Andrew is a Health and Safety Consultant with over thirty years extensive experience in workplace health and safety, environmental management, safety in design and construction. As a result of this exposure he has become skilled in assessing ergonomic working conditions, human resources mental health management and Return to Work coordination.

He provides specialist training, auditing and general safety consultancy services to the Construction, Education and general businesses.

As one of the Health and Safety Representative trainers, Andrew consistently provides an informative, thought provoking sessions. His past experiences in the real world assist him to clearly communicate the course content and expected outcomes. Participants provide feed back that the classroom activities are completed enthusiastically and engage all workers in the process. Participants normal way of thinking and looking at problems is challenged and questioned to assist thinking issues through and putting the knowledge and strategies learned in the training into practice.

Andrew has worked in the U.K., U.S.A, Africa and Australia with large local and international firms. For instance Fisher and Paykel, Fonterra, Penrite Oils, Unilever, the PG Group and Prudential. He worked as the National WHS and HR manager for QHDC Australia.

For the past ten years, Andrew worked with DRA and other companies as a Health and Safety Consultant with the emphasis on workplace health and safety. In addition Andrew has experience and qualifications in Mental Health offering guidance to organisations establishing these programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Architecture
• Bachelor of Technology Wildlife Management
• Advanced Diploma Occupational Health and Safety
• Advanced Diploma Environmental Management
• Advanced Diploma in Training of Trainers
• Diploma Mental Health
• Diploma Human Resources Management
• Diploma Business Management
• Diploma Change Management
• Diploma Food Safety
• Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment TAE 40116
• Exemplar Global Lead Auditor
• Fire Safety Advisor
• Certificate Enterprise Risk Management ISO31000: 2018
• Certificate Elements of Food Safety Management Systems ISO 22000:2018
• Cert III Security Operations
• Workplace Health and Safety Advisor
• Construction White Card

Professional Association Memberships

• Australian Institute of Health and Safety Australia
• International Safety Quality Environment Management Association (ISQEM)
• Rotary Club of Southport (Qld)

Sample of Achievements

• Complete HSEQ Management Systems Audits for clients as a regular part of a continuing consultancy or as a one off service.
• Conducts WHS regulatory compliance audits.
• Design and implementation of WHS management systems.
• Creation of national health & safety and environmental policy and procedure manuals.
• Conducts ergonomic assessments of work areas and manual handling tasks principally in the warehouse and manufacturing sectors.
• Provided expert witness service for cases involving environmental and pollution issues.
• Creation and implementation of induction manuals and training manuals.
• Trainer for RTO in Workplace Health and Safety courses and related subjects
  Risk management and management training.
• Mental health management training.