Andy Westgate

Health Safety & Wellbeing Consultant

A highly motivated Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HS&W) Professional with over 20 years of experience across the UK and New Zealand.
An energetic, enthusiastic collaborator and effective decision-maker, capable of solving identified problems in a timely and professional manner with the ability to vary work styles. A pragmatic and hands on approach with a desire to empower people to continually improve through proactive initiatives and positive reinforcement. A practical leader who passionately facilitates training courses to deliver key objectives and messaging in a fun engaging environment. Using experiences from a wide variety of industries to provide learners with realistic examples to enhance their learning journey.

Qualifications

He Ara Matatau Safe Plus Assessor – NMIT
Certificate in Mata a Ao Māori
Graduate Diploma Professional Practice (OSH) (Level 7)
Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (Level 6)
NEBOSH General Certificate (level 4) (UK)
Further Adult Education Teaching Certificate (City in Guilds)
HASANZ registered
New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM) member

Skills and Experience

US4098 Assessor (waiting for confirmation of completion)
Height Safety Training
Elevated work platform trained
ICAM Investigation techniques training
De-escalation training
Health and Safety Rep 1 training NZQA 30264 & 29315
Confined Space Entrant and Gas Monitoring
First Aider (NZ)
Asist and Connector trained through Mates in Construction
Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS Level 4)
Advanced Drug and Alcohol Training for Managers
Defibrillator Instructor European Resus Council (UK)
Lead Auditor OHSAS 18001 (UK)
Foundation OHSAS 18001 Training (UK)
OH&S Auditors Course AS / NZS 4801 (NZ)
Awards:
- 2014 Leadership Award – Otago Polytechnic Staff Award
- 2012 OBIZ Award Winner – Project Leadership for H&S Impact Award sponsored by ACC.

Key Skill Areas

Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to all levels of a business or external sources to ensure key Health, Safety and Wellbeing values and systems are understood and implemented, delivering a Safety-First culture.
Passion to drive continuous improvement with eagerness to seek and share best practice and enhance current Health, Safety and Wellbeing Programmes to embed an excellent safety culture and deliver a first-class service.
The desire to drive the Health, Safety and Wellbeing agendas and displays excellent leadership skills with the ability to work as part of a team and willingly lead.
Ability to quickly build strong relationships with key stakeholders and employees at all levels as well as implementing and maintain all business strategic values.