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The MARS Centre is an ECU industry collaboration centre for the mining sector that helps improve safety and wellbeing through research and education to:

  • Create mentally healthy workplaces
  • Build a culture of safety and respect
  • Prepare for workplace safety in future mining

The multidisciplinary MARS Centre – based in ECU’s School of Business and Law – involves inter-School collaboration with the School of Medical and Health Sciences, and is funded through a grant from the WA Government’s MARS Program, along with funding from industry partners and ECU’s research fund.

Through a focus on educating the current and incoming workforce, training future leaders, and driving research, this initiative will help foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement in the mining sector.

Following a systems-thinking approach to address the complex Work, Health and Safety (WHS) challenges within the mining sector, the MARS Centre has the following key functions:

  1. Collaborate with the sector to lead and translate innovative, cutting-edge research that aims to create mentally healthy mining workplaces, build a culture of safety and respect, and prepare the sector for workplace safety in the future.
  2. Build sector-wide capability, with a focus on upskilling current mining managers and professionals by developing and delivering mining WHS curriculum initiatives that are accessible, practical, educational and engaging.
  3. Engage stakeholders within WA’s mining industry, providing support and new evidence to guide better practice in the management of WHS, as well as respect and inclusion at work.
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