AME Systems is the first manufacturing workplace to go totally smokefree with the support of the Achievement Program and start creating a healthier work environment.
AME Systems is a large manufacturer based in Ararat with a site in Bayswater. They employ over 250 people. With the support of the Achievement Program, AME Systems has gone above and beyond other manufacturing organisations to go completely smokefree, with no designated smoking areas onsite.
To successfully implement a totally smokefree policy, an all-inclusive approach was needed. They began by establishing a smokefree workplace working group. The group included smokers and non-smokers from all areas within the business, from senior management to operators and both full-time and part-time staff.
AME Systems also engaged a corporate health consultant to work with 30 staff who indicated they would like to quit smoking. They have had great success, with 16 staff members successfully quitting smoking to date. In addition, employees who haven’t yet quit, have become more aware of the support available to them and have felt supported throughout the process.
Chairman of the working group, Operations Manager Dean Pinniger said, “This is a fantastic effort for AME Systems and becoming a smokefree workplace complements the many other health and wellbeing programs that have been run or endorsed over the past five years including free health checks, fresh fruit made available, company sponsored onsite physiotherapy service, exercise programs including the current yoga classes and of course the QUIT Program”.
AME Systems has reported many benefits as a result of the smokefree environment such as improved attitudes to work. The organisation also notes the employees who worked through the Quit program were more invigorated and inspired during a normal work day.
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