UPDATE TO PlaceMakers Christmas Events! All Canterbury Safety Charter members are invited to join PlaceMakers for the following trade events we are hosting at our PlaceMakers stores in the next […]
Category: H&S News
Health and Safety Leadership & Networking Event
SAVE THE DATE and join the Safety Charter for the first Networking Event for 2020. Hear from… Key Note Speaker Mike Cron – Health and Safety in the Front Row […]
Your chance to have a say on site access requirements
Construction Health and Safety New Zealand (CHASNZ) and Site Safe New Zealand are seeking feedback on two draft guides that aim to clarify the requirements for people to gain access to sites […]
Christmas comes to Placemakers
PlaceMakers Christmas Events! All Canterbury Safety Charter members are invited to join us for the following trade events we are hosting at our PlaceMakers stores in the coming weeks! 30th […]
Charter Champion – Tammy Alexander
Tammy Alexander, was recently awarded a Safety Charter Champion award during the Safety Charter, Bridging the Gap workshop held 8th October 2019. Tammy says, “I am so humbled by being […]
Review of ‘Bridging the Gap’ workshop
The “Bridging the Gap” workshop was full of highlights and genuine conversation, sharing multiple sides of the construction industry ranging from the main contractor, subcontractor and all the others […]
The three dreaded topics of business… ACC, Worksafe, and Health & Safety
13 November 2019, Christchurch; Sudima Christchurch Airport. 550 Memorial Drive, Christchurch All of them can be confusing and even more so with the recent legislative changes. They definitely cost you a lot […]
Mates in Construction
Mates in Construction launches in New Zealand. Last year over 685 New Zealanders died by suicide. These statistics released by the Coroner’s office in August 2019 have confirmed yet again, that URGENT […]
Blokes Book launch
The Canterbury Men’s Centre extends an invitation to Safety Charter Members to their “Blokes Book” book launch on Tuesday, 19th November. When: Tuesday 19th November from 2pm Where: At the […]
International Men’s Day
The Canterbury Men’s Centre is working with and celebrating International Men’s Day again this year. The aim of International Men’s Day is to get people recognising how important men are and […]
Safety Charter Update
Hello everyone, The Canterbury Safety Charter is extremely pleased to announce that our key strategic partner, WorkSafe NZ has provided another full year of key funding; enabling the Charter to […]
OneStaff raise just under $10K to support ‘Key to Life’
In May this Year, Onestaff entered the ‘Virgin Pulse Global Challenge’. This is a wellbeing event that has as run for over 15 years, being administered by Virgin. It is a 100-day, […]
New safety range at Placemakers
The new Arglye/Bison safety range is now in-store at PlaceMakers. They have everything covered from head to toe with wet weather gear, vests, safety boots and high vis performance tees […]
Keeping you in the know about hazardous substances
Every year, there are hundreds of deaths and many thousands of hospitalisations and ACC claims caused by long-term exposure to health risks at work. In fact, the burden on workers, […]
Workplace Wellbeing, Health & Safety Monthly Breakfast Meetings
Work, workplace and work colleagues has been shown to be one of the most influential factors to an individual’s well-being. Our experiences at work impacts on our ability to return […]
How to have a conversation about mental health
CHASNZ has been working on a Mental Health in Construction Strategy, there has been a wide agreement that a co-ordinated approach across our industry was needed to better understand the […]