Hi All,

The organisation I work for is completing a project where the equipment will be installed by the overseas company who built it. We will have 11 workers come from China with very little English spoken in the group. One of the challenges we are facing is communication and ensuring the understanding of health and safety obligations in NZ. We have bi or multi lingual staff on site who can translate but they do not have H&S or projects/construction background.
What is your experience in these situations?

One of the options we would like to explore is brining in an HS consultant/professional who is fluent in Mandarin who can communicate with the workers/supervisors throughout the project. We feel that the Health and Safety background is paramount in this situation as translation just isn't enough.
Do you know of any H&S Consultants/professionals who speak Mandarin working on a contract basis?

Any help here would be muchly appreciated.
Many thanks
Shayla