Kea Incident, Sentencing and Project Order
Fullers Group Limited was charged by Maritime New Zealand for breaches of the Health and Safety At Work Act 2015, in relation to the Kea ferry incident at Devonport on the 9th November 2017.
Fullers Group Limited plead guilty to the charges and were sentenced on the 5th June 2020.That sentence included:
- Fines of $86,159
- Reparations to the two victims of $68,336
- Costs of $19,765
- Learning Teams Project Order to improve safety of $300,750
The full sentencing can be read here.
Learning Teams Project Order
Develop a Learning Teams Competency Framework as an risk management and analytical tool for the maritime industry and in particular:
- Invite a diverse range of Maritime Industry Stakeholders to participate in the development of the Learning Teams Competency Framework.
- Engage with at least six of those Maritime Industry Stakeholders (“Participants”) to develop the Learning Teams Competency Framework for the Maritime Sector;
- Develop Learning Teams Training Resources and a Learning Teams Facilitator Assessment Tool for the Maritime Sector;
- Trial the Learning Teams Competency Framework, Learning Teams Training Resources and Learning Teams Facilitator Assessment Tool with the Participants by training between one hundred and fifty to two hundred maritime workers in at least fifteen in person or online facilitated training sessions across the sector to be competent as Learning Team Facilitators;
- Assess the results of the trial to determine the competency of the facilitators and those that need further support;
- Develop a coaching facilitation guide, a facilitation reflection journal and an self assessment tool for those who are competent to coach and mentor other workers to then become Learning Team facilitators.
- Deliver a Mastery of Skill coaching and facilitation skills workshop to between sixty to eighty maritime workers who are assessed as competent in Learning Teams in at least six in person or facilitated online training sessions;
- Analyse the data collected from the assessment tool used during the Mastery of Skill training to identify a pathway and means for those that need further support to maintain the application of mastery of the Learning Teams Facilitation skills;
- Write a case study on the learnings at steps (1) to (8) above and provide the case study to Maritime New Zealand for it to make advance comment prior to publication, along with the Learning Teams Competency Framework, and the training and assessment material and resources developed at steps (1) to (8) above;
- Make the Learning Teams Competency Framework, training and assessment material and resources publicly and freely available (in electronic format) for the Industry and training organisations to use.
Project timeline is 24 months, expected end date August 2022.
Project Delivery
Fullers have partnered with Safety Associates to deliver the project. Both Brent Sutton and Glynis McCarthy from Safety Associates have developed the learning teams framework for other sectors and have been delivering learning teams in high risk sectors such as forestry, manufacturing, oil and gas and health. Both Brent and Glynis are the authors of a forthcoming book on Learning Teams titled ‘The Practice of Learning Teams’ in conjunction with Dr Todd Conklin. The book is to be published in the United States and domestic market by, Pre-Accident Investigation Media during 2020.
US based Dr Todd Conklin, who is the leading authority on learning teams will be participating in the project and we are hoping to host Dr Conklin in New Zealand to be able to meet and work with the stakeholders, Senior Leadership and Board members of the participation organisations. Click here to see Dr Todd Conklin speaking at the NZ Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum here and listen to his podcast at this link discussing learning teams with Brent and Glynis.
