Martin Botha

Our dedicated health and safety manager

Having served nine years as logistics manager at Elliott Thomas, Martin Botha has recently joined Rock as our new health and safety manager. “At Elliott Thomas I was involved in every aspect of managing site logistics to ensure an efficient and safe environment for all those working on site,” says Martin. “My new role will see me drive a cultural change throughout Rock in our bid to achieve Zero Harm by 2015.

“Traditionally, our industry’s approach to safety has been based on management-led observations, feedback and goal setting. But I believe that lasting behavioural change requires modification of contributors to unsafe behaviour, reinforcement of safer practices, and inclusion of strategies that sustain change over time. In this respect, getting the workforce on board is essential. I shall be conducting a one-to-one interview with all operatives at our new training facility in Elstow, accompanied by a 45 minute presentation and questionnaire that will reveal to me their current mindset.

“These will be the first steps to greater workforce engagement, so that it becomes second nature for people to rethink the decisions they make each day which influence the health and safety of themselves and others. Rock will be putting behavioural change into practice and will actively encourage our industry partners to follow suit.”