By Dennis Amor
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THE rather nosy 'safety researcher' chatting to workers at Australia's
biggest caravan producing factory was not all he was cracked up to be.
In fact, the clipboard-carrying interrogator was not a researcher at all
... he was a member of Jayco's management team doing a spot of undercover
work.
And chief executive Neil Coulson's disguise – complete with false
moustache, spectacles and wig – completely fooled shopfloor staff at the
company's giant Dandenong factory.
Mr Coulson went undercover as part of WorkSafe Victoria's Skeleton
Project, an innovative web-series which gave Victorian CEOs an opportunity
to better understand safety from the workers' perspective.
He spent a day talking with workers to collect feedback on new safety
equipment designed to reduced workplace-related injuries.
Jayco, which produces around 50 percent of Australia's recreational
vehicles, employs 850 staff and has produced more than 120,000 RVs since
1975.
It predicts that about another 10,000 will roll out of their factory
complex this year.
Mr Coulson joined Jayco as CEO in 2007 after holding the same position
with the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
To watch the interesting video which offers some great shots of the Jayco
factory and was aired on SBS,
click here.
