Policies, SWMS, registers and risk assessments are a good start. Keeping them current is what makes the difference, and that takes someone staying on top of it, week in, week out.
You’ve got a business to run. Someone needs to keep all of this moving.
That’s where we come in.
We look after the ongoing safety work and stay involved, so things stay current, actions get closed out and everyone knows who does what. You focus on the work.
Need help quickly?
Give us a call. We’ll work through what’s needed and get it sorted with you.
Industries we support
We work with owner-led businesses across NSW, in hands-on industries where there’s plenty to keep on top of. Chances are we’ve seen your kind of job before.
Subcontractors, specialist trades and site-based businesses.
Civil works, excavation, utilities and infrastructure contractors.
Manufacturing, fabrication, engineering and industrial services.
Fleets, freight, logistics and warehouse operations.
Contractors and service businesses supporting resources.
Agriculture, forestry, landscaping, waste and environmental work.
Pricing
Your business has reached the point where safety needs proper attention. That doesn’t mean you need to hire a full-time safety person.
You get an experienced team for a set weekly fee, based on the size of your business, the work you do and how many sites you run.
Just the safety support your business actually needs.
What’s included
We don’t hand over a folder and leave. You get a working safety team looking after the jobs that need doing, behind the scenes and on site.
Policies, procedures and systems kept up to date as your business changes.
Your safety information kept current, not left to go stale.
Actions assigned, followed up and closed out, not forgotten.
Practical site inspections that show what needs attention.
Calm, experienced help to work through what happened and what’s next.
Helping the people running the work know what needs to happen.
The ongoing paperwork, taken off owners and operations managers.
Practical guidance built for real workplaces.
Your systems current, organised and ready for review.
On top of what your contracts, site access and prequalification ask for.
Built on industry experience
The Safety Dept. is led by Sarah-Jane Dunford, who has more than 25 years’ experience across high-risk industries and was named 2026 Business Woman of the Year.
Sarah-Jane takes the structure big organisations rely on and makes it work for owner-led businesses. We work alongside your team to make responsibilities clear, set up systems that suit the way you work, and keep safety actions moving.
We support businesses across NSW in excavation, civil construction, electrical contracting, landscaping, transport, mining and heavy equipment.
Your people do the work on site. We give them the structure, oversight and follow-through to stay on top of it.
“Partnering with The Safety Dept. has transformed the way we manage safety at Drill Doctors. They have taken ownership of our safety department, significantly improving our safety culture, systems, and standards while making the entire process simple and practical.”
“Before working with The Safety Dept., our safety requirements were always handled at the last minute. They helped us organise the system, complete our prequalification requirements and stay on top of what needed to be updated.”
“We already had procedures and forms, but no one was consistently managing them. The Safety Dept. gave us a clear process, followed up outstanding actions and made sure safety stopped falling back onto the owner.”
“As an electrical contracting business, it was important to us that our safety systems were not only compliant but practical and easy to use in the field. The Safety Dept. has taken the time to understand our operations, listened to our feedback, and worked closely with us to create a system that genuinely supports our team and reflects the way we work day-to-day.”
“The biggest difference is that we now know what is outstanding and who is responsible for it. Issues that had been sitting there for months were worked through, and I no longer have to chase every safety task myself.”
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