Health & Safety at Work Act 2015

Health & Safety at Work Act 2015

What it means for you Where to get help

Leading New Zealand Health & Safety Supporters

Action Safety Page 15 04 298 2229 infoa@ actionsafety.co.nz www.actionsafety.co.nz

Autoline Automation Ltd Page 16 0800 37 55 66 www.autoline.net.nz

Buddle Findlay Page 17 sherridan.cook@buddlefindlay.com 027 545 9768 or 09 357 1858 www.buddlefindlay.com

Geosciences Page 18 09 476 0454 info@geosciences.co.nz www.geosciences.co.nz

Impac Services Ltd Page 19 0800 246 722 contactus@impac.co.nz www.impac.co.nz

Innovative Ceiling Systems Page 20 brian@icsltd.co.nz, 0211 658 190 www.icsltd.co.nz

Lynn River Page 21 0800 104 568 anthony.griffin@lynnriver.co.nz www.lynnriver.co.nz

People Centric Page 24 libby@peoplecentric.co.nz moira@peoplecentric.co.nz 09 963 5020 www.peoplecentric.co.nz

Safety Ladderlegs Page 28 027 495 8987 sales@safetyladderlegs.co.nz www.safetyladderlegs.co.nz

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PBI Height Safety Page 23 0800 357 003 gavin@pbiheightsafety.com www.pbiheightsafety.com

QSI Safety Page 25 06 348 9522, 027 228 0260 www.QSISafety.com

Red Cross Page 26 Graham.Wrigley@redcross.org.nz 0800 733 276, www.redcross.org.nz

Responsible Care Page 27 barry@responsiblecarenz.com 04 499 4311, www.responsiblecarenz.com

Safety and Apparel Page 30 brendan@safetyandapparel.co.nz 0800 726 726, www.safetyandapparel.co.nz

Technical Compliance Consultants Page 31 09 475 5240 g.meikle@techcomp.co.nz www. techcomp.co.nz

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A fresh beginning

A long and painful journey that began with the country’s worst mining disaster is finally coming to an end

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he Pike River Mine disaster in November 2010 that cost some 29 lives sparked a long-overdue review of an appalling workplace safety record that saw New Zealanders twice as likely to die at work as Australians and three times more likely than workers in the UK. The Royal Commission established to look into the tragedy found Pike River held “lessons for government, regulators, employers and workers – especially in high-hazard industries such as coal mining where the frequency of major accidents is low but accidents can have catastrophic results.”

Government subsequently introduced new Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2013 and passed the Health and Safety (Pike River Implementation) Bill, which enabled the new workplace health and safety regulator WorkSafe New Zealand.

The government also implemented the first wide-ranging strategic review of the workplace health and safety system in 20 years as part of the Working Safer strategy that aims to see a 25 percent

reduction in workplace deaths and serious injuries by 2020.

The Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety found the current system “wasn’t fit for purpose” and made several key recommendations: • a stand-alone health and safety regulator to provide a single point of accountability and be best placed to promote and regulate workplace health and safety, and co-ordinate educational and compliance activities • modern legislation comprehensive in its coverage that would provide greater certainty for all participants • tripartism at all levels with the government and employer and worker representative bodies providing joint oversight of the system • leadership and culture change to ensure New Zealanders have a much lower tolerance of risky, unsafe and unhealthy work • increased resourcing for the new agency, whose priorities should include standard-setting, compliance support and occupational health.

The Health and Safety Reform Bill that was born out of these recommendations

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and passed by Parliament in August will come into force as the Health and Safety at Work Act on 4 April 2016.

The new legislation that replaces the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and the Machinery Act 1950 seeks to cut workplace fatalities and injuries and make New Zealand one of the safest places in the world in which to live and work.

Whether it will achieve its laudable aims remains to be seen, but the Health and Safety at Work Act does offer the prospect of a fresh beginning to the way all New Zealanders view health and safety – which can only augur well for the future.

The current Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 remains in force until the new Act comes into effect on 4 April next year, but there is still plenty that can be done now including: • becoming familiar with the legislation’s key concepts • reviewing health and safety practices • identifying health and safety risks and taking steps to prevent these from causing harm • leading by example • making health and safety an essential part of the workplace culture.

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Getting guidance

The Health and Safety at Work Act recently passed by Parliament will bring sweeping changes to the New Zealand workplace

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ew legislation that comes into effect on 4 April 2016 introduces several concepts that the government hopes will dramatically improve New Zealand’s appalling health and safety record.

A series of regulations is being developed to support the new Act, which will replace the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and the Machinery Act 1950.

These include: • general risk and workplace management • major hazard facilities • asbestos • engagement, worker participation and representation.

A variety of organisations are available to provide information and support to all sectors of the workforce

risks can be managed, and the requirements under the Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations • guidance on major hazard facilities and the changes to the hazardous substances regime • factsheets to support the ACOPs and GPGs. Once the regulations are finalised WorkSafe will start issuing formal guidance in the New Year to support the Act and regulations.

In the meantime WorkSafe is developing general information on the new legislation to help people prepare for its implementation in April 2016.

Sign up to find out more about what guidance is coming by visiting www.worksafe.govt.nz

WorkSafe NZ The first port and most obvious port of call is WorkSafe NZ, New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator.

WorkSafe New Zealand is currently developing guidance to help people understand and meet their obligations and is working closely with key industry stakeholders from a number of sectors to make sure that all new guidance is clear, accurate and simple to use.

Guidance on the new legislation will include: • a comprehensive Guide to the Act, covering what everyone needs to know about general workplace health and safety • factsheets on key topics including: • what is a PCBU and what are its duties?

• who is an officer and what are their duties?

• what are the notification requirements for workplace incidents?

• what does “reasonably practicable” mean?

• an Approved Code of Practice (ACOP), outlining the Worker Engagement, Representation and Participation requirements in the Act • an ACOP giving practical information for the Management and Removal of Asbestos • a Good Practice Guide (GPG), explaining how workplace

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) MBIE is the primary policy agency for workplace health and safety, leads the health and safety legislation, has the authority to make regulations and is also WorkSafe NZ’s monitoring agency.

Contact: 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 Tel: 04 472 0030 or +64 04 917 0199 Fax: 04 473 4638 or +64 04 917 0190 Email info@mbie.govt.nz.

Web: http://www.mbie.govt.nz/

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Council of Trade Unions The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions and is the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.

Contact:

Level 5, Education House - West Block 178 Willis Street Wellington PO Box 6645 Wellington 6141 Tel: 04 385 1334 Fax: 04 802 3819 Email: info@nzctu.org.nz Web: union.org.nz/

Business New Zealand New Zealand’s largest business advocacy group, BusinessNZ has its roots in four large regional organisations of member businesses that together cover the entire country – the Employers and Manufacturers Association, Business Central, the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and the Otago-Southland Employers’ Association.

Contact: PO Box 1925 Level 6, Lumley House 3-11 Hunter Street Wellington 6011 New Zealand Tel: 04 496 6555 Fax: 04 496 6550 Email: info@businessnz.org.nz Web: http://www.businessnz.org.nz/

Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) EMA is a founding member of BusinessNZ, New Zealand’s largest business advocacy body, committed to championing a production, export-oriented, competitive business environment in which enterprise can thrive.

Contact: 159 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton Auckland 1023 Private Bag 92066 Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142 AdviceLine: New Zealand 0800 300 362 Australia 1800 300 362 Email: advice@ema.co.nz Web: https://www.ema.co.nz/

\ Federated Farmers A membership-based organisation consisting of 24 provinces and representing some nine industry groups, Federated Farmers has some 26,000 members throughout the country.

Head Office: Wellington Chambers Level 6 154 Featherston Street PO Box 715 Wellington 6140 Tel: 04 473 7269 Fax: 04 473 1081 Email: mail@fedfarm.org.nz Web: www.fedfarm.org.nz Member Services: Level 5, 169 London Street PO Box 447 Hamilton 3240 Freephone: 0800 327 646 Tel: 07 838 2589 Fax: 07 838 2960 Email: mail@fedfarm.org.nz Web: www.fedfarm.org.nz

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The dawn of a new era

The new health and safety law is based on that in force in Australia, where there has been a 16 per cent reduction in work-related deaths since 2012 and which recently reported the lowest number of work-related deaths in 11 years

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he first and most important initiative in the forthcoming Act is that of a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking, or PCBU, who is judged to be in the best position to control risks to work health and safety in the workplace.

A PCBU will usually be a business entity such as a company rather than an individual person – though a person might also be a PCBU if they are a sole trader, a self-employed person or a householder who operates a business in their home.

It replaces the current focus on the employer and employee with duties on carefully defined participants – employers, principals, the self-employed, persons controlling a place of work and suppliers of plant.

As such, the PCBU better reflects the complex nature of the modern workplace with its multiple working arrangements for workers in the same location or for the same organisation, and recognises that a business or undertaking has an influence over the health and safety of workers – even where those workers

may not be its direct employees.

However, several workplaces and roles are not defined as PCBUs: • those employed or engaged solely as a worker, or an officer such as a company director • a householder who engages or employs someone to do residential work on or in their home • a volunteer association if it’s for a community purpose and none of the volunteers have employees.

Primary duty of care All PCBUs have a primary duty of care in relation to the health and safety of workers and others affected by the work carried out by the PCBU. This requires all PCBUs to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable: • the health and safety of its workers or those workers who are influenced or directed by the PCBU such as its workers and contractors • and that the health and safety of other people is not put at risk from work carried out as part of the conduct of the business or undertaking – for example its visitors and customers.

The PCBU’s specific obligations include: • providing and maintaining a work environment, plant and systems of work that are without risks to health and safety • ensuring the safe use, handling and storage of plant, structures and substances • providing adequate facilities at work for the welfare of workers, including ensuring access to those facilities • providing information, training, instruction or supervision necessary to protect workers and others from risks to their health and safety • monitoring the health of workers and the conditions at the workplace for the purpose of preventing illness or injury.

A self-employed person such as a householder working from home is a PCBU and must also ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, his or her own health and safety while at work.

The Act has been changed to make it clear that PCBUs who manage or control the workplace, fixtures, fittings or plant

A PCBU who manages or controls:

Specific duties

a workplace

must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the workplace, the entry and exit to the workplace and anything arising from the workplace do not put anyone’s health and safety at risk

the fixtures, fittings or plant at workplaces

must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the fixtures, fittings and plant do not put anyone’s health and safety at risk

A PCBU who provides accommodation (for the purposes of the job, which is owned or under the control of the PCBU, and where no other accommodation is reasonably available)

must ensure that accommodation is maintained so that it won’t expose the worker to any health and safety risks

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at workplaces do not owe a duty to people who are there for an unlawful purpose.

Similarly, the duty of the PCBU only extends to the farm buildings and structures necessary for the operation of the business or undertaking and the areas immediately surrounding them.

Other parts of the farm are not a workplace, apart from when farm work is being carried out in that part of the farm at the time – nor does the farm workplace include the family home.

This means that the farmer’s duty to manage and control the farm doesn’t apply to recreational users coming onto farm land (apart from where farm work is being carried out in that part of the farm at the time).

Workers and workplaces A worker is a person who carries out work in any capacity for a PCBU, which includes employees, contractors, subcontractors, employees of contractors or sub-contractors, outworkers, labour hire workers, volunteer workers, trainees and people gaining work experience.

The Act defines a workplace as a place where work is carried out for a business or undertaking, and any place where a worker goes or is likely to be while at work – including a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, ship or other mobile structure.

The important thing to remember is that the duties in the Act are mostly linked to the work of the business or undertaking – not simply the physical location of the work.

The Act clarifies the definition of workplace to reflect the fact that some areas might not be a workplace all the time – a workplace is now defined as a place where work is being carried out or is “customarily” carried out for a business or undertaking and includes any place

a worker goes or is likely to be while at work.

PCBUs have a duty, so far as is reasonably practicable, to ensure that the health and safety of other persons, not just of workers, is not put at risk from the work carried out by the business or undertaking.

This duty isn’t limited to the physical location of the workplace, or of the actions or inactions of employees, but is about the risk from the work carried out as part of the business or undertaking.

This means PCBUs have to think broadly about who is working in their business or undertaking – including their contractors and not just their employees, They also have to think about who they affect through the conduct of their business or undertaking – rather than just direct employees or contractors.

Toiling together PCBUs need to work together when duties overlap – for example, there may be a number of different businesses working together or alongside each other on a single work site such as a construction site and through contracting or supply chains.

The Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 already creates and provides for such overlapping duties, so the need for duty holders to work together to meet their duties is not new– it’s just more explicit in the new Bill.

The Act makes it clear that PCBUs need to work together to meet their duties to ensure that the work does not pose risks to people’s health and safety, and clarifies the duty to consult, co-operate and co-ordinate activities sits with the PCBU – not with all duty holders.

Overlapping duties do not automatically require PCBUs to duplicate efforts:

instead, PCBUs will need to consult, co-operate, and co-ordinate activities to meet their shared responsibilities.

PCBUs cannot ‘contract out’ of their duty, but they can and should make reasonable arrangements and coordinate responsibilities with the other PCBUs to fulfil their duty, and also monitor each other to ensure everyone is doing what they agreed.

The extent of a PCBU’s duty depends on the level of influence and control the PCBU has over health and safety matters at work and the different circumstances that might be at play when there are multiple PCBUs. This means that the measures a PCBU should take in relation to its own employees and contractors are likely to be different from the measures it should take in relation to the employees and contractors of another PCBU, as it will have less influence and control over the workers of another PCBU. A PCBU that has less direct control and influence is more likely to fulfil its duty by making arrangements with the PCBU that is closer to the work and therefore has more direct influence and control.

For example, both a labour hire PCBU hiring out a worker to a host PCBU and the host PCBU itself owe a duty of care to the worker and need to consult and co-ordinate activities to ensure the health and safety of the labour hire worker.

Similarly, the PCBUs present at a large construction site such as the head contractor, the subcontractors, and the client have to make arrangements with each other where they have overlapping duties.

An important change with the new PCBU concept and primary duty of care is that subcontractors on a site where

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they affect each other’s work or have a cross-over of work will also need to work with each other to meet their duties – even if they don’t have a direct contractual relationship with each other.

The broader benefits of this approach include: • helping to ensure working arrangements on shared worksites and in contracting chains run smoothly and efficiently, which can lead to productivity gains • an obligation on PCBUs on a shared worksite or in a contracting chain to work together to sort out problems and thus avoid the head contractor or landlord having to step in and sort out every problem on site or further down the contracting chain.

Risk reduction

Sometimes it will be reasonably practical to eliminate risk but in others it won’t, in which case the risk must be minimised, so far as reasonably practicable.

Depending on the circumstances and the risk, minimisation may include isolating the risk, coming up with engineering solutions, adapting work methods and procedures, or providing personal protective equipment.

The Act clarifies that a duty holder’s obligations to manage risk are limited to doing what is in their ability to control and manage, along with what is reasonably practicable for them to do to manage the risk.

Upstream PCBUs PCBUs that are upstream from the workplace (for example designers, such

the plant, substances, or structures are without risk to people who: • use the plant, substance or structure at a workplace • handle the substance at a workplace • store the plant or substance at a workplace • construct the structure at a workplace • carry out any reasonably foreseeable activity (inspection, cleaning, maintenance or repair) at a workplace • are at or in the vicinity of a workplace and who are exposed to the plant, substance or structure at the workplace.

For example, where scaffolding is used in a workplace, each PCBU in the chain must play its part to ensure the health and safety of workers and others who may interact with the scaffolding

How do I meet my duty – key questions to ask In determining the extent of their duty when duties overlap, a PCBU could ask themselves the following questions: Who do I have a duty to?

Are the workers employed or engaged by me?

Do the workers work in my business or undertaking?

Do I influence and direct the work activities that other workers carry out; and if so, how?

Are there others affected by the work of my business or undertaking; and if so, how?

What is the scope of my duty?

What is reasonably practicable for me to do?

What is my ability to influence and control the health and safety matter compared to the other PCBU that I share the duty with?

How do I meet my duty?

How do I best co-ordinate activities with the other PCBUs through allocating responsibilities and monitoring to ensure we are all doing what we agreed to do?

The duties to ensure health and safety require the duty holder to manage risk through eliminating or minimising the risk, so far as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.

Some of the PCBU duties in the Act require the PCBU to ensure something is without risk, or that health and safety is not put at risk – which doesn’t mean that the duty of care requires that all risks must always be eliminated.

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as architects and engineers, manufacturers, suppliers or installers of plant, substances or structures) also have a role to play in managing risks to health and safety at work.

Specifically they have a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the work they do or the things they provide to the workplace don’t create health and safety risks.

These explicit duties include ensuring

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throughout its use in the workplace.

These PCBUs include the engineer who designs the scaffolding, the scaffolding manufacturing company, the scaffold hire company as both the supplier and usually the installer of the scaffold, as well as the client who commissions the scaffold.

Workers have specific health and safety duties when they are at work while other people in the workplace

What is “reasonably practicable”?

Reasonably practicable means what is or was reasonably able to be done at a particular time to ensure health and safety, taking into account and weighing up all relevant matters.

These matters include the likelihood of the hazard or risk occurring, the degree of harm that might result from the risk or hazard, and what is known or would be reasonably expected to be known about a risk or hazard, and how to eliminate or minimise the risk.

In doing this, you should think about the extent of the risk and the available ways of eliminating or minimising the risk, and finally, weigh up the cost of this and whether the cost is grossly disproportionate to the risk. such as visitors or customers also have some health and safety duties – everyone has to take responsibility.

The inclusion of health and safety duties of workers and other persons at a workplace ensures that every workplace participant has a statutory duty for health and safety and must take reason-

ment of the business or undertaking, such as a chief executive, but doesn’t include a person who merely advises or makes recommendations to an officer of the organisation.

The definition of an officer is also clarified in the new Act: • for a PCBU that is a company - the

(councillors) under the Local Electoral Act 2001 • members of local or community boards elected or appointed under the Local Electoral Act 2001 • members of school boards of trustees appointed or elected under the Education Act 1989.

Officers versus PCBUs – what’s the difference in the duty?

The officers’ duty is not the same as the PCBU duty. Officers do not have to ensure the health and safety of the PCBU’s workers.

Rather, the officer must exercise due diligence to ensure that the PCBU is meeting its health and safety obligations.

The due diligence duty complements and supports the primary duty of care of the PCBU – it does not replace it. able care to fulfil that duty – underlining the idea that health and safety at work is the responsibility of everyone.

Due diligence A new duty proposed by the Act requires an officer of a PCBU (such as a director, board member or partner) to exercise due diligence to ensure that the PCBU complies with its duties.

This places a positive duty on the people who govern an organisation to actively engage in health and safety, reinforcing the concept that health and safety is everyone’s responsibility.

The Act has been clarified so that the officer duty will apply only to those who have a very senior governance role in the organisation – other than those holding specific roles such as directors or partners.

This governance role must exercise significant influence over the manage-

officers are its directors • f or a PCBU that is a partnership - the officers are its partners (but note in limited partnerships, only general partners are officers) • for other types of business structures or undertakings - people who hold a position comparable to a director of a company, such as board members.

The Act makes it clear that this duty takes into account the nature of the business or undertaking, the position of the officer and the nature of their responsibilities, and that those officers must only do what is within their ability to influence and control when managing risks.

Certain officers are exempt from prosecution if they fail in their due diligence duty: • volunteers • elected members of local authorities

Officers must make sure they perform certain due diligence functions to ensure the PCBU complies with its duties, including taking reasonable steps to: • know about work health and safety matters and keep up-to-date • gain an understanding of the operations of the organisation and the hazards and risks generally associated with those operations • ensure the PCBU has appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or minimise those risks • ensure the PCBU has appropriate processes for receiving information about incidents, hazards and risks, and responding to that information • ensure there are processes for complying with any duty, and that these are implemented • verify that these resources and processes are in place and being used.

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PCBU or Volunteer Association?

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Worker participation The Health and Safety Reform Act strengthens worker engagement and participation in work health and safety matters by setting out two overarching PCBU duties for involving workers in work health and safety.

All PCBUs must engage with workers on health and safety matters All PCBUs must have effective worker participation practices All workers may refuse to do unsafe work PCBU may develop its own worker participation practices

The Act does not specify practices

Workers may request or PCBU may choose to have Health and Safety representatives (HSRs)

(with some exclusions)

Workers may request or All workers have protecPCBU may choose to tions from adverse have Health and Safety conduct committees (HSCs)

(with some exclusions)

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Powerful penalties The Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety considered that the current penalties under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992Â were too low and the range of compliance and enforcement tools available to inspectors too limited.

The Act therefore provides a range of new and existing enforcement tools and compliance mechanisms to the regulator, inspectors and the court in addition to prosecution.

The Act specifically provides that the court can:

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There are three offences in relation to breach of a health and safety duty, graduated based on the conduct of the duty holder and the outcome of the breach with the maximum fine and penalty levels tiered based on who the duty holder is – an individual, an officer of a PCBU, or corporate entity.

Offence of reckless conduct in respect of a health and safety duty (clause 42)

Offence of failing to comply with a health and safety duty that exposes individual to risk of death or serious injury or illness (clause 43)

Offence of failing to comply with a health and safety duty (clause 44)

A person who has a health and safety duty, without reasonable excuse, engages in conduct that exposes a person to a risk of death or serious injury or illness, and the person is reckless as to the risk

Max. prison term

Individual (e.g. a worker)

5 years and/or $300,000

Officer of a PCBU or an individual who is a PCBU (e.g. self-employed)

5 years and/or $600,000

Body Corporate (e.g. a company)

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$3 million

Individual (e.g. a worker)

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$150,000

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$300,000

Body Corporate (e.g. a company)

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$1.5 million

Individual (e.g. a worker)

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$50,000

Officer of a PCBU or an individual who is a PCBU (e.g. self-employed)

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$100,000

Body Corporate (e.g. a company)

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$500,000

A person who has a health and safety duty Officer of a PCBU or an fails to comply with the individual who is a PCBU (e.g. self-employed) duty and that failure exposes a person to risk of death or serious injury or illness

A person that has a health and safety duty fails to comply with that duty

Max. fine

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The Act gives HSRs stronger functions and powers, such as • representing workers on health and safety matters • making recommendations on health and safety • being able to get relevant information and enter and inspect the workplace • being able to attend training for their role in paid work time The Act requires PCBUs to support HSRs, such as • facilitating elections • providing information • providing time and resources for the HSR role The Act gives some powers to HSRs only after they have been trained • issuing provisional improvement notices to address a health or safety problem, and • directing a worker to cease work that would expose them to serious risk arising from an immediate or imminent exposure to a hazard, which supports the existing right for a worker to cease work in this situation The Act has checks and balances against improper use of HSR powers, such as • limiting the powers to the particular work group that the HSR represents • confining the role to health and safety purposes • setting some specific limits, e.g., on access to information, and • involving the regulator – to help resolve issues, and remove a HSR who is acting for improper purpose

Improvement Notices An inspector can issue an improvement notice to remedy suspected breaches of the Act. The improvement notice will stipulate a reasonable time by which the person must comply with the notice. An inspector may extend the compliance period by written notice.

Prohibition Notices An inspector can issue a prohibition notice (including verbally) for workplace activity involving a serious risk to health or safety by immediate or imminent exposure to a hazard. Where reasonable steps are not taken the regulator may take remedial action to make the workplace or situation safe.

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of a particular site for a specified time.

Certain actions can still be taken even if a non-disturbance notice has been issued, for example assisting an injured person. Failing to comply with an improvement, prohibition or nondisturbance notice is an offence and the person will be liable to a fine.

Decisions can be appealed and an eligible person can also appeal any internal regulator review to the court on the grounds that the decision was unreasonable.

Infringement Notices The regulator can issue a person with an infringement notice requiring payment of a fine for breaches of specific health and safety obligations in the Act, penalties for which will be set out in regulations. A person issued with an infringement notice only has limited grounds to have the court consider the matter.

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Enforceable Undertakings An enforceable undertaking is a commitment by a person to address a failure or alleged failure to comply with the Act or regulations – failure to comply with an enforceable undertaking is an offence to which a fine applies.

The Act specifically acknowledges that the giving of an enforceable undertaking does not constitute an admission of guilt. Inspectors can display a copy of a notice in a prominent place where the work is being carried out, which ensures those affected are made aware of the notice.

Failing to comply with an improvement, prohibition or non-disturbance notice (or intentionally removing or damaging a copy of a notice displayed by an inspector) is an offence liable to a fine.

Action Safety

Safety Equipment – Workwear – PPE

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ction Safety is a retailer and trade supplier of safety equipment and workwear.

Action Safety was established in 1998 (originally Safety Zone) and purchased

by Jadelamb Industries Ltd late 2014.

Action Safety has evolved from a local/regional trader into a national supplier.

Our ethos reflects our passion to expand into new industries, grow our business through quality products backed by great service, and strengthen our customer and supplier relationships through our ethical dealings.

Action Safety is based in Paraparaumu offering a central location from which to quickly supply our customer base throughout New Zealand.

Our strong partnerships with our vendors/suppliers and the centralised location allow us to remain price competitive.

We stock a wide variety of products based on customer usage and we ship the majority of our orders the same day.

Action Safety believes in developing strong business relationships with our customers and suppliers.

This coupled with first class service is what sets us apart from distribution order takers.

Action Safety is proudly independent and unashamedly, parochially, delight-

fully 100 percent Kiwi owned.

Mission Statement Our mission is to help our customers (and their staff) stay safe, reduce liability risks, and create a socially responsible reputation for putting employee safety as a corporate priority.

Product Offerings Our leading brands include; 3M, Arrow Matting, Bata, Betacraft, Bisley, Blundstone, Carhartt, Clogger, Dalton, Grisport, Hard Yakka, JB’s Wear, John Bull, Lynn River, Mack, Magnum, Outback Trading Co, Pratt, QSI, Scope, Skellerup, Swanndri, Youngstown and many more.

Our product offerings include; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Hand Protection, Hearing Protection, Eye Protection, Head Protection, Ergonomics, First Aid, Fire Protection, Height Safety, Signage and more.

We also carry a large range of Footwear and Workwear and can supply uniforms for work, sports and other activities.

Client Base We supply Trade, Industry, Forestry, Education, Local and Central Government sectors and “Direct to the Public” with quality safety products and apparel so that they, and their workmates, have

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the best chance to stay safe and healthy within their workplace.

Price Structure Action Safety prides itself on being upfront and transparent in our business dealings. We sell at “Trade” prices and offer tiered discounts based on annual purchase levels. Government Departments, Local Bodies, Regional Councils and the Education Sector all receive our maximum discount level of “less 15%”.

Action Safety Complete: Competitive: Convenient

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Autoline Automation NZ Ltd Machine Guards – Safety Fences – Conveyors – Automation

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here have been a high number of workplace injuries and fatalities in New Zealand’s 250,000-strong manufacturing sector because of inadequate guarding and/or machines not being safely installed and used.

Autoline Automation combats the problem with a range of customised conveyors, safety guarding and automation solutions.

GRATIS GUARD is a modular system made from aluminum profiles and welded mesh or polycarbonate to fabricate a large range of guarding for a wide variety of applications. It is constructed from strong and robust 40mm x40mm aluminium T-slot profiles and 150mmx150mm foot plates.

The system complies with AS 4024 safety standards and allows easy upgrading or reconfiguring - a 5mm hex key is the only tool required for assembly, disassembly and re-assembly.

Hinges, handles and other accessories are all part of the system and welded wire mesh and fastened mesh retainers provide a very rigid pane.

Gates and access ways are also no problem with a range of sizes and options of sliding, hinged and cantilever versions

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Guarding solutions are suitable for robot cells, hazardous machine guards, personal safety barriers, perimeter protection and physical machine guarding.

1GUARD is the most cost-effective safety system solution to protect you and your employees in the workplace.

Safety Features Customizable – Fully modular system makes additions and changes quick, easy and cost-effective. The entire framing can be disassembled and relocated or reconfigured to suit your changing needs.

• Versatile –Panel sizes are made to your requirements • Tough – Will not vibrate loose • Options – Doors, interlocks and area sensors are available as part of a full safety system with your choice of mesh, polycarbonate, perforated sheet and solid panels Safety Specifications • 1200mm post centres • 2000mm high fence • Strong clips to support the mesh sheets • Mesh is electro-galvanised prior to powder coating

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Managing Director Matthew Fisher 0800 37 55 66 • C omplies with AS4024 when installed correctly • 148mm x 19mm aperture in the mesh • Anodised and Powder coat options Get in touch with the team at Autoline Automation and give yourself the peace of mind that comes with a properly and well-guarded production floor.

Autoline provides service throughout New Zealand and are able to measure and advise onsite if required.

Buddle Findlay Health and Safety Law

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uddle Findlay is one of New Zealand’s leading commercial and public law firms, with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Our national team of health and safety specialists provide strategic advice across a wide range of industries. We offer practical, commercial solutions to problems, as well as the advice needed to ensure compliance with the law and best practice.

The implementation of a new health and safety regulator, WorkSafe New Zealand, paired with the ongoing reform of New Zealand’s health and safety regime, requires a substantial culture shift by businesses in their approach to health and safety.

With the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 coming into force in April 2016, imposing additional duties and significantly increasing sanctions, businesses and directors need to quickly get up to speed in order to comply.

Our team can guide you through these changes to our health and safety regulatory infrastructure, and the implications for your business.

New Zealand has also recently seen an increase in the number of workplace harassment, bullying and stress cases

brought against employers.

These cases often date back many years and, if not managed well, become time-consuming, costly and disruptive.

We have experience in assisting employers to manage these disputes, and in defending against claims brought on these grounds.

Our specialists regularly work with clients in the following areas of health and safety law and practice: • Advising businesses, including boards, directors and senior managers, on the impact of the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, and associated regulations, codes of practice and guidelines • Defending prosecutions and other enforcement action by WorkSafe • Providing advice following incidents and during subsequent investigations, including advising on and assisting businesses to conduct duty holder reviews • Assisting clients in their communications with WorkSafe, and implementing strategies to avoid prosecutions • Drafting and revising workplace policies and strategies, including regarding specific areas such as

Sherridan Cook, Partner 09 357 1858

harassment, bullying and stress, and drugs and alcohol • Providing training and easy to use guides for health and safety professionals, employers, senior managers and employees on their risks, obligations and best practice.

Sherridan Cook, Partner DDI: 64 9 357 1858 Mobile: 64 27 545 9768 sherridan.cook@buddlefindlay.com

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Geosciences Ltd

Contaminated Soil and Hazardous Building Materials Professionals

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nder the proposed changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act of New Zealand, it will be the responsibility of every person in control of a business or undertaking to ensure that the presence and location of asbestos or asbestos containing materials are identified at the workplace. Furthermore, any building that was constructed before 31 December 1999, must have an asbestos register and an asbestos management plan that is regularly reviewed and kept up to date.

There are no New Zealand standards for assessing, remediating, or managing asbestos contaminated sites. However, WorkSafe New Zealand’s recommended guidance is the Australian Department of Health document ‘Guidelines for the Assessment, Remediation, and Management of Asbestos-Contaminated Sites in Western Australia’.

GSL has unique specialist knowledge in the identification, assessment, and management of asbestos as a result of our combined experience with asbestos in soil (regulated by the Resource Management Act of 1991) and asbestos in building materials (regulated by

the Health and Safety in Employment (Asbestos) Regulations 1998).

All of our staff have tertiary qualifications in the field of earth sciences that include specialisms in geology, chemistry and environmental sciences.

Specialist Geosciences Ltd investigators have occupational hygiene qualifications in the sampling, assessment, identification, and management of asbestos materials in buildings. In all aspects of our work, Geosciences Ltd undertakes to deliver a quality service taking into account the specific requirements of the client, the regulatory environment, financial feasibility, and practicality of the options available.

Asbestos must be identified, assessed, managed, and remediated based upon well-informed assessments. Geosciences Ltd has in-depth knowledge of New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Australian regulations, approved codes of practices, and regulatory guidelines, and over 10 years of practical experience in asbestos surveys, air monitoring, asbestos registers, and management plans, and the management of friable and non-friable asbestos removal projects.

Chief Executive Johan Faurie 09 476 0454 We have over 20 years of experience in contaminated building, soil (including asbestos in soil), site investigations, and remediation projects.

Geosciences Ltd remains up to date with the latest regulatory requirements and guidelines and would be happy to assist you in relation to your asbestos material or soil contamination requirements.

Geosciences Ltd strives to deliver practical, cost effective, and sustainable solutions for our clients and the environment.

Our specifc areas of expertise include: • Soil and groundwater contamination investigations • Hazardous building materials (incl. asbestos) surveys • Environmental and asbestos management plans • HAIL sites compliance and consenting resolution

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Impac Services Ltd Safety and Risk Management Solutions

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mpac Services Ltd was established in 1999 as a workplace safety consultancy and training business. Today we are one of New Zealand’s leading providers of safety and risk management solutions.

We have offices in Auckland, Napier Wellington and Christchurch with additional experienced health and safety professionals throughout New Zealand.

Our customers include some of the largest businesses in New Zealand (Fonterra, Air New Zealand) as well as businesses with just a handful of staff or contractors.

We can help you prepare for the new Act We provide a full range of professional health and safety services to help ensure your business is compliant and is doing everything that can reasonably be expected to keep staff safe.

Our services remove the uncertainty surrounding legislative requirements and include: • In-depth consulting advice • Safety management systems and management plans • Safety system reviews and safety governance • Outsourcing health and safety management • Training for staff, health and safety

professionals and senior management • Health and safety software solutions • A contractor prequalification service for businesses and contractors • Independent investigations and expert witness services.

Your people need the right skills and knowledge to be safe.

Impac is a Private Training Establishment recognised by the NZQA. We are accredited to teach all unit standards under the Occupational Health and Safety domain up to Level 6.

We are accredited by NEBOSH and IOSH to deliver internationally recognised courses up to Honours Degree equivalent level.

Peace of mind that you are managing your risks and hazards.

Knowledge is valuable and having good reporting around your risks, hazards and incidents is vitally important for senior managers or a Board.

Our Risk Manager Software provides an affordable and intuitive framework to record hazards and incidents and provides weekly and monthly reports so you can demonstrate that H&S is being managed appropriately and you are doing everything that is reasonable to keep people safe.

Sales & Marketing Manager Dim Ramsteijn 0800 246 722 But where to start?

Our Consulting Team have a wide range of experience both in New Zealand and overseas and work with all types of businesses and industries.

Whether there is a specific concern you have or you just need someone to stand back and look at the big picture to help guide you through this - we have the skills and expertise to help.

Call us on 0800 246 722

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Innovative Ceiling Systems Height Safety

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alls from height are an ongoing threat on construction sites and although there are alternatives which act as fall arrests, an Innovative Ceiling Systems (ICS) installed Metrapanel ceiling is a fall prevention product.

The ICS ceiling is rated as a light scaffold and becomes a safe work platform for up to three workers and their tools in activities like truss erection, first-fix plumbing and electrical, roofing and insulation.

ICS have been finalists in the Unitec Safety Innovation awards two years in a row and as a licensed installer, the ceiling panels they install meet the provisions of the New Zealand Building Code [B2.3.1(a)] of 50 years durability and are endorsed by the Department of Labour.

The panels are made from engineered wood fibres and flakes and are moisture resistant. They are a totally sustainable product with no toxic seepages.

The Branz appraised system was both invented and produced in New Zealand and when installed correctly does away completely with the danger of internal falls.

ICS provides just what its name suggests - an innovative, safe, fast to erect and weatherproof lid to timber frames, with the added bonus of being a finished ceiling ready for stopping which provides a bracing diaphragm across the entire structure.

The sheets run up to 7.35m by 2.45m which means a solid platform to walk on to tie down trusses. The weight of the panel is 15.9kg per square metre and standard pre-nail trusses cope with this load.

With no netting required, an average 180 square metre will save just under $1000 on this aspect alone. A bigger 300 square metre house will have a ceiling fully installed in under one day, providing weather protection to the frames and a safe working platform for all following trades.

Oamaru builder Trident Homes says it was attracted to the system because it nearly eliminates the potential for its staff and sub-contractors to fall while working on the roof and because of what the panels contribute to the building and the building process.

ICS says trades find the system easier

Introducing Innovative Ceiling Systems,the safest, most efficient answer to fall prevention

Contact Brian Woods: brian@icsltd.co.nz, 0211 658 190 20

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Director Duncan Leadley 03 308 2948 and safer to work with - electricians simply drill from below wherever a light is located and plumbers have the benefit of being able to walk across the ceiling for the their first fix prior to roof going on.

In most cases it is not only a safer alternative but can speed up the build process considerably compared with traditional methods.

Lynn River PPE

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ynn River supplies industrial quality and innovative personal protection equipment throughout Australia and New Zealand including hand protection, eye protection, hearing protection, respiratory products and more.

The company started in 1969 and is recognised as New Zealand’s leading specialist glove supplier. In 2011 the company researched, developed and manufactured its own brand of safety protection gear including hearing, respiratory, eye protection. Following the success of this original range the product range has been extended to now include head protection, safety clothing and sunscreen.

leather gloves are made exclusively for Lynn River using its own designs and specifications. The majority our gloves include an EN standard in the description which is identical to AS/NZS 2161, the current New Zealand and Australian standard for gloves.

Lynn River has been a member of the International Glove Association (IGA) since 1997 which means that Lynn River has access to all the latest technological advances within the glove industry, which in turn is passed on to Lynn River’s clients.

“We are in contact with many of the leading glove makers in the world, making it easy to source most specialist gloves. We can offer gloves originating in Europe, America and Asia,” say General You’re in safe hands Manager Anthony Griffin.

The expertise required to recogLynn River is a Telarc Q-Base Regisnise good glove design is part of the tered Supplier, giving customers the • Dyneema® fibre offers unprecedented company’s culture as Lynn River’s firstthe hand confidence that quality management performance in protecting from lacerations. association with gloves was as a desystems are in place to ensure outstand® fibre is fifteen times • Dyneema signer and manufacturer.

A large range ing service. stronger than steel on a weight-forof stitched specialist gloves are still Lynn River prides itself on delivering weight basis. made at• Thermal the company’s Geraldinekeeps factory, customer service and achieves conductivity handexcellent cool mainly designed to meet customer’s a DIFOTIS in excess of 97%. This means by expelling heat.

Ultra-fine, flexible filaments provide special•needs.

that its customers can be assured of excellent dexterity for delicate tasks.

Most of the company’s imported continuity of supply.

• Excellent durability provides cost effective hand protection solutions.

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General manager Anthony Griffin 0800 104 568 Where appropriate, Lynn River food industry gloves meet the composition and conditions of use requirements for indirect food additives (polymers) specified in the current US Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21. Part 177.2600.

Let’s Create New Zealand’s Safest Hands Earlier this year Lynn River launched a campaign titled “Let’s Create New Zealand’s Safest Hands”. This program has been implemented with Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group with a number of large national manufacturers currently working through the program.

Customers interested in finding out more about this program should contact Customer Services on 0800 10 45 68 or email info@lynnriver.co.nz.

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• Dyneema® fibre offers unprecedented performance in protecting the hand from lacerations.

• Dyneema® fibre is fifteen times stronger than steel on a weight-forweight basis.

• Thermal conductivity keeps hand cool by expelling heat.

• Ultra-fine, flexible filaments provide excellent dexterity for delicate tasks.

• Excellent durability provides cost effective hand protection solutions.

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andards and Product Certification Paramount Safety Products PPE

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aramount Safety Products is the Manufacturers that make Standards name behind the ProChoice brand compliance claims are acknowledging of high quality Personal Protecthat their product meets the relevant tive Equipment.

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AS/NZS 1337 ID No 3090 Australian/ In 2004 the company launched This is not enough - the manufacturer New Zealand Standards ProChoice Safety Gear and has since holds no responsibility to test products experienced remarkable growth across on an ongoing basis to be able to state Australia and New Zealand.

Standards compliance. be relevant to the Standard for your AS/NZS Standards setintothe criteria and design procedures Using feedback from customers as Taking account manufacturspecific industry or application so make D to ensure goods and services consistently perform instandard the way a benchmark, the ProChoice Safety ing procedure variances from batch sure you know which applies Gear range has continued expand to to batch, a product that complies on to your occupation. they aretointended. meet an ever-increasing range of client launch may not necessarily still comply All licensed manufacturers of demands. two years later if the product is not ProChoice Certified products undergo Where applicable, all items in the tested periodically. frequent auditing by an independent products added you trust?

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Certification schedules are available upon request, just ask your ProChoice stockist or rep.

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PBI Height Safety Height Safety

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ncompromising safety, uncomplicated solutions: becoming a leading height safety specialist in New Zealand has been no accident.

PBI Height Safety are New Zealand’s high performance safety specialists, providing engineered solutions for total fall protection, equipment and height access so you can work with confidence and compliance.

PBI work with employers, specifiers, maintenance teams, facility management, principals, managers, architects and safety officers. From consultation for each site and the types of work undertaken, through to specification, mark-ups, supply & installation, practical completion, engineer signoff and training, PBI literally ‘takes care’ of your total height safety compliance and certification, creating a zero harm environment at height with efficient, flexible and cost-effective solutions. Based in Christchurch, PBI Height Safety works closely with the hazardous work at height industry nationwide and is 100% New Zealand owned and operated.

Working at height is an important part of workplace safety for many industries: Painters Construction industry Telecommunications & Linesman Local council Scaffolders

As market leader, we guarantee a total height safety and access solution for any building or structure. Permanent lifelines (horizontal and vertical types) combined with anchor points, accessways, walkways, ladders, guardrails and steps to meet your budget, design needs and architectural requirements with a dedicated focus of creating safe, compliant work environments at heights.

Providing compliant height safety solutions on many of NZ’s buildings and structures, PBI has become synonymous with Strength, Integrity and Safety.

Uncompromising safety through in-depth knowledge of safety standards AS/NZS 1891 (Height Safety PPE, Installed Systems, Fall Arrest devices) AS/NZS 5532 (new Anchor testing standards) with the ramifications of the new Health & Safety Reform Act and Good Practice guidelines, PBI leads by innovation in the potentially dangerous industry of height safety work.

With an energetic trained team, PBI’s platform of specialist experience works closely with our clients to bring efficient, flexible solutions for practical compliRoofers Arborists Maintenance crews Electricians Civil contractors Rescue & Emergency workers Abseiling

Uncompromising safety, uncomplicated solutions

Marketing & Communications Anthony Ford 0800 357 003 ance. Nationwide distribution channels provide PPE equipment of our high quality brands, Zero and CAMP. PBI Height Safety services includes consultancy, risk assessment, fall protection, installing height safety systems, proprietary systems, fall arrest and abseil anchors, engineering design for difficult and unique situations, custom fabrications, overhead installations, IQP testing and certification, producer statements, SOP’s, certification and training. All projects are individually engineered and fully certified safety systems installed to meet AS/NZS 1891 and new anchor standard AS/NZS 5532.

We’re working with you to keep New Zealand safely up where we belong.

Defence & military Engineering plants Factories & processing plants Events & hire industry Shipping & Aviation Mining & gas Transport Industry

For the latest innovations in height safety for legislative compliance, talk to the nationwide height safety experts today P: 0800 357 003 E: info@pbiheightsafety.com W: pbiheightsafety.com

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PeopleCentric Associates (NZ) Development – Assessment – Training – Wellbeing

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he team of industrial and organisational psychologists and consultants at PeopleCentric work with organisations to maximise employee potential and promote the value of psychology in driving business performance.

PeopleCentric helps employers deal with workplace stress to increase productivity through a healthy workplace culture.

This reduces the time and money spent hiring new staff by retaining the ones you already have and increasing their effectiveness. If you are looking to hire new staff or uncover existing talent, PeopleCentric’s comprehensive range of assessment tools help you make informed decisions.

PeopleCentric assesses individuals, teams and the organisation as a whole to help plan development strategies and create a culture where employees are engaged and motivated.

Employers can assess how well a candidate will fit a particular role by measuring talent and motivation and conduct validation studies to identify the behaviours that predict success on the job.

Chief Executive Elizabeth Howells 09 963 5020

Senior Consultant Moira Howson 09 963 5020

Individual Safety Attributes Test (ISAT) This unique safety assessment can be used for selection and development at all levels of an organisation. It measures an individual’s propensity to behave in ways that will help foster safe working environments. The ISAT provides a detailed, comprehensive and relevant safety profile and contributes to the enhancement of sound safety cultures.

Check out ISAT at http://tinyurl.com/ p5s579q

work style assessments for different levels of staff across a range of industries. Designed for both selection and development, the tools are able to predict aptitude for different skills, job fit, team fit, overall job performance and potential for promotion with significantly greater accuracy than alternative tools.

Check out the complete offering from the Saville Consulting and Assessment Suite at http://tinyurl.com/ow8xlq2 PeopleCentric have the expertise and experience to leverage assessment results in line with organisational needs to design and deliver effective training and organisation development initiatives.

Working with clients to bring results to life and facilitate behavioural and cultural change in a meaningful way.

The Saville Consulting Assessment Suite This is particularly useful for quickly gauging candidates’ ability and preferred working style for selection, recruitment and development.

There are a variety of aptitude and

why are things not happening as you planned?

Thirty years of research has shown that 70% of all major change efforts in organisations fail to deliver the expected results in the medium to long term – frequently due to a lack of engagement and commitment by the people directly involved.

Contact PeopleCentric to find out how we can help you engage your people and develop a productive and safe workplace climate.

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QSI

Health and Safety Equipment - Height Safety Testing

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SI have one simple goal: to set the standard for top quality, reliable safety and medical equipment. In reaching for this goal, they have achieved many milestones along the way including: • ISO 9001 certification for their New Zealand factory • IANZ Height Safety Laboratory accreditation • The first New Zealand Laboratory to be accredited to test to the AS/NZS 1891.1 and AS/NZS 1891.3 standards • ABN Amro Craigs Supreme Business of the Year Award • Primary Industry Manufacturing and Exporting Excellence Award QSI have been designing and manufacturing health and safety equipment for over 40 years, building a reputation for innovative product development and industry knowledge. Their service-based approach, broad thinking and efficient cost structure has seen them continue to grow their market share in New Zealand.

These attributes were recognised by the New Zealand Ministry of Health in 2007 when QSI won the contract to provide 20 million face masks to combat the threat of Bird Flu. The successful fulfilment of this contract required all aspects of QSI’s diverse skill set, from design and sourcing raw materials, to manufacturing, distribution and

General Manager Guy Collins 06 348 9522

Lab Manager, Jason Myburgh 027 228 0260

stock management.

QSI manufacture the majority of their products in their ISO9001 certified New Zealand factory, giving them direct control over quality and the ability to quickly and easily scale output to meet demand with minimal lead time.

General Manager, Guy Collins says: “By manufacturing in New Zealand, we have a greater capacity to produce work-specific products designed for New Zealand conditions, plus the ability to provide ongoing surveillance and testing of product to stringent industry standards.”

They also source product from some of the world’s best manufacturers, made to their own exacting standards.

QSI are accredited by IANZ to test

height safety equipment to the AS/NZS 1891.1, 1891.3 and 5532 standards.

Their facility includes a 10m tall drop test tower that allows them to test the performance of height safety equipment in real-world conditions.

Lab Manager, Jason Myburgh says: “Having our own testing facility on site gives us the unique opportunity to take our products to the limit multiple times throughout the development process instead of relying on fewer, more expensive tests in a foreign lab.”

This allows QSI to identify and solve problems quickly, reducing development costs and building a deep practical knowledge of industry standards. The end result - a better product and superior advice for their customers.

Setting the standard for Quality and Reliability.

You can trust QSI to deliver you the right safety and medical products and the right advice to keep you and your workers safe. Contact us today to find a QSI distributor near you.

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New Zealand Red Cross First Aid Training

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earning first aid and the knowledge of how to assist others in an emergency is an everyday requirement and a basic life skill.

At home, at work, in recreational past times, on the road, and just about everywhere, accidents and emergencies can occur without warning.

Learning the knowledge and becoming confident to assist and perhaps save a life is something that is essential to everyone.

First aid is a practical skill and should be taught by practitioners who are qualified and registered to do so.

This is particularly important when certifying for the workplace, but also to ensure that up-to-date techniques are applied and that assessments are correct and thorough.

Not all first aid courses are the same, so careful consideration of the course content, duration and which NZQA standards are awarded is essential.

Selecting a quality and reputable provider that holds a Category 1 or 2 status by NZQA is important.

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that the provider is accredited to assess against those standards.

The ideal workplace first aid course covers the 6400 series unit standards (6402, 6401, and 6400) and will take 12 hours of learning and assessment to complete.

First aid is a practical skill, and is taught by demonstrating and practicing.

Most classes will have up to 20 people on the course, and everyone is very much on the same level.

Instructors are well qualified to work with the attendees and very helpful.

First aid certification is an essential requirement for the workplace. The number of qualified first aiders on site is a matter that the employer must consider, and must also ensure that there are sufficient first aiders to cover sickness and off-site workers.

The requirements are well covered on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website along with recommendations on first aid kits.

There are also tools to assist in workplace assessments, but if unsure, talk with a reputable first aid training provider who should be able to give

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National Education and Training Manager Graham Wrigley 03 339 7111 good advice and recommend the right course.

Don’t take short cuts! The knowledge of first aid can save a life and it has been well researched that early intervention can prevent serious harm and save lives.

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Responsible Care New Zealand

Industry Association for Workplace Chemical Safety Compliance Advice and Training

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esponsible Care NZ provides businesses with a comprehensive range of chemical safety compliance advice and tools.

This includes expert advice on safely managing chemicals present in every workplace, site compliance assessment and accreditation, a 24/7 chemical emergency response advisory service and training programmes, Approved HSNO Codes of Practice and chemical compliance software.

The not for profit industry association helps government agencies monitor compliance with workplace health and safety and environmental protection legislation. It assists with the successful implementation of our world class chemical control and management legislation.

Responsible Care® is recognised in 65 countries worldwide. In New Zealand member companies and partnerships supply about 90 percent of the country’s chemicals.

Membership adds value to every business, particularly smaller, less wellresourced operations which don’t have the expertise or experience to ensure compliance with chemical protection legislation.

Unique products include CHEMCALL®, a 24 hour, 365-day-a-year emergency response advisory service. 0800 CHEMCALL® satisfies the regulatory require-

ment for a 24/7 New Zealand contact number for emergency responders.

CHEMCALL® is an essential part of every contingency plan and offers instant access to round the clock, accurate advice from local industry experts.

Subscribers promote 0800 CHEMCALL® on product labels, Safety Data sheets (SDS), transport documentation, telephone directories and after hour answer services.

CHEMCALL® is available at no charge to schools and emergency services.

Safety Data Sheets are a vital resource in managing any chemical emergency.

A non-compliant SDS can seriously hamper the management of a chemical emergency. Responsible Care NZ can ensure your SDS are compliant and arrange for them to be professionally updated.

PRINCE® Site Assessment and Accreditation PRINCE® confirms your site operations meet or exceed the compliance and performance expectations of employees, regulators and the community. This independent verification meets all local, national and international SH&E regulations and best practice requirements. PRINCE® accreditation confirms compliance with New Zealand’s world class workplace chemical controls, uniquely blending the UNDG and GHS

Chief executive Barry Dyer 04 499 4311

requirements. It confirms compliance with Approved HSNO Codes of Practice and proves that you routinely recognize hazards and take every practical precaution to eliminate or minimize potential problems.

Qualified and experienced assessors review your management system and interview staff, customers, contractors and local regulators. A PRINCE® site accreditation is valid for one to three years, determined by the level of risk.

Responsible Care New Zealand membership adds value to your business by accessing customized training, our 24/7 CHEMCALL® emergency response service, free technical advice, discounts on unique products and services including onsite training, and networking opportunities.

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he misuse of ladders causes more serious injuries on New Zealand work sites each year than any other activity and accounts for 44.5 percent of workplace fatalities.

Half of all recorded falls happen on temporary structures and 57.5 percent of those falls occur from ladders.

Safety Ladderlegs will transform the way you feel when up a ladder.

This device can be easily fitted to stepladders and extension ladders without affecting their compliance with Australia/New Zealand ladder safety standards.

It is a valuable safety attachment for all ladder users, especially trade users such as builders, roofers, plumbers, electricians, painters, sign writers, TV installers and housing maintenance to name a few.

Safety Ladderlegs fills many of the

requirements for better workplace safety and is designed specifically to stop ladders falling sideways, prevent ladder feet slipping and decrease the risk of backward falls.

It is easily fitted to existing or new ladders and can remain as a permanent attachment or be deployed in seconds.

Safety Ladderlegs is engineered in New Zealand from high quality aluminium, stainless and galvanised steel and fits all major types of aluminium ladders - single, A-Frame and even extension ladders.

With Ladderlegs correctly fitted your ladder remains fully compliant with AS/ NZS 1892.1:1996 safety standards.

They are easily fitted, and only require the drilling of one 12mm hole and two 6mm holes in each leg of your ladder to allow your Ladderlegs to be attached.

Independent testing shows this at-

Safety tips for your Ladderlegs of EPDM rubber and is UV resistant) • Always position your stepladder or ex- • Push Ladderlegs away from you until tension ladder in a stable position first. its makes make stable ground contact.

• Release velcro strap.

• If climbing off ladder on to a roof or • Allow Ladderlegs to hang to vertical structure, secure Ladderlegs by pegand position stainless support strut. ging or anchoring to the ground. It is • Release band and remove lock pin. best to peg out sideways.

• Depress push-button clip and extend • If on concrete (etc) and unable to peg leg to the ground. down, then place a solid block behind • Replace lock pin and band (it is made each Ladderlegs (“behind” is the side

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tachment provides remarkable stability and strength. It also easily adjusts to remain stable on uneven ground contours.

Two product sizes are available Standard to fit 1.8-2.1 metre stepladders and Large to fit 2.4-3 metre stepladders and a range of extension ladders up six meters extended. Standard Ladderlegs weigh 2.6kg and Large Ladderlegs weigh 4.3kg. of the Ladderlegs facing the wall or structure that the ladder leans on).

This is to prevent any unwanted forward movement of Ladderlegs when weight is off the ladder.

• When moving the ladder from position to position, just remove the lock pin and push up the extension leg to be retained temporarily by the button clip.

Safety ‘n Action Real Workplace Training

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he new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 brings with it significant changes to the role and functions of Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) and a strengthening of the requirements for worker participation.

Practical and Customised Safety n Action is practical in its training approach and strongly advocates the human influence in all aspects of safety -every employee deserves the right to get on with the job safely.

Our approach is to facilitate learning using your companies own documentation and procedures.

We don’t talk generic but rather we tailor and customise our delivery to your industry and actual work tasks.

As well as customising courses we also offer advisory services to help assess your current safety procedures.

Purpose built training centres With a growing number of purposebuilt training centres throughout New Zealand you get to touch, wear, hold and learn with actual safety equipment including real gas detectors, harnesses and the like. At Safety ‘n Action we don’t show you a picture and suggest you imagine.

Workplace safety issues require handson solutions and that is what we teach.

Safety ‘n Action is nationwide and one of the fastest growing health and safety training providers in the country.

Safety ‘n Action facilities have been custom designed to reflect day-to-day scenarios so your training experience is as true to life as possible.

On site training We also offer our customers training at their facilities. This reinforces the

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teaching by using the relevant equipment student’s work with every day.

Real workplace training is our point of difference. “What you hear you forget, what you see you remember but what you do, you understand.”

After the completion of a course students are given a wallet size Go Safe card which shows proof of the training and unit standards completed.

The introduction of the new Health & Safety at Work Act will be a substantial and positive step forward for H&S in NZ - the current legislation is over 23 years old!

Safety ’n Action are hosting a series of nationwide half-day seminars.

For more information,or to secure your place at a seminar, sign up at www.safetynaction.co.nz/seminar

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Safety & Apparel Ltd PPE – PPC – Testing and Servicing

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afety & Apparel Ltd commenced operations as a small regional safety specialist supplier in the Coromandel region in early 2002.

From those small beginnings we have established a loyal national following of customers which we services with overnight delivery nationwide.

Being privately owned we know service matters - being independent means we offer the best products from leading manufacturers available on the market today.

“This means we are able to source products from all major safety manufacturers globally. Using this experience we can offer advice on products based on your specific needs,” says Sales & Marketing Director Brendan Beadle.

The company has a team of dedicated sales safety specialists throughout the country to provide customers with advice and recommendations for their PPE and PPC choices, backed up by

a customer support team in its main distribution centre in Te Rapa, Hamilton.

The company is itself supported by its key supply partners who provide customers with on-site training, education seminars and tool box training as required.

For example Safety and Apparel offers highly competitive pricing across a full size range of the AT 45 series of Oliver SOFTstride®, with a 30-day Comfort Guarantee. Wearers can return boots within 30 days of purchase (with receipt and tag) for full refund if needed. Safety & Apparel Ltd also offer these boots in 1/2 sizes for optimum fit for customers.

Safety & Apparel provides in-house and on-site porta count respirator fit testing, height safety equipment servicing and testing plus portable gas detection equipment calibration and servicing.

The company recently opened a showroom in Penrose, Auckland to

The Safety & Apparel range incudes equipment and supplies such as: • • • • • • •

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Apparel Disposable Apparel Environmental Products Fire Extinguishers First Aid Footwear Gas Detectors

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Sales & Marketing Director Brendan Beadle 0800 726 726 complement its showrooms in Hamilton and Hornby, Christchurch.

Our mobile service means we come to you to service your safety equipment needs. “If you require anything not indicated in the catalogue please contact us we will do our best to help you,” says Mr Beadle.

“Our aim is simple - to offer quality internationally and nationally certified products, at competitive prices, combined with personal service”.

Hand Cleaners and Dispensers Hand Protection Head Protection Height Safety Respiratory Safety Signage and Barriers Supplier’s Full Catalogues

TCC (NZ) Ltd

HSNO – Training – Certification – SDS -ACVM

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CC specialises in providing Approved Handler training and certification, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) consultancy and regulatory advice to businesses using hazardous substances.

HSNO regulations are complex and often difficult to understand and interpret within an organisation.

The company can take the guesswork out of the issue through an HSNO audit process of a company which can identify the gaps in compliance and then offer advice for swift and easy action to become HSNO compliant. This support is backed up by a wide range of chemical consultancy services.

The TCC team is made up of qualified industrial chemists, experienced HSNO consultants and WorkSafe New Zealand Compliance Certifiers.

Approved Handlers – PIC Awareness TCC offers Approved Handler training and certification (all classes except explosives) for both hazardous substances in industry and Urban Pest Control chemicals.

For those who are already Approved Handlers, TCC can manage renewals and run refresher courses.

There are Person in Charge (PIC)

awareness courses - spill response management, general site and laboratory specific courses, product label review and advice, preparation of New Zealand Managing Director Geoffrey Meikle Compliant Safety Data Sheets and 09 475 5240 advice on implementing and achieving safe chemical management practices in to relevant group standards in addition the workplace. to authoring, reviewing or updating TCC also provide a range of resources existing or international material safety to simplify this process such as Emerdata sheets. gency Management Response Plan TCC also provides labelling advice templates, Health and Safety Manual across a range of product types. If Templates, and self-audit packs for required, TCC can also offer Australian research laboratories seeking to achieve compliance for our safety data sheet compliance with the HSNO Exempt authoring and label advice services in Laboratories regulations. addition to New Zealand compliance.

Every company needs an EmerAgriculture gency Response Plan, especially those TCC works with a growing number of with large quantities of hazardous international clients who require advice substances. TCC created a simple system on chemical compliance matters under to guide you through the processes of the HSNO and agricultural compounds getting a suitable Emergency Response & veterinary medicines (ACVM) acts. The Plan implemented and ensuring your company’s services extend to providstaff stay current with what to do should ing advice and consultancy on ACVM an emergency arise. applications and providing ACVM Data Safety data sheets and product labels Assessments (chemistry and manufacturCompliant Safety Data Sheets are ing) for clients seeking product approval now a mandatory requirement for all under the ACVM Act. substances allocated to HSNO Groups The current international client base Standards. As experienced chemists TCC extends to Australia, US, UK, Korea, are able to classify and allocate products China, India and the EU.

Technical Compliance Consultants (NZ) Ltd We can help with:

Approved Handler Certification Chemical Handling Courses Spill Response Management Emergency Response Planning

Come talk to us.

Exempt Laboratory Audits Site Assessments HAZCHEM Signage Safety Data Sheet Authoring Label Reviews

Policy/Procedure Review HSNO applications ACVM registrations Technical Advice

Ph: (09) 475 5240 • email: info@techcomp.co.nz • website: www.techcomp.co.nz

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Telarc SAI Ltd

Health and Safety Certification

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elarc is New Zealand’s leading certifier of quality, environmental, and occupational health and safety management systems, with offices throughout the country to help reduce the direct costs of certification, such as travel and accommodation.

They have built the most experienced assessment team in New Zealand.

The qualified auditors have backgrounds in a wide range of industry sectors providing a sound understanding of business models and management systems.

Chief executive Philip Cryer says that Telarc’s core role is to provide businesses and organisations with assessment tools and techniques they need for improvement and or risk management in the office or in the market.

They achieve this through professional assessment and recognition of a wide range of management systems.

Achieving certification through Telarc lets a client display the Telarc registered

logo as a mark of success.

The logo is widely recognised in New Zealand as a mark of quality licensed to companies that have met the rigorous requirements of internationally recognised management systems standards.

The benefits of working with TELARC and being certified: An experienced network of auditors who are well versed in the nuances of auditing international standards in New Zealand conditions Increased awareness of standards, management systems and the inherent benefits that come through achieving certification An independent “set of eyes” to assess levels of effective implementation of management systems and assurance programmes A strong working knowledge of managing End to end the identification of risks, managing of the risks and mitigation of the risks through recognized international frameworks.

Chief Executive Philip Cryer 0800 004 004

Reduce waste and defects to enhance desired outcomes from processes Go beyond a culture of compliance and build a mindset of continuous improvement across organisational systems and processes, all based on enhanced knowledge and capability To find out more got to telarc.co.nz or call 0800 004 004.

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Vertical Horizonz New Zealand Training – Consultancy - Management

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t Vertical Horizonz New Zealand (VHNZ) we are structured training specialists. Each year we train over 20,000 New Zealanders how to be safe in the workforce.

Vertical Horizonz was first registered as a Private Training Establishment (PTE) with NZQA in 1998.

Over the period 2002 - 2008 the company expanded, with the view to increase the range of service it offered its clients, based on a “one stop shop” model.

Now, in 2015, no other company in the country offers the range of services we have - we are the one stop shop for Safety. Certainty.

We have a large accreditation range and offer over seventy short courses within five core business areas: Transport & Crane Operations, Rural Operations, Industrial Safety, Health &

Safety and Professional Development.

Popular courses include: Classes 2 – 5 Driver licencing, licence endorsements (F, P, W, T, R, V and D), Gantry Crane, Forklift, First Aid, Height Safety, Confined Space Entry, 4WD, First Line Management and Health & Safety Representative training.

All of our trainers have extensive industry experience and have been selected to join the Vertical Horizonz team because of their standout performance within their chosen field.

As subject matter experts, our trainers speak from experience, demonstrating industry best practice and providing practical and contextualised advice.

They understand the everyday challenges faced by business and are well positioned to provide meaningful training experiences.

In addition to our core business we

also provide consultancy and management support services in areas such as risk assessment and security, organisational resilience, capacity building and human resource development.

We have a Registered Training Organisation in Australia, Vertical Horizonz Australia, enabling us to provide standardised training and services to those companies operating in both countries and in some cases to award dual qualifications.

With stricter legislative requirements regulating workers on the way, proper health and safety training is paramount.

Vertical Horizonz is confident that its training solutions will provide the Safety, Certainty and Productivity necessary for compliant and successful businesses.

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Vertical Horizonz delivers exceptional training experiences, empowering you to advance in safety with certainty.

We promote revolutionary change, helping you achieve standout results by providing real training that saves lives.

Contact us now to revolutionise your safety training.

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Where to go for help Associations & Legal

Consultancy & Management

Responsible Care Page 27 Barry Dyer, barry@responsiblecarenz.com 04 499 4311, www.responsiblecarenz.com

Impac Services Ltd Page 19 Dim Ramsteijn 0800 246 722 contactus@impac.co.nz www.impac.co.nz

Certification

PBI Height Safety Page 23 Gavin How 0800 357 003 gavin@pbiheightsafety.com www.pbiheightsafety.com

Buddle Findlay Page 17 Sherridan Cook, sherridan.cook@buddlefindlay.com 027 545 9768 or 09 357 1858 www.buddlefindlay.com

TCC (NZ) Ltd Page 31 Geoffrey Meikle 09 475 5240 g.meikle@techcomp.co.nz www. techcomp.co.nz Telarc SAI Ltd Page 32 Philip Cryer 0800 004 004 info@telarc.co.nz www. telarc.co.nz

Chemical Safety & Spills Geosciences Page 18 Johan Faurie 09 476 0454 info@geosciences.co.nz www.geosciences.co.nz

QSI Safety Page 25 Guy Collins 06 348 9522, Jason Myburgh, Jason@qualitysafety.co.nz 027 228 0260 www.QSISafety.com Responsible Care Page 27 Barry Dyer, barry@responsiblecarenz.com 04 499 4311, www.responsiblecarenz.com

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Buddle Findlay Page 17 Sherridan Cook, sherridan.cook@buddlefindlay.com 027 545 9768 or 09 357 1858 www.buddlefindlay.com

Responsible Care Page 27 Barry Dyer, barry@responsiblecarenz.com 04 499 4311, www.responsiblecarenz.com TCC (NZ) Ltd Page 31 Geoffrey Meikle 09 475 5240 g.meikle@techcomp.co.nz www. techcomp.co.nz Telarc SAI Ltd Page 32 Philip Cryer 0800 004 004 info@telarc.co.nz www. telarc.co.nz Vertical Horizonz NZ Page 33 Ben Johnstone 0800 72 33 848 info@verticalhorizonz.co.nz www. verticalhorizonz.co.nz

Environment

Geosciences Page 18 Johan Faurie 09 476 0454 info@geosciences.co.nz www.geosciences.co.nz

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First Aid

QSI Safety Page 25 Guy Collins 06 348 9522, Jason Myburgh, Jason@qualitysafety.co.nz 027 228 0260 www.QSISafety.com Red Cross Page 26 Graham Wrigley, Graham.Wrigley@redcross.org.nz 0800 733 276, www.redcross.org.nz

Height Safety

Innovative Ceiling Systems Page 20 Brian Woods, brian@icsltd.co.nz, 0211 658 190 www.icsltd.co.nz PBI Height Safety Page 23 Gavin How 0800 357 003 gavin@pbiheightsafety.com www.pbiheightsafety.com Paramount Safety Page 22 Matt Grinsted 09 622 2361 nz@paramountsafety.co.nz www.paramountsafety.co.nz QSI Safety Page 25 Guy Collins 06 348 9522, Jason Myburgh, Jason@qualitysafety.co.nz 027 228 0260 www.QSISafety.com Safety Ladderlegs Page 28 John Kempthorne 027 495 8987 sales@safetyladderlegs.co.nz www.safetyladderlegs.co.nz

H&S Equipment Action Safety Page 15 Jeff Adlam 04 298 2229 infoa@ actionsafety.co.nz www.actionsafety.co.nz Autoline Automation Ltd Page 16 Matthew Fisher 0800 37 55 66 www.autoline.net.nz Red Cross Page 26 Graham Wrigley, Graham.Wrigley@redcross.org.nz 0800 733 276, www.redcross.org.nz QSI Safety Page 25 Guy Collins 06 348 9522, Jason Myburgh, Jason@qualitysafety.co.nz 027 228 0260 www.QSISafety.com

HSNO TCC (NZ) Ltd Page 31 Geoffrey Meikle 09 475 5240 g.meikle@techcomp.co.nz www. techcomp.co.nz

PPE & PPC Action Safety Page 15 Jeff Adlam 04 298 2229 infoa@ actionsafety.co.nz www.actionsafety.co.nz Lynn River Page 21 Anthony Griffin 0800 104 568 anthony.griffin@lynnriver.co.nz www.lynnriver.co.nz

Paramount Safety Page 22 Matt Grinsted 09 622 2361 nz@paramountsafety.co.nz www.paramountsafety.co.nz QSI Safety Page 25 Guy Collins 06 348 9522, Jason Myburgh, Jason@qualitysafety.co.nz 027 228 0260 www.QSISafety.com Safety and Apparel Brendan Beadle, brendan@safetyandapparel.co.nz 0800 726 726, www.safetyandapparel.co.nz

Testing & Servicing Safety and Apparel Page 30 Brendan Beadle, brendan@safetyandapparel.co.nz 0800 726 726, www.safetyandapparel.co.nz

Training & Development Impac Services Ltd Page 19 Dim Ramsteijn 0800 246 722 contactus@impac.co.nz www.impac.co.nz People Centric Page 24 Elizabeth Howells, libby@peoplecentric.co.nz Moira Howson moira@peoplecentric.co.nz 09 963 5020 www.peoplecentric.co.nz Red Cross Page 26 Graham Wrigley, Graham.Wrigley@redcross.org.nz 0800 733 276, www.redcross.org.nz

PBI Height Safety Page 23 Gavin How 0800 357 003 gavin@pbiheightsafety.com www.pbiheightsafety.com Responsible Care Page 27 Barry Dyer, barry@responsiblecarenz.com 04 499 4311, www.responsiblecarenz.com Safety ‘n Action Page 29 Rowan McKenzie 0800 222 388 admin@safetynaction.co.nz www.safetynaction.co.nz TCC (NZ) Ltd Page 31 Geoffrey Meikle 09 475 5240 g.meikle@techcomp.co.nz www. techcomp.co.nz Vertical Horizonz NZ Page 33 Ben Johnstone 0800 72 33 848 info@verticalhorizonz.co.nz www. verticalhorizonz.co.nz

Workplace Safety Autoline Automation Ltd Page 16 Matthew Fisher 0800 37 55 66 www.autoline.net.nz Safety Ladderlegs Page 28 John Kempthorne 027 495 8987 sales@safetyladderlegs.co.nz www.safetyladderlegs.co.nz Lynn River Page 21 Anthony Griffin 0800 104 568 anthony.griffin@lynnriver.co.nz www.lynnriver.co.nz

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