Health & Safety Consultants in Auckland & New Zealand
NZ leading Health & Safety Consultants | Providing exceptional systems and support so Auckland & NZ business guiding New Zealand businesses in managing risk, meeting compliance requirements, and creating safer workplaces.
Our Health and Safety services
Focusing particularly on businesses in Auckland and beyond, our health and safety services are …
Supported with NZ’s premier health and safety APP. This tracks and manages our training, safe work systems, equipment and facilities.
~ Tailored to your industry and your business needs. Obviously build to be compliant but not off the shelf forcing you to match us.
~ Giving assurance your business is compliant. A bottom line for every business so we cover it. Audits are the main path for assurance.
~ Keeping your people safe. Another bottom line and what your health and safety spend is all about. Risk assessments are a key part of this.
Winsland is proud to provide a selection of our extensive HSE experience across a wide range of sectors.
Our experience includes multiple engagements in aviation, in electricity generation and reticulation, in manufacturing, construction,, government agencies, aged care, health services. It includes specialist work such as asbestos and height safety and specialist audits.
We have also supported health and safety in a multitude of small businesses from retail to entertainment to light industry. Our span includes farming and horticulture. It includes interim leadership of Health and Safety teams, Health and Safety project management, designing and implementing leading edge health and safety strategies for large companies and implementing Health and Safety systems for small and medium sized businesses around NZ.
~ Supported with NZ’s premier health and safety APP. This tracks and manages our training, safe work systems, equipment and facilities.
Why worry about exceptional health and safety?
Law changes mean big challenges for small business
Changes to health and safety legislation are coming. The question is what it means for small to medium business. One of the keys is companies must focus on exceptional health and safety performance in respect of critical risk and not waste scarce resources on lesser issues.
Humans are programmed to take risks – including your employees. Odds on accidents will happen.
Business owners and managers have a legal duty to identify and remove or reduce risk in the workplace, taking account of the fact humans will take risks and some of those humans are your employees? Building and maintaining a health and safety culture where taking a risk is simply not acceptable behaviour, is essential to mitigate these risks.
Specialist advice minimises your business risk
There are several laws, a multitude of standards, copious Worksafe and industry guidance and a growing number of Approved Codes of Practice – all detailing how you run your operations. It is easy and expensive to get it wrong. Therefore, seeking specialist advice is crucial for ensuring the health and safety of your business is compliant and safe.
Serious fines for are being applied for gaps in health and safety
Kiwi Rail has recently been fined $220,000 after an employee fell from a 10-metre height while installing a telecommunications pole. The court found issues with risk assessments, safe work procedures, and training. Ultimately, gaps in exceptional health and safety systems can lead to costly legal outcomes.
This case illustrates the need for specialist advice when engaging in work at height, or any other high risk work. Knowing and consistently applying height safety procedures is fundamental to health and safety performance that is exceptional and does not harm your people and your business.
Health & Safety Services – FAQ
Where do Winsland operate? We are based in Auckland servicing businesses from Pokeno to Warkworth and from Kumeu to Waiheke. We will service other areas particularly where clients have national operations. Beyond Auckland we work remotely though APPS such as Zoom or Teams.
What are your main services? It is almost easier to ask what we don’t do. We cover most aspects of H&S from risk assessment to auditing and incident investigation. We provide all manner of ad hoc advice and guidance to businesses. Our APP is home to a customisable suite of policy and procedures and is our tool for managing information. We provide advice on specialist topics such as chemicals and contractor management. We even provide people to fill H&S roles on a short term basis to cover recruitment, long term illness or project requirements.
Is H&S compliance needed for my business – it is only small? In H&S size does not matter. Like paying GST, you need to comply with relevant legislative requirements applicable to your business.
How much does a safety consultant cost NZ? It depends on the work being done and the seniority. The latest survey put the average hourly charge out rate for a senior consultant at $175 per hour. So you are best to enter into an arrangement where the cost per hour will be considerably less and the consultancy can use less expensive staff working under the oversight of experienced people.
What does a health and safety consultant do in NZ? Provides support to make workplaces safer and compliant.
Exceptional health and safety systems – tapping into professional networks
Exceptional health and safety experience – learning from working with great organisations
