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  • The definition of risk
    I agree with the comments so far. Chris's definition defines risk with a broad scope and encompasses more situations and activities than health and safety alone.

    It wouldnt fly in my organisation when it comes to engaging with workers and helping them understand risk. Just as it is a broad definition for Chris, it would be too abstract for many of my workers to easily understand. I tend to phrase hazards and risk more as "What are the things in <this job> that can hurt you? How likely is this <thing> to hurt you?"

    The definition works at a higher level. You would expect managers and Directors to be taking a more broad view of the subject.
  • Communicating with seasonal workers - what works?
    Late reply to the topic but Ive just seen it.

    Definitely use the pastoral carer. Your contact's seasonal workers almost certainly have meetings with the group from time to time. Thats a good time to talk about this. Repeat the simple anti-scam message. Give them bite sized pieces of information. Language barriers, cultural barriers and unfamiliarity with new tech concepts can take a bit to digest. Be specific about the scams - many of the young guys are using sexual explicit apps and money transfer apps that are scams that are the same but different than the general NZ public is used to seeing.

    Unfortunately we find some of the worst scammers are their colleagues. Simple DOB PIN numbers and lending their card to others is a problem.