This page links businesses directly to specialist South Australian and national WHS professionals who can provide advice on building and maintaining healthy and safe workplaces.
It supports new and established businesses seeking to make improvements or address emerging issues by making it easy for them to identify the services they need and access them.
These services can range from establishing systems and health and safety plans, to improving the way people use equipment.
This page will continue to be updated with links to additional WHS service providers and peak bodies.
WHS professionals can help businesses meet their legal obligations to provide a healthy and safe work environment.
This can benefit the business, workers, customers and suppliers by:
- eliminating hazards
- improving workers’ wellbeing
- improving job satisfaction
- providing and maintaining safe machinery
- providing safe ways of working
- guiding the safe use, handling and storage of machinery
- retaining staff
This page links you to a range of WHS service providers.
Before making contact, we recommend you consider which service is right for your business.
Do you have a clear idea of the WHS issues relating to your business and the professional assistance you require?
Some common issues where businesses require professional help include setting up a WHS management system, risk assessments, air sampling, responding to an incident, injury, improvement, or prohibition notice.
- Have you consulted with your workers to clearly identify the issue(s)?
- Have you been requested to make improvements following a visit by a SafeWork SA Inspector?
- Has the issue been discussed with the local safety committee, health and safety representative (HSR) or Safety Manager (where they exist)?
- Have you listed the items/areas that you believe need to be addressed i.e. develop a scope of works?
- What type of consultant do you need? They have different skills and areas of specialist knowledge and experience
When you have decided on the type of support you require, consider what you need to know before
selecting a service provider.
Main categories of WHS professionals
Provides strategic and practical advice relating to:
- regulatory compliance
- management and control of WHS risks
- development, implementation and analysing management systems
- technical and incident information.
Role includes:
- implementing safety plans and strategies developed by the business or WHS or OHS professionals
- working with subject matter experts to fix hazards
- operating under WHS professional supervision in larger organisations.
Services include:
- measuring workers’ exposure to hazards, including noise, vibration, chemicals, dust, heat, mould
- advising on hazard control and management.
Uses their knowledge of physical, cognitive and organisational factors to:
- design systems, tasks, tools, products, workplaces and processes which optimise human performance
- assess factors in the physical and sociotechnical environment which may impact safety and productivity
- advise on practices to reduce the risk of harm to health arising from the work system design, e.g. fatigue, hazardous manual tasks and psychosocial issues.
- investigate incidents to identify failures in the design of tasks, workspaces, equipment and processes
Contact a WHS professional
Click on the service you require to access the WHS professional directory.
