Category: H&S News

Laura Clifford of Hawkins (a long-term signatory to the Charter) who support He Toki apprentices, reached out to He Toki about being part of the Safety Charter. As a result Kym Hamilton (Programme Leader) contacted the Safety Charter and signed up He Toki Te Tapuae o Rēhua early this year. We are very much looking […]

With many construction businesses striving to create healthier and safer workplaces, the Construction Safety Council (CSC) are partnering with ACC’s chosen training provider, The Learning Wave, to promote the CSC’s Managing Safely course. This course is New Zealand’s construction sector standard for supervisor and manager training. It focuses on the most important asset of a […]

Health and safety is full of unsung heroes who work hard behind the scenes to make sure everyone goes some safe and well. It’s time to shine a light on those individuals and the great work they do. Safeguard, in association with WorkSafe New Zealand, have announced that entries for the New Zealand Workplace Health […]

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It’s hot! In weather like this we need to watch out for heat stress. Planning for working in hot weather needs to be in place before it becomes too hot. Heat can affect people’s concentration and lead to mistakes and accidents. Below are 7 tips for managers and workers on how to beat the heat at […]

“When I can’t see or feel the sun, I’m safe and can’t get burnt, right?” Wrong! We can’t see or feel UV radiation. Sunlight or warmth from the sun is not the same as UV radiation and exposure to it may increase the chance of developing serious health conditions, such as skin cancer. If you […]

In the later part of 2017, the Charter team met with the Canterbury Labour Hire Safety Forum. The purpose of the session was to share more about what it means to be a Charter signatory and what their labour on hire (LOH) workers can expect when placed with one. We also explored how the Charter […]

In November last year, Libi Carr (our Charter Officer) was invited to speak at a get together for Labour on Hire (LOH) workers on the topic of: Courageous conversations in health and safety. The event was organised by the Canterbury Labour Hire Safety Forum and attended by around 150 LOH workers from different recruitment agencies. […]

WorkSafe’s website has a fresh look and feel, with better search features and some nifty new functions like data visualisation. The website brings together all their websites so, for example, www.construction.worksafe.govt.nz will no longer exist independently. We are currently updating all the links to WorkSafe material from the Charter website. That work is mostly complete, […]

On 1 December the Hazardous Substances Regulations came into force. The aim is to reduce both the immediate harm to people and longer-term illness caused by hazardous substances in the workplace. A key new requirement in the regulations is to keep an inventory of the hazardous substances you use, handle, manufacture or store at your […]

Huge congratulations to our three Charter members who won big at the 2017 Site Safe awards in early November. Mach3 was awarded the Kensington Swan Safety Leadership Award for owner Anna Chapman’s dedication to embedding health and safety into the business. The judges were impressed by Anna’s positive, hands-on approach which has brought about a […]

A warm welcome to the Canterbury Safety Charter Hubbers Floorings and Furnishings! General Manager, Catherine Thomson Bush invited Libi Carr and Jo Duffy to meet their Health and Safety Committee. It was great to see that Hubbers have a Health and Safety Committee with representation from across the business – including showroom, sewing workshop and […]

As you know, the Charter is now an Incorporated Society under a new name: The Canterbury Safety Charter. Our educational materials and promotional tools have been updated to reflect our new name. As part of your public commitment to the Charter, we ask all signatories to add the Charter logo “We’ve signed up” and link […]

Many thanks to those who attended our “Beyond the Rebuild” event on 7 November. We had around 100 members join us to celebrate the official launch of the Charter as an Incorporated Society. We also heard from WorkSafe on their evaluation of the Canterbury Rebuild Programme – a copy of that report can be found […]

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The Charter Board are very pleased to announce the appointment of four people into key Charter roles. Julie Forde takes up the role of General Manager. Julie is a health and safety professional with experience in a […]

Kate Cunningham, who with husband Blair, own and run Blair Cunningham Construction, identified a need for men to talk more openly about mental wellbeing and ways they can support themselves and their workmates to good mental health. Kate contacted the Canterbury Men’s Centre – a Charter endorsee that works incredibly hard to support men in […]