021 808 310
HEALTH AND SAFETY SUPPORT FOR TRADIES IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
Your own dedicated Health and Safety person, shared with other Tradies
I know that you are busier than ever and that your obligations to Health and Safety are growing all the time. I will:
support you to run your Health and Safety programme
make sure you are meeting your legal requirements
ensure you are protecting your workers
help you to meet the expectations of your clients
give you peace of mind
SERVICES
I am a dedicated Health and Safety person for your business
FULL H&S SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Dedicated Health and Safety Person for your business
TAILORED TO SUIT YOUR BUSINESS
Will create or implement systems for you or work in with what you already have
TOOLBOX MEETINGS, TRAINING AND INDUCTIONS
I'll run the Safety and Training in your toolbox meetings as well as manage inductions
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
I understand your legal obligations and what is required. I will make sure that you know what you need to and support you in working with your clients
SITE WISE GOLD
I can help you achieve Site Wise Gold and put processes in place to keep achieving the gold standard of health and safety permanently across your business. It shows your clients that you have a commitment to your workers and to your health and safety obligations.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHY DO YOU NEED ME?
You are busy!
You clients have new systems that you need to adhere to
You don’t really know where to start but you want to improve your Health and Safety processes
You already have health and safety in place but you don’t document it and need help with that
WHY USE ME?
I’m not a consultant so I’m not going to tell you what to do then walk away, I’m going to help you run your Health and Safety programme - I’ll be your Health and Safety lady
I’m flexible and work in with you, I’m an extra set of hands. Once we get your Health and Safety up and running, depending on the size of your business, I might only work for you 1,2 or 3 hours per week-you share me with other tradies and this means I can work faster and more efficiently because I have templates ready to go
I work in residential construction and have done for the last 3 years – I work with tradies all day so I understand how it works
I’m up front and don’t complicate things – I’ll tell you what your obligations are and what you need to do to meet them. I’ll talk to your clients directly about what they want from you if that’s what you want.
WHAT WILL I DO FOR YOU?
I can do full management or part management and monitoring
I can get you set up and then leave you to it
I can implement a whole system and then run it for you
I can:
improve/create your SSSP documentation
sort and send your SSSP’s
do health and Safety Inductions
help you run your toolbox meetings including tool and safety training
do your client Health and Safety prequalifications – for example: Site Wise/Prequal/Site Connect
Keep your accident/incident register and investigate when accidents occur
Coordinate machine, vehicle and equipment inspections
Liaise with your clients Health and Safety officer directly
Liaise with your team directly
WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT ME THAN OTHER HEALTH AND SAFETY SUPPORT OUT THERE?
I only work with small to medium size tradespeople in residential construction
I want to support busy tradespeople by working in with their day to day activities
I want to support larger residential construction companies to improve their health and safety programme – I want to do this by helping the small to medium sized tradies
Because you share me with other tradies and trades similar to yourself, I already have templates and documents in place that I can quickly adapt with saves you time and money
I can easily personalise to your trade and business
HOW DO I COMMUNICATE?
I work in with you and your business and the needs of your team
We set a a message group with you team just for Health and Safety. Everyone sees everything and I can chase your team for things so you don’t have to
HOWÂ DO YOU PAY ME?
I charge $85 per hour plus gst on a weekly invoice(14 days to pay)
HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK WILL I WORK? - EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CLIENTS
It depends on what type of trade you are, how many employees you have, how many sites you work across, your client requirements and what kind of plant and equipment you use, however here are some examples of hours from my current clients:
Drainlaying
Roofing
1-5 employees/subcontractors
Initial set up – approx. 20 hours
Initial induction and training toolbox talks – approx. 8 hours
Ongoing admin/monitoring – approx. 1 hour per week
Building(Labour only)
6-12 employees
Initial set up – approx. 40 hours
Initial induction and training toolbox talks - approx. 10 hours
Ongoing admin/monitoring – approx. 1-2 hour per week
Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying
13-20 employees
Initial set up - approx. 50 hours
Initial induction and training toolbox talks - approx. 15 hours
Ongoing admin/monitoring approx. 2-3 hour per week
Landscaping
21- 30 employees
Initial set up- approx. 50 hours
Initial induction and training toolbox talks - approx. 25 hours
Ongoing admin/monitoring - 3-4 hour per week
These hours can increase for:
Health and Safety Prequalifications
Accident and Incident investigations
Yearly self-audit and review
Meeting with clients
Setting up new sites(full site management only-PCBU1)
working with your subcontractors on their H&S requirements
And also depend on how often you want me to run your toolbox talks
*If you use paper books, I’ll charge you the cost of printing these.
TESTIMONIALS
Before getting Jo on board to manage our health and safety it was in disarray, we had very little procedures or training in place. Having Jo go through and rebuild our health and safety policies and procedures has been amazing for our staff and business. Jo has great attention to detail and I would highly recommend working with her. Professionalism at its best!!
Nick Jones - PlumbedUp
Jo Ninkie is our health and safety manager, as well as our Operations Manager. She is diligent and extremely thorough, with great attention to detail.Â
Jo handles our policies, training and all our on site H&S. Whenever we have an onsite incident, her communication at all levels is amazing. From understanding the issues to communicating and thoroughly reporting to the necessary people. I am extremely confident in the systems, policies and reporting Jo has implemented. She is amazing!
Dylan Glassock - Proscapes
Health and Safety was a priority in our business from a practical point,  but it was hard to get across all the paper work and requirements that were required from  the different companies that we work for. Jo has made it really easy to do and our clients are really happy with the quality of our H&S documentation. We can concentrate on doing the right thing on site and Jo helps us back it up on the paper side of things. As a director and someone who can be potentially liable if something goes wrong I feel confident that we are doing all the right things and keeping all our people safe.
Greg Ninkie - Complete Residential
Jo is a really practical health and safety person. She keeps fantastic paperwork which keeps my clients happy and she makes a point of really understanding the practical elements of what we do. Jo has high standards for herself and for my business and although Jo only works a couple of hours a week, she's really flexible and just works in with what I need.
Brian Fairhall - Roofscape
Call me to discuss the specific needs of your business - Jo - 021 808 310