tuesday 28 June 2022, followed by lunch
Location: Life Saving Victoria State Office, 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne 3207
People leaders know how to keep their staff and teams engaged. This can be a challenge when managing some staff that have short contract periods or who work on a casual basis. Balancing the needs of short-term employees and longer-term staff can be tricky.
This workshop will explore a diverse range of employee engagement strategies specifically for the aquatics industry and provide frontline managers and leaders with practical strategies for setting and meeting the expectations of others while meeting drivers of satisfaction of team members.
The session will include:
5 challenges of managing a casual workforce
What makes a staff member loyal?
Diverse strategies for engaging short and longer-term staff
Team and group dynamics in the aquatic industry
Your relationships trump your skills in engaging staff – being a good person
Self-management and self-engagement
When: 1.30pm-4.00pm session, Tuesday 2 August 2022, 1.00pm for networking lunch
Location: Life Saving Victoria State Office, 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne 3207
Peter Agnew has been involved in the Aquatic and public safety sector for over three decades.
He is the current Director of People Development Australia, is a Consultant & Facilitator at Australian Institute of Management and has been a previous National General Manager of Surf Life Saving Australia.
Peter comes to us with a Master’s in Education, Business and Psychotherapy, bringing extensive real-life knowledge and skills to this People Leadership Masterclass – where we will delve deep into the drivers of satisfaction of casual, short term and longer term employees.
To view our other recent professional development sessions please see below:
Archived Sessions
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Life Saving Victoria took the decision to partner with various industry organisations to deliver free professional development webinars to industry personnel.
The webinars were broken down into service-area streams and you can view recordings of these webinars at the service-area headings below.
2022 Aquatic Industry PD Sessions
March 2022:
Workshop 1: Emergency Management and Incident Investigation
The workshop featured an experienced panel of emergency service and industry guest speakers, with a focus on incident management, medical emergencies and more.
Held: 10am to 12:30pm, Wednesday 23rd March 2022,
Location: Life Saving Victoria, 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne 3207
Gerald Dixon, City of Ballarat – Emergency response following a fatal incident :
Naomi Leunig, Life Saving Victoria – Implementing initial response:
Dylan Hall, Ambulance Victoria – Responding to a critical incident and medical emergencies:
Naomi Leunig, Life Saving Victoria – Managing post emergency activities:
Emma Barry & Michael Devlin, WorkSafe Victoria – Actions post an emergency:
Dr Bernadette Matthews, Life Saving Victoria – Managing the media:
Josephine McGuiness, Coroners Prevention Unit – Coronial investigations and the Coroners Prevention Unit
2021 AFAR PD Sessions
November 2021:
Topics:
Pool Safety Assessments 101
Diving into Water Safety Week with ‘Swim City’
Diversity and Inclusion Opportunities
August 2021:
Main Session (above):
“Community Stories” – Stories of resilience, diversity and inclusion from the aquatic industry
Travis and Rahullah (The Y) – Dandenong Leisure Facilities / LSV CALD Aquatic Project
Mandy (Active Monash) – Diversity & Inclusion within Active Monash
Brendan (City of Melbourne) – Resilience, Diversity & Inclusion: Then & Now
