The Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations make requirements for first aid (R13) and emergency plans (R14).

Guidance has been published by WorkSafe, but there has been no published research from New Zealand into the effects that communication of first aid and emergency planning might have on workplace injury rates.

This is the first of two linked webinars that explore research from elsewhere and engage you in applied research.

Your Presenter: Chris Peace

After graduation in 1974 Chris worked in regulatory roles in the UK, enforcing health and safety legislation, moving to New Zealand in 1980. Here he changed careers and worked in risk management before returning to the UK in 1990 where he continued to work in risk management and studied for an MSc in Risk Management and Safety Technology.

After returning to New Zealand in 1995, Chris joined the-then Natural Gas Corporation as the corporate Risk Manager. In 2003 he established Risk Management Ltd as an evidence-based consultancy. In 2005-2012 Chris taught risk management part-time at Massey University and then moved to Victoria University to research for his PhD, graduating in 2019. In April 2020 Chris joined the School of Health and is now Senior Lecturer in Workplace Health and Safety, teaching papers in the Master of Health programme.

He is a Certified Fellow of NZISM and Chartered Fellow of IOSH. Chris has a firm belief that effective risk management helps drive organisational improvement and is part of all managers’ responsibilities.