Auditing, reviewing, updating, and coaching teams to meet the Management Systems Standards ISO 9001:2015 (Quality), ISO 45001:2018 (Health and Safety), or ISO 14001:2015 (Environment) is what I am passionate about and do for a living. If you have been asked for your certification to these standards or you need to improve and maintain your system to these or other Quality, Safety or Environmental Standards I can help you reach the standard you need.  The great thing about ISO 45001:2018 is that if you have this official certification then you also meet SiteWise and Impac Totika prequalification requirements too. I am all for one single audit meeting many different needs! I am very happy to suggest actions that do all that for managers and employers.

I have 20 years experience in the Health and Safety Profession with my first job in 2004 at a sawmill where I learnt the role of Health, Safety and Training Coordinator. Since then I have worked at ACC in the Workplace Injury Prevention Team and since 2018 have owned my business Adaptive Health and Safety Ltd. While at ACC I was privileged to audit over 50 businesses to the ACC Workplace Safety Management Practice (WSMP) Standard and after attending Lead Auditor Training for 9001, 45001 and 14001 ISO Standards I have been involved in auditing up to 16 ISO Audits through Telarc so far ISO Certification & NZ Standards / Telarc.

My business experience started 17 years ago in 2007 when purchasing a 50% share in a sheep and crop farming operation. I now have two employees for Adaptive Health and Safety and am currently in the process of employing a third. I follow a practical approach to improving systems by focusing on coaching directors, managers and employees to effectively carry out their quality, health, safety and environmental responsibilities. Any documentation needed is simply there to support team members consistently meet the responsibilities of the operation and to enable improvement strategies and tactics to be captured. I am very mindful that actions taken in any organisation need to provide either returns or savings or both!

I am a member of the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM) and the NZ Institute of Directors (IoDNZ). These memberships require continuous professional development that I often undertake.

Recently the IoDNZ have updated their Guidance on Good Health and Safety Governance Health and Safety: A good practice guide | IoDNZ .This new guidance provides suggestions on practical ways that business owners and directors, of which I am one, can improve the effectiveness of risk management over time. This guidance provides questions so we can understand the status of risk management for our organisations, and apply our limited resources to the right areas. I’m keen to leverage this new resource along with the knowledge and experience I’ve gained so far in life to work alongside other business owners and directors to focus efforts and resources to enable our organisations, and the people in them, to reach their potential and achieve their other goals in life. Life is too short to waste time being ill or injured, or upsetting the neighbours (at home or at work) by doing things that harm people, the environment or provide services or products that are poor quality!!

Would you like to work with me and the Adaptive Team? Contact us to make a start.

Email: bronwyn@adaptivehs.nz