I mean what is the next step from H&S Representative to a qualified Health and Safety Advisor?

Yes please Tania.
janhoustonatxtradotcodotnz
Cheers Jan

Hi Margaret
Is there plans to take this around the country. Love to see something like this in Wellington and down south .. cheers Jan

Hi
I'm Jan Houston - Houston We Have a Problem is my tagline!! I've been a H&S Advisor for many years and finally decided to start my own consultancy early last year. It's an exciting time to be a Health and Safety Professional and rewarding to have clients that so thoroughly embracing a safety culture. One client has been nominated finalist for Safeguard Awards and they are over the moon. I've recently signed up for the NZISM mentoring programme, because I've had a couple of amazing inspiring women who have shone a light for me in my career and I want to play it forward. I believe that NZISM are doing an awesome job and I'm really enjoying some of the free forums. I hope more and more Health and Safety Professionals get themselves listed in the HASANZ Register because we have some people in our industry that are in it for all the wrong reasons. This forum is great and I love how health and safety professionals are so keen to assist one another ... we all have the same goals after all. Let's turn this country stats around and make it the safest place in the world to work!!!!!

I'm interested .. please count me in

Thats really helpful thanks everyone .. this is such a great forum ... we have so many knowledgeable people out there !!

Certainly Bunnings Onion Gate saga should be added. I was asked recently to raise the quality of toilet paper because "it was a H&S issue" - I declined and suggested asking the H&S Rep to raise it at next H&S Committee with management present. However I don't have enough fingers or toes to count the number of ludicrous things that have been brought to my attention as "H&S issues".

If I might add a no. 4 to that list. Large organisations that supply H&S templates but no backing up or advice on how to complete them or more importantly why they are necessary. Doing 150+ contractor pre qualifications for a construction company currently .... at least 65% submitting blank forms and delightedly reporting they have a robust H&S System in place.

Thanks Rob I'll try them.