Built for sites, subcontractors and the work at height
Construction is one of New Zealand's highest-risk sectors — falls from height are a leading cause of serious harm, alongside plant and vehicles, services, dust and manual handling. A system for construction has to handle multiple sites, a stream of subcontractors, and constant change, with everything reportable from the site, not the office. Here's what that takes.
Construction work changes by the hour, and the people exposed — your crew and a rotating cast of subcontractors — are spread across sites. Falls, mobile plant, underground and overhead services, silica dust and manual handling all need managing on the ground, in real time. See health & safety for construction for the detail.
| Need | Why it matters in construction |
|---|---|
| Site safety plans | Build and share an SSSP and SWMS per site and high-risk task, updated as the job changes. |
| Site inductions | Get every worker and visitor inducted to the specific site quickly, with a record of who's on. |
| Subcontractor management | Track subcontractor prequalification and shared duties — see contractor management. |
| Work at height & permits | Manage height work, scaffolds and high-risk permits where the risk is highest. |
| Mobile hazard reporting | Crews report hazards and incidents from the site on a phone, with photos — not back at the office days later. |
NZOHS is a New Zealand health and safety system built around the records a construction job actually generates — from the safety plans a principal asks for to the daily checks your crew runs on site. It keeps the paperwork in one place, on the office desktop and on a phone in the field.
For a construction business, it covers:
It generates the PDFs you need to hand over, and is backed by 15+ years supporting New Zealand businesses, 3,000+ OHS systems supplied, and free one-on-one training and support from qualified NZ health and safety professionals.
Book a demo and we'll show you how it works — free 30-day trial included.
The construction essentials — site-specific safety plans and inductions, subcontractor management, toolbox talks and mobile hazard reporting — so they work on site, not just in the office.
Yes. With subcontractors coming and going across sites, a good system should run site-specific plans and inductions and track subcontractor prequalification and shared duties, rather than assuming everyone is covered.
Yes. Crews should be able to report hazards and incidents, complete inductions and run toolbox talks from the site on a phone, so issues are captured in the moment.
Yes. It should let you build and share a site-specific safety plan and safe work method statements per site and high-risk task, and update them as the job changes.
Get clear on what you need, shortlist against the criteria that matter, and trial it with your crews — see how to choose a health and safety system.
