Our Organisation
In terms of chronological age, Crux Australis is a new organisation. The Company has only been in existence since May 2008 but has already made quite an impact on the marketplace. We specialise in the unique field of the prevention, management and defence against interpersonal aggression and violence. Whilst our company is new, the team behind it have extensive experience in aggression management, training product development and expert evidence. In short, we have built Australia’s premier advisory service on dealing with occupational violence and personal safety issues.
Crux Australis is a wholly Australian owned organisation and our name and logo reflects this. The company name, Crux Australis, is Latin for Southern Cross. We believe this reflects our innovative and pragmatic Aussie approach to solving problems, without undue recourse to electronic technology. Our logo reflects the colours of the Australian flag and features the Southern Cross constellation.
25 years of experience, education and training has led our Director, Damien Martin, to develop a unique skill set that led to the creation of Crux Australis. This experience has led to the development of unique expertise and the ability to provide sound advice on violence prevention strategies, personal safety, and training and development issues. This helps to ensure suitability, flexibility and consistency.
Our consultancy and facilitation team consists of experienced ‘real world’ people with the appropriate experience, qualifications and skills to deliver first rate services in their respective fields.
All of our training is conducted to industry best practice and Crux Australis goes to great lengths to benchmark their services globally and know that Crux Australis can compete with the best training anywhere in the world!
The vision of Crux Australis Pty Ltd is to be the premier violence prevention organisation delivering unique training and risk management services with a distinctly Australian flavour.
- We will develop evidence based methodologies that ensure that our training is ethical, practical, cost effective, tactically sound, legally defensible and have minimum risk of injury to all parties involved whilst at the same time providing accredited programs to individuals and organisations requiring human behaviour management skills and qualifications.
- We will continue to spread the message that no one should be a victim of violence.
- We will provide the absolute best training possible
- We will never rest on our laurels and will always strive to learn more, be better and overcome challenges so that we may better serve the community in which we live.
- We operate ethically
- We treat our clients and ourselves with trust and respect
- We communicate openly
- We are accountable for our decisions, actions and behaviour
- We value our expertise and share our knowledge
- We value personal safety
- We value community responsibility
~ OUR TRACK RECORD ~
Our management team is heavily involved in the provision of training needs analysis, review and production of training for a number of industry sectors including healthcare, security, fitness, sport coaching and sport & recreation. Our team has a verifiable track record in training product development and customisation and have provided services to key Government agencies including:
- Queensland Health – Aggressive Behaviour Management training
- Queensland Police Service – Spontaneous Knife Defence Instructor training
- NSW Police Force – consultancy and advice for the development of the Bicycle Patrol courses
- NSW Police Force – PTI upgrade training to the Certificate III in Fitness
We have the experience required to assist any organisation with a smooth transition into a training culture. We use blended delivery techniques to deliver both knowledge and skills to ensure success in the workplace.
Currently, Crux Australis is the sole provider of Aggressive Behaviour Management program for Queensland Health. At the end of the rollout for this program all 71,000 Queensland Health employees will be trained in the relevant aspects of this specifically designed program. Damien Martin, in consultation with key stakeholders in Queensland Health, designed, developed and implemented this package and is currently utilising a train-the-trainer model to roll it out. He continues to be involved as the principal external consultant for this project.
There are OH&S considerations relating to Common Law duty of care in respect to duties of the employer to ensure a safe working environment. These obligations can be found in the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 and in the relevant State legislation.
Our courses have been benchmarked globally with the principal consultants regularly attending instructor courses in Australia, the USA, the UK and NZ. We are currently accredited by PPCT in the US to deliver their training and NFPS Ltd from the UK to deliver their training.
Contact us to discuss your needs relating to the prevention and management of occupational violence and aggression, before it's too late.
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