HEALTH A PRIORITY AT THIESS SERVICES
Thiess Services (Western Australia) have launched an ‘industry leading’ program in partnership with Australian Corporate C
hallenge to invest in the health and wellbeing of its work force.
Under the leadership of WA Manager Andy Wood and supported by Water Resources Managers Don Chappell and Ian Marshall along with HSE Advisor Paul Laycock, Australian Corporate Challenge and the University of Western Australia’s school of Exercise Science are completing extensive health screening, not only anthropometric data, but also of life style.
This will allow a snap shot of the health of the work force to support a ‘best practice’ strategy moving forward.
The completely volunteer testing has had an outstanding take up rate of 78%.
The testing covers blood profiling, functional movement activities, cardiovascular levels and basic anthropometric data of height, weight and girth ratio. Further data is being collected pertaining to exercise patterns, diet, alcohol, smoking and recreational patterns.
Each staff member will receive a complete profile of their scores compared to National standards, along with comparisons of mean scores by age and gender of the Thiess work force.
The enthusiasm shown by those tested so far and the feedback from those staff all goes well for individuals taking ownership for improving their own health and wellness, with the ongoing support of Australian Corporate Challenge.
As one Thiess worker explained “It is a wakeup call for all of us, to pay more attention to our own personal health as we get older, thank you for the opportunity”.
