The research, which is part of the Energy Pipelines Co-operative Research Centre’s Research Program 4: Public Safety and Security of Supply, looks at how generational change within the gas pipeline industry is impacting on practices and professional identity related to public safety.

Professional staff play a key role in maintaining the pipeline industry’s excellent record regarding public safety. The imminent retirement of many key experts and changing employment practices and expectations of young people has emphasised the need to investigate this issue to ensure that awareness of public safety is...