Daily Archives: June 9, 2013

PHAN Seminars 27th June 2013 – An ageing workforce in housekeeping and how to handle a death in your hotel

THE PROFESSIONAL HOUSEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION OF NSW INC PRESENTS TWO DYNAMIC SEMINARS - NOT TO BE MISSED !!!

1. The Ageing Workforce  -  Presented by Judy Jankovics,   Training and Corporate Health Specialist, Injury Treatment P/L

• What is “Old Age”?
• Biological v’s chronological ageing
• Trends in the Australian population/workforce
• Facts and Myths (pop quiz)
• What happens when we age
• Physiological/musculoskeletal/neurological changes
• Risk factors for health conditions
• Modifiable factors
• How these changes may affect ability to perform housekeeping tasks

Strategies for managing the ageing worker:

• Recruitment
• Assessment
• Education and Training
• Accommodation
• Case studies

2. How to Handle a Death on Site   -   Presented by George N. Livanios Managing Director, Neutralzone

• How to remain calm
• Requirement to the discovery of the body
• Contact Communications – what to say and how
• How to protect the scene
• Managing Notification of the Next of Kin
• Managing the Incident Management Controls
• Understanding the Media Policy of the site
• How to attain a counselling service
• Signs of post traumatic stress and symptoms of stress
• Post analysis of the death within the workplace

• WHEN                      THURSDAY 27th June 2013
• WHERE                    ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL HOUSE

St Mary’s Road Sydney (Just down from College Street)

• TIME                         4.00 P.M. TO 6.30 P.M.
• COST                         INVALUABLE INFORMATION    -   FREE
• RSVP                        THURSDAY 20th JUNE 2013 – Mavis Hedrik mavis007@tpg.com.au

Tea and Coffee on arrival
Hot Canapes and Drinks at conclusion
How to get there: At the end of College St turn right down St Mary’s Road under the red balloon shown on map.  Enter Cathedral House through Big Green Iron Gates, proceed past Jacaranda tree to Cathedral House Front Door.