A SafePlus accredited assessor can give you fresh, independent, expert insights and advice on how to elevate your health and safety practices.
Find out how SafePlus accredited assessors use the behavioural assessment approach to identify improvement priorities:
The assessment will:
- observe practices, behaviours, attitudes perceptions and culture onsite
- interview workers, managers and senior leaders at all levels
- review the effectiveness of systems and processes
- trace three key health and safety risks (including one work-related health risk) in your business to identify how well they are being managed
- provide a detailed report with an illustration of performance and tailored advice to help you put the recommended improvements into action, and grow the health and safety capacity of the business together with your people.
A SafePlus onsite assessment for a mid-sized organisation (approx. 50 to a few hundred staff) is likely to take about five-eight assessor-days to complete. This estimate includes pre-assessment planning, time on site, report development, and presentation of results. Simple assessments for smaller businesses have been completed in three days, while those for larger and more complex organisations have taken several weeks. The intent and process of a SafePlus onsite assessment, coupled with individual client requirements, mean there are no fixed timing (or pricing) rules.
The main variable in the time (and cost) of an assessment is the number of people covered by interviews and conversations. Assessors will work with their client organisations to judge the right number of people to talk with, based on client-specific factors including:
- size of the organisation (or the parts within your agreed scope)
- risks to be assessed
- number of levels of management and supervision within the organisation
- number of locations, shifts and/or teams to be sampled
- the degree of consistency of information they find from documents and their conversations and observations. Inconsistent feedback may need additional interviews to explore.
Anticipate discussions with about 20% of staff in a mid-sized organisation, via one-to-one and group interviews. More than 20% coverage is likely for organisations with fewer than 50 people, while a smaller proportion is likely for organisations with several hundred or more staff. Individual interviews take about 30-45 minutes each.
Other factors that have influenced assessors’ time needed (or duration) for assessments are:
- whether the lead assessor needs to engage a subject specialist for one or more of the risks to be assessed
- the extent of support the client wants in both preparing for the assessment, and presenting the results. For example, whether presentations to board, management and staff meetings are requested of the assessor.
- the number of SafePlus accredited assessors involved. (We recommend at least two accredited assessors in most situations.) While sharing the work between two or more assessors doesn’t impact total assessor time on site, it will affect the assessment’s duration and may affect assessor costs
- whether the assessment scope needs to be revisited after the assessment has started, for example, a risk that wasn’t considered important initially may be identified during interviews as a key issue to include
- the extent of client feedback to the assessment report that the assessor needs to respond to.
The fee for using the SafePlus onsite assessment and advisory service is a matter between your organisation and the SafePlus assessor you commission.
Assessors are available throughout New Zealand. To find the assessors covering your area and view their profiles and contact details, click the plus sign below.
Assessor name and location | Company name | Contact details | Coverage |
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Adrienne Pryde Wellington |
HSAW Limited |
027 213 7588 |
New Zealand |
Alan Owen Auckland |
A A Solutions Limited |
021 713 315 |
New Zealand |
Barbara Ford Timaru |
Workplace Safety Systems Limited |
027 612 6068 |
South Island, Wellington |
Bradley White Napier |
Health and Safety Tailored For You Limited |
021 605 549 |
New Zealand |
Brian Holmes Wellington |
BHS Solutions Limited |
021 046 7451 |
New Zealand |
Charles De Lambert Christchurch |
Safe and Sound Solutions |
027 623 9131 |
New Zealand |
Christel Fouche Auckland |
IMPAC Services |
021 403 607 |
New Zealand |
Craig Macdonald Whangaparaoa |
All About People Limited |
021 736 751 |
New Zealand |
Dan Davis Hawke's Bay |
IMPAC Services Limited |
021 848 290 |
New Zealand |
Dave Furzeman Dunedin |
Site Safe NZ |
021 845 614 |
Otago, Southland |
Fiona Carney Waikato |
Van Schaik Health & Safety Solutions Limited |
021 0237 7547 |
New Zealand |
Frank McCutcheon Christchurch |
Impac Services |
021 2455742 |
New Zealand |
Franz Assenmacher Hawkes Bay |
Safe OnSite NZ Limited |
027 444 6544 |
New Zealand |
Garth Gulley Wellington |
KPMG |
021 628 654 |
New Zealand |
Greg Dearsly Auckland |
First 4 Safety Ltd |
027 507 6919 |
North Island |
Hans Buwalda Waikato |
EHSconsult |
021 226 5590 |
New Zealand |
Heinrich Havemann Auckland |
Auckland Council |
021 195 2687 |
|
Helen Parkes Queenstown |
Cosman Parkes Limited |
021 833 377 |
New Zealand |
Ian Clark Auckland |
IC Safety Solutions Limited |
021 954 338 |
Upper North Island |
Jacqui Coyne-Apiata Northland |
Coyne & Co. Consultants |
0204 127 1309 |
New Zealand |
Jason Stapp Wellington |
New Zealand Racing Board |
027 406 4970 |
New Zealand |
Jeena Murphy Wellington |
Working Wise Limited |
027 261 7090 |
New Zealand |
Jerard Stock Christchurch |
Safe & Sound Solutions Limited |
027 270 9501 |
New Zealand |
Joanne Graham Hawkes Bay |
LOOP Health and Safety Limited |
027 418 0303 |
New Zealand |
John Fysh Gisborne |
RMF Consulting (NZ) Limited |
021 367 233 |
New Zealand |
John Jury Auckland |
Workplace Assistance NZ Ltd |
027 233 8819 |
New Zealand |
Laraine Brooke-Taylor Nelson |
LBT Workplace Safety Limited |
027 825 1883 |
New Zealand |
Liz Bermingham Christchurch |
The HSE Hub Limited |
021 245 6875 |
New Zealand |
Margaret van Schaik Porirua |
Van Schaik Health and Safety Solutions Limited |
021 071 7704 |
New Zealand |
Martha Rowbotham Wellington |
HealthWorx Limited |
027 245 6046 |
New Zealand |
Maxine Giffen Christchurch |
Impac Services |
021 118 5296 |
South Island |
Mike Cosman Wellington |
Cosman Parkes Limited |
021 479 674 |
New Zealand |
Mike Impey Auckland |
SHEQ Ltd |
022 359 7233 |
North Island |
Paul Coleman Christchurch |
Think What If Limited |
021 778 523 |
New Zealand |
Philomena Lewis-Farrell Lower Hutt |
PLF Safety |
022 046 5349 |
Wellington |
Robyn Bennett Dunedin |
Avid Plus Limited |
027 257 9996 |
New Zealand |
Robyn Parkin Wellington |
4 C Health and Safety Ltd |
022 6188 411 |
New Zealand |
Robyn Ross Hawkes Bay |
R G Ross Health & Safety |
020 404 81206 |
New Zealand |
Samantha Prevezanos Auckland
|
Coordinate (2015) Limited |
021 818 397 |
Auckland |
Sandra Jackson Auckland |
SKJ Management Services Limited |
027 275 5062 |
Auckland |
Shannon Wright Christchurch |
Imprint Safety Limited |
027 240 5592 |
New Zealand |
Sherry Johnston Wellington |
Sherry Johnston Consulting Ltd. |
021 743 779 |
New Zealand |
Shona Kelly Whangarei |
ReflectNZ Ltd |
022 406 1144 |
North Island |
Susan Edwards Wellington |
Rivelin Safety Limited |
027 527 9791 |
Hawkes Bay, Manawatu - Wanganui region, Nelson |
Susan Rhodes Auckland |
Smart Safety Solutions Limited |
021 570 570 |
New Zealand |
Tracy Henderson Bay of Plenty |
Lockwood Management Services |
021 206 5691 |
New Zealand |
Troy Bayley Auckland |
Safe-T-Solutions |
021 754 916 |
New Zealand |
HASANZ also has guidance on how to select a health and safety consultant. Download the PDF from their website(external link) (PDF 666KB)
Becoming an accredited assessor
A comprehensive set of documents has been developed about the role of an assessor, for prospective and accredited assessors:
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