ABOUT ME

Can you tell us a little about your background and how you came to work at Avid Plus?

Register Nurse (RGON), worked as Occupational Health Nurse and H&S Manager at Cadbury Confectionery. Set up TMR in 1994, met Robyn while working as an ACC Auditor. With Robyn set up Avid Plus with idea of forming a collaborative group of H&S professionals working nationwide.

How do you see the health and safety industry evolving in the future? Are there any specific challenges or obstacles you have seen in the industry and how are they being overcome?

Increasing impact of technology. Increasing number of persons in a H&S role who lack sufficient qualifications and experience in their role.

Are there any industry leaders or organisations that you look up to or have been particularly influential in your career?

Closely monitor WorkSafe’s decisions and guidance. Relevant court cases.

What do you get up to outside of work?

Family, Love gardening, and enjoy watching sport. Keen on cooking and wine. Member of Rotary of Dunedin South.

Qualifications & Accreditations

  • IoD Governance Development Programme
  • Training the Policy Governance Model, The Carver Method, facilitated by Board Clarity
  • Machine SAFE Comprehensive Course - AS/NZS 4024.1-2014 Safety of Machinery
  • ACC Approved Auditor (Fleet Saver and AEP)
  • Certified Machinery Safety Expert (TÜV NORD)
  • Diploma Occupational Health Practice
  • Exemplar Global OHSMS Lead Auditor
  • ICAM Lead Investigator
  • Registered General and Obstetric Nurse

Specialties & Professional Experience

  • Development of health and safety systems for a range of employers, including mentoring and support
  • Site inspections, compliance inspections, internal, customer and third-party audits and contractor assessments
  • Establishment of continuous improvement activities linked to health and safety
  • Auditing experience against AS/NZS 4801 and a wide range of standards, industry guidelines and government standards
  • Governance
  • Past ACC Approved Auditor (WSMP)Past EPA Test Certifier - Approved Handler Training and Hazardous Substances Advisor
  • Past Site Safe Trainer

Governance Roles

  • Past Chairperson – Dunedin Community Care Trust (trading as CCT)
  • Past board member – Alzheimer’s Society
  • Past Director – Pai Ake Toru
  • Past Deputy Chair – New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM) Otago Branch

Membership

  • New Zealand Institute of Directors (IoD)
  • Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS)
  • New Zealand Insitute of Safety Management (NZISM)

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Photo of a safety hat sitting on a table with paperwork, while people wearing hi-vis talk in the background