Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter nominated for Best Leadership of an Industry Sector or Region Award

Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter nominated for Best Leadership of an Industry Sector or Region Award

The Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter (the Charter) has been nominated as an award finalist for ACC best leadership of an industry sector or region as part of the 2017 NZ Workplace Health and Safety Awards. The Charter is an agreement on health and safety between the leaders of government organisations and construction-related companies. Navigatus continues to assist the Charter in..

Kevin Launches Acceptance Criteria Special Interest Group

Kevin Launches Acceptance Criteria Special Interest Group

Methods and practices to determine acceptability of risk in differing contexts are currently not well defined; or understood. Following his presentation ‘Grossly Disproportionate – how much is enough?’ at the 2016 RiskNZ Development Day, Kevin gauged interest on a RiskNZ Special Interest Group on Risk Acceptability. Kevin (as convener) launched this group in early 2017, he is joined by interested RiskNZ..

New Zealand Health and Safety Prosecutions

New Zealand Health and Safety Prosecutions

New Zealand has a high rate of workplace fatalities compared to other OECD countries.  A conservative estimated by MBIE in 2012 suggests that the direct costs of injuries cost approximately $3.5 billion per year . Every year, WorkSafe brings about a number of prosecutions where PCBU’s have failed to meet their obligations under the Health and Safety at Work..

Paul appointed to dependability standards committee

Paul appointed to dependability standards committee

Paul Dickinson, a lead consultant with Navigatus, has been appointed to represent RiskNZ on the Australia / New Zealand joint standards committee. Paul joins experts from a range of organisations from throughout New Zealand and Australia on this committee with the aim to xyz. Paul’s appointment is reflective of his recent work in this area xyz. Paul is xyz to..