RESOURCES
The materials below are the ones I share with clients regularly — service brochures explaining how Mineplex engagements work, training
prospectuses, the legislation in full, and the books that shaped how I think about mine safety. Free to use. No sign-up to download.
If you want to talk through any of it, get in touch today.
Mineplex CCM Diagnostic Brochures
The 1 June 2026 deadline for critical control management compliance is closer than most operators realise. These diagnostics are the tools I use with clients to assess whether their CCM framework is ready, including against QGN35 expectations.
If you'd like me to run the diagnostic with your team rather than self-assess, contact me today.
Mineplex Services Brochures
PHMP reviews, BBRAs, CCM framework design, governance, and audit support.
SHMS effectiveness audits across all twelve sub-systems, against both legislative and operational benchmarks.
Relief SSE cover for Queensland coal, metals, and quarries. Plus SSE exam preparation and ongoing mentoring.
CMS audits and contractor sample reviews — hazard ID, plant
compliance, supervision adequacy, and emergency preparedness.
Mineplex Training Brochures
One day. For frontline supervisors, superintendents, OCEs, and ERZ controllers.
Two days. For SSEs, mine managers, and senior officers.
Two days. As above, with a Mock Trial day in partnership with McCullough Robertson Lawyers.
Recommended Reading
The books I keep coming back to, and the ones I recommend to mining people who want to think harder about safety, decision-making, and leadership. Not a complete list, just the ones that earned their spot on my shelf.
Paper Safe - The Triumph of Bureaucracy in Safety Management
Greg Smith
The book that should be on every SSE's desk. Smith makes the case that the safety industry has substituted paperwork for safety, and he names the consequences. Reading this is a quick way to recognise which parts of your SHMS are real and which parts are theatre.
Proving Safety
Greg Smith
A follow-up that goes deeper into how safety management systems get judged after an incident, and why most of them fail the test when they should pass it.
Sources of Power - How people make decisions
Gary A. Klein
The foundational text on naturalistic decision-making. If you want to understand why supervisors make the calls they do under time pressure, and why "follow the procedure" advice often misses the point, start here.
Streetlights and Shadows – Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
Gary A. Klein
Klein's argument that most management orthodoxy (procedures, analytics, optimisation) actively undermines adaptive decision-making in operational environments. Confronting if you're a system designer. Useful if you're a mine manager.
Right Kind of Wrong - Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive
Amy Edmondson
On psychological safety and the difference between productive and unproductive failure. Relevant for anyone trying to build a culture where people will actually report near-misses.