As a business owner, irrespective of industry, you will have Health & Safety compliance demands that you must meet.
As specialists in Health & Safety we are here to provide you with the knowledge and resources to ensure you are Health & Safety compliant. This will ensure you are minimising risks to your staff, yourself and your business.
We offer tailored safety advisory, training and auditing services for businesses wanting to improve their Health & Safety and refine their systems.
Our goal is not to make Health & Safety compliance onerous, rather we take a very practical and pragmatic approach working with yourself and your teams to approach health and safety in ‘bite sized’ chunks. With the support of the Safe365 Software we are able to set practical and manageable steps with you, track progress and map out what you need to focus on next.
Our goal is to help make NZ businesses safe by taking practical steps – one step at a time.
With over 30 years of experience in health and safety, our team offer a range of services to support you.
We provide advice and support to help you gain Tōtika Pre-qualification.
Tōtika is the Health & Safety Prequalification scheme that has been developed and implemented by Construction H&S (CHASNZ) to create a standard for all Health & Safety Pre-qualification standards and processes across industries. It allows you to benchmark contractors against the market and stick to a single platform and set of processes.
Pre-qualification is important to the contractor relationship, increases efficiency, and is often described as a warrant of fitness for your business in regard to Health & Safety. We can guide you through this important process. From designing effective Health & Safety Management Systems, to implementing these into your business, we have a range of knowledge to help you succeed.
To set up your Health & Safety Management System, we work alongside you to define and set your safety management goals.
Once these are set, we assist with setting up Safe365 to monitor and track your progress to improve Health & Safety in your workplace. As part of Safe365, we use Qualify365’s assessment service to help your organisation demonstrate Health & Safety systems and practices.
We are a Safe365 premium partner, so you can be sure we’re committed to providing the best processes and systems possible. Our Health & Safety systems are practical to implement, tailored to you, and supported by tools that are simple to use.
A Health & Safety Management System will ensure you:
For established businesses we undertake Safety Assessments using proven tools to identify gaps.
This process ensures you are continually refining your approach to Health & Safety ensuring ongoing improvements are being made to keep your employees and business safe.
Once gaps are identified we provide practical steps to address these and support our recommendations with templated solutions for easy implementation.
To set up your Health & Safety Management System, we work alongside you to define and set your safety management goals.
Once these are set, we assist with setting up Safe365 to monitor and track your progress to improve Health & Safety in your workplace.
Our Health & Safety Management Systems are practical to implement, tailored to you and supported by tools that are simple to use.
A Health & Safety Management System will ensure you:
We have a range of services on offer to provide you with the knowledge required to set up or improve your Health & Safety systems.
We have a range of services on offer to provide you with learning.
Learning & Development Manager
Lara has been with Risk Ready for over four years, during which she has done extensive work supporting customers in Health & Safety. She holds a NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety, which provides her with an excellent understanding of Occupational Health & Safety issues and bespoke solutions. Lara is a practising member of the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM), the leading professional association for Health & Safety Practitioners in New Zealand. She has supported numerous customers in successfully achieving pre-qualifications such as SiteWise, Totika and ISNetWorld.
Beginning her career as a Training Manager for a large South African casino, Lara has worked across a range of sectors, including hospitality, food & beverage processing, manufacturing, engineering, maritime, and forestry. As Northern Regional Customer Manager for Competenz (a multi-sector industry training organisation), Lara worked with industry partners to support employees upskilling on the job, help align internal training to national qualifications, and working with them to improve efficiencies within their workforce.
Lara has over 20 years experience in adult training and assessment roles and has worked within these industries to create induction programmes and training programmes, and to support individuals in achieving their NZQA national qualifications.
Deane brings considerable knowledge of both industrial equipment and day-to-day business operations to bear at Risk Ready, gained after 20 plus years as managing director of NZ Crane Hire, one of New Zealand’s leading crane hire specialists. He holds a NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety and is well versed in all aspects of Workplace Health & Safety. He has actively built and maintained the Health & Safety Management Systems within NZ Crane Hire, a high-risk business.
In addition to establishing Risk Ready, Deane is a Director and Owner of Rendertech Ltd, Australasia’s leading manufacturer of waste processing equipment for the meat and dairy industries. Since 2009 he has also been a Director of Kawerau Engineering Ltd, and helps to run a medium-sized logging operation in the Bay of Plenty with his daughter and son-in-law.
Prior to founding NZ Crane Hire, Deane spent 14 years in the financial sector heading up senior roles with UDC and GE Capital, including five years as New Zealand Manager for GE Capital. Deane has kept an active interest in the financial sector through involvement with Armillary Private Capital, and his boutique finance company Equipment Capital Limited, which is a licensed broker for Speirs Finance.
Deane has experience and expertise in safety management, strategy formation, financial management, marketing, and sales, all of which he brings to Risk Ready.
Deane has also served on Executive Councils of the following-
Health & Safety Administrator
Te Rarawa
Brooke is originally from the Far North but has been living in Auckland for over a decade to pursue her education. She joined Risk Ready in February 2023 as a Health & Safety Administrator. In her previous role she completed Health & Safety Representative training and decided that was the career path she wanted to follow. Brooke has since successfully gained her NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety and is working towards her Level 6 Diploma in Health & Safety Management.
Whakatauki (Proverb)
Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou
Translation - Seek after learning for the sake of your wellbeing.
This whakatauki refers to the importance of learning for it is key to your wellbeing. If you follow the path of learning, the world will be your oyster.
As a rapidly expanding business, and a need to renew our Totika certification, I thought it would be a good opportunity to review our entire company Health and safety systems.
Lara came highly recommended to us, and I can tell you she did not disappoint. Lara showed incredible patience as we tirelessly worked through a partially outdated system of policies and helped guide us to rebuild our health and safety management system. Communication couldn’t have been better. We previously had a Totika score of 60%. With Lara’s knowledge and guidance and at my request, she was able to show me areas we needed to make improvements to be more than just compliant as a business. We received a final Totika score of 77%. More importantly, as a company we are now more confident we have made the necessary changes and improvements in our business to keep our staff safe and ensure our Health and safety systems stay relevant and compliant. Anyone reading this review will know the challenges of navigating ever changing H&S compliance and regulatory laws, thanks to Lara and the risk ready team we were able make the necessary improvements. Our updated systems and policies have been well communicated and well received by our staff and have only had positive feedback. I highly recommend Lara and the Risk Ready team!
Gavin Van Heerden, Business Manager – Octo Group (previously Vault Group)
Looking to improve your Health & Safety?
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lara@riskready.co.nz
