Article written and suppled by Drug Alcohol Testing Specialists: Russel Scott and Alastair McNeil DATS are often asked to provide feedback and answer questions as to how and why Drug and Alcohol Testing is such an integral and important requirement in the workplace. “Every time an employee suffers an injury – even outside the workplace […]
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Member profile: Tammy Rossiter
A family run business and a passion for keeping staff safe saw the beginning of Tammy’s health & safety journey. She is now the Safety & Wellbeing Coordinator for Enterprise Recruitment and people, ensuring health and safety compliance is met both internally and with external clients. Q1: What is your background, and how did you […]
Board farewell’s Steve Taw and Keith Land
Steve Taw Unfortunately, Steve was unable to join the Charter on his final day as one of the founding members of the Charter Board as he is currently domiciled in Westport helping them through their flood recovery projects. It is with sadness that we farewell Steve Taw from the Safety Charter Board this year. Steve […]
WorkSafe NZ appoint HSR Development Lead
In 2021 WorkSafe NZ completed a project that aimed to further understand the reality of Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) in Aotearoa. WorkSafe found a number of opportunities to help support and enable HSRs, and they all fold out from one key finding: There is a lack of role clarity for HSRs across Aotearoa. WorkSafe […]
Aaron Edwards
National H&S Manager, ryman healthcare A potentially catastrophic near miss started Aaron Edwards on his health and safety journey. He is now the National Health and Safety Manager at Ryman Healthcare, and responsible for 8 sites in New Zealand with around 2500 workers. Q1: What is your background, and how did you get started in […]
Hello from WorkSafe NZ
There have been some changes to our team, so we’d like to take this opportunity to introduce our new Construction sector Design and Engagement Leads. Bridget and Rachel are part of WorkSafe’s External Strategic Engagement team who are currently working on several projects that will be of interest to members, and we’ve highlighted a couple […]
March ’22 Update
In this issue Risk 101: Probability Theory and Covid Health & Safety Superstar wanted Member Profile – Michaela Murray, Cook Brothers Construction Saving lives through technology Expert advice and tactics for business leaders and directors Environment Roadmap released Are you looking after yourself? NZ Insurance Income Scheme Covid-19 Risk Guidelines updated for Omicron Charter Update […]
Health & Safety Superstar wanted.
Back to our roots….. The Charter is going back to our roots with the appointment of an Engagement Officer. This position is a vital component of our current strategic plan, and a means to deliver more value to our members. The Engagement Officer will be based in the field, connecting with our stakeholders, and promoting […]
Workshops: Procedural and People Struggles?
Procedural and People Struggles Workshop opportunity View in browser Procedural and People Struggles Workshops The Charter Health and Safety Leadership group are hosting x2 70-minute ‘Safety Struggles Workshops’, featuring Dr David Williams These workshops aim to teach procedures and skills to enable Health and Safety Representatives and Managers to deal with common struggles within the […]
Saving lives though technology
An innovative project which aims to reduce accidents and injuries on construction sites by using the power of BIM models to change behaviour in the way risks are managed, communicated and mitigated. The New Zealand construction industry has two key statistics that it should not be particularly proud of. The first is the continued high […]
BIMSafe NZ launches website
The BIMSafe NZ webpage has been launched and is accessible via the Safety Charter Website. BIMSafe NZ is a three-year project which aims to reduce New Zealand’s construction accident and injury rate using Building Information Modelling (BIM). The project is a collaboration between the Canterbury Safety Charter and the University of Canterbury’s Building Innovation Programme. The […]
Living with Covid
Sponsored by HASANZ – www.hasanz.org.nz Living with Covid Principles provides a series of high level principles through a mix of resources, guidance and stand-alone poster for business to use a we live through Covid in our workplaces in 2022 and beyond. The content has been developed by the GM Safety Forum which involves 80+ large […]
In Review…. Mental & Physical Health Workshop
The Canterbury Safety Charter Health and Safety Leaders Group held a mental and physical wellbeing workshop on Wednesday 17th of February. Slade and Berhampore from Mates in Construction took us through a mental health toolbox, with the key message being that it is OK to not feel OK, but it is not OK to not […]
COVID-19 DELTA LOCKDOWN LEVEL 4 PROTOCOLS
COVID-19 DELTA LOCKDOWN LEVEL 4 PROTOCOLS View in browser Level 4 Lockdown Update supplied by Constriction Health and Safety New Zealand (CHASNZ) On Friday, 20 August 2021, CHASNZ updated Construction Protocols and ‘how to’ guidance which sits below the Covid-19 Standard for NZ Construction Operations. Link to latest Construction Protocols CHASNZ has a raft of […]
August Newsletters
In this Issue Mates helping Mates Charter Chair update Musculoskeletal injuries on the rise Mental & Physical Wellbeing Workshop Road & Roadside Worker H&S good practice guidelines Meet the PSWG & HSL Team Totika – to do things the right way Charter Update August 2021 View in browser June 2021 Update ‘Mates helping Mates’ One […]
Mental wellbeing and wellbeing by design – not luck
Business Leaders Health & Safety Forum recently held a ‘Mental health and wellbeing by design’ forum in Christchurch presented by Roger Gray and Dr Hillary Bennett. Over the coming months, the Forum will be looking at a range of implementation support options around the new Guide. Here is a link to the new Protecting Mental Health […]