Ms Valerie O'Keeffe |
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| Position: | Scholarship Holders - School of Psychology | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Psychology | |
| Campus: | City East Campus | |
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| Email: | Valerie_dot_O'Keeffe_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Valerie.O'Keeffe | |
Welcome to my home page. I lecture in the occupational health and safety management program, delivered from within the Human Factors Group, Centre for Sleep Research. I joined the Human Factors Group in 2008. Previously I was Chief Advisor - Human Factors with SafeWork SA - the OHS regulatory agency in South Australia and with the Research Section of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council. I am currently based in the Centre for Sleep Research, City East and am involved in research in the area of safety culture and safety climate.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc
The Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council
Teaching interests
- occupational health and safety legislation and policy development
- work organisation
- the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders
- audit and assessment of management of OHS
I teach the following courses
| BUSS 5203 | Occupational Health and Safety Law and Risk Management |
| 7130HO | Occupational Hygiene and Ergonomics G (Uni of Adelaide) |
Professional associations
Certified Professional Ergonomist, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc.
Senior Auditor, OHS; Senior Auditor Quality Management, RABQSA (formerly the Quality Society of Australasia)
Chartered Professional Member, Safety Institute of Australia
Qualifications
Master of Ergonomics, University of Queensland
Grad Dip Occ Health (Adelaide)
Grad Dip Social Science (Rehabilitation) University of SA
Grad Dip Ergonomics, Latrobe University
Dip App Sc (Prosthetics & Orthotics), Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences
Diploma of Government (Workplace Inspection)
I am currently undertaking a PhD on the role of leadership and decision making in influencing safety culture
Research interests
- Musculoskeletal disorders, repetitive work
- Quality of working life
- Workplace design
- Systematic management of occupational health and safety
Research publications
O'Keeffe V and Furness I, Effectiveness of the SA manual handling legislation: views from the workplace, J Occup Health Safety - Aust NZ, 17(4): 405-410 (2001)
O'Keeffe V and Burgess-Limerick R, Repetitive Work: Is Discomfort a Global Indicator of Musculoskeletal Injury Risk? Asian Journal of Ergonomics 1(1), 95 - 110 (2005)
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