Geza is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He first started work as a hygienist with the Industrial Hygiene Branch at the Victorian Department of Labor in 1985. He then worked in consulting before joining the OHSE unit at Monash University in 1992. Geza is a Fellow member of the AIOH and a COH. He has frequently presented at the AIOH conference on various topics over the past 20 years. His major areas of interest are in noise, radiation and exposure assessment in occupational epidemiology.
Sharann Johnson recently joined Zinifex, the lead / zinc mining company, as their GM - Sustainable Development, responsible for Group Health, Safety and Environment . Previously she worked for BP for 30 years in corporate and within the businesses starting out as occupational hygienist for Australia and SW Pacific region, later working in London in corporate occupational health roles and then returning to Australia as Business HSE Manager. The last 10 years have involved her being a road warrior, working with operations and networks in Europe and Asia. However with the return to a job largely based in Australia, now gives her more time to make a contribution back to the profession. "I am very fortunate in that BP supported me to train as an occupational hygienist, use my chemistry / biochemistry background to work in operations and occupational health in a niche position some 30 years ago. I have truly enjoyed the challenges and opportunities associated with protecting the health and safety of workers and the community. It opened up a career in OHS which I am passionate about and delighted that there is again a lot of interest with young people moving into the field of occupational hygiene. The Institute has worked hard on developing education courses and publications and has become well recognized, both nationally and internationally, as the peak professional body. I look forward to building on these robust foundations and supporting the Institute members
Gary has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Chemistry), a Masters in Occupational Health and Safety, and is a full member of the AIOH. He is also a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH). He has over 22 years experience as an occupational hygienist. For 18 years he worked for WorkCover NSW where he gained a broad experience as an occupational hygienist. While working at WorkCover he represented the organisation on a number of state and national committees. He is currently a member of Australian Standards Committee CH-31 Methods for Examination of Workplace Atmospheres. He has been an active member of the AIOH having been on the 2001 AIOH conference Committee and Chair of the 2005 AIOH conference Committee. He has experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, food, pharmaceutical, construction and mining, and is currently working as the Managing Director at Pickford & Rhyder Consulting Pty. Ltd.
Gavin is the Principal Health Safety and Environmental Scientist at Simtars. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Health and Safety) and has worked at Simtars in various Occupational Hygiene roles since 1995, providing consulting services to a range of industries including mining, processing and manufacture. In his current role he also supervises a team of 7 Occupational Hygienists and Occupational Hygiene Technicians to provides services to local, interstate and international clients.
Kerrie has a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and also completed the Grad Dip Occ Hyg at Deakin University. She is a full member of the AIOH, a COH and a representative on the AIOH Education committee. Kerrie began working in the field of occupational hygiene approximately 10 years ago for the BHP Environmental Health Laboratory which provided a consultant service to parts of BHP and other companies. She is currently employed at BlueScope Steel Port Kembla Steelworks, as part of the Safety Health and Risk Department and provides advice on the systems and processes required to manage occupational hygiene hazards for a wide section of the plant.
Completing a New Zealand Certificate in Science (Chemistry) qualification in the early 70’s, Ron’s first major involvement in Occupational Hygiene began after undertaking the 13 week Postgraduate Course at The Commonwealth Institute of Health, Sydney University (the forerunner to the Worksafe Course) in 1981. After moving to Australia in 1996 he completed the Deakin Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hygiene, is a Full Member of the AIOH and also a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH). Ron has over 30 years work experience, 25 years of which has been in the field of Occupational Hygiene and the vast majority of this having been spent within the Aluminium Industry. He is currently employed as the Senior Occupational Hygienist with Queensland Alumina Limited in Gladstone, Central Queensland.
David is the Environment Health and Safety Manager for a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Tasmania. He holds a Master of Applied Science (Occupational Hygiene) and has been a certified CIH since 2004. He has worked in the area of Industrial Hygiene for approximately 10 years in Australia, the USA and several Asian countries. David has sat on several global EHS committees within the Johnson and Johnson Corporation and lives in Launceston with his wife and son.
