Jane McColl

Health & Safety Administration Specialist

ABOUT ME

Can you tell us a little about your background and how you came to work at Avid Plus?

Both Rob and I came from a nursing background, when the Health and Safety in Employment Act came in we felt strongly about improving health and safety in the workplace and set up our own business.

We've both been back to university to gain qualifications and now have been in business for 30 years.

We have always had a passion for innovative and creative ways of being effective for companies in the workplace and to be able to do this nationwide, Rob approached Robyn and Avid Plus was formed.

How do you see the health and safety industry evolving in the future? Are there any specific challenges or obstacles you have seen in the industry and how are they being overcome?

Certainly, use of technology, videos etc. Moving away from paper-based systems, making it user friendly for the end user. I think mentoring for people with health and safety roles an opportunity as more and more workers are being promoted into roles.

Are there any industry leaders or organisations that you look up to or have been particularly influential in your career?

WorkSafe, Tutors from my course at University of Otago

What do you get up to outside of work?

Love my family, love being altogether and also spending time with them.  Very special having my gorgeous granddaughter once a week where we hang out and play. Golf and power hooping are my fav activities, gardening and when I have time quilting.Also helping out at the fundraising casino nights which Rob and I have done for the last 12 years.

Qualifications & Accreditations

  • W501 Certificate: Measurement of Hazardous Substances
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Occupational Health)Spirometry Course - Dunedin Public Hospital
  • Audiometry Course - University of Otago
  • Registered General and Obstetric Nurse

Specialties & Professional Experience

  • Developing, maintaining and improving health and safety systems
  • Mentoring and supporting health and safety administrators

Governance Roles

Membership

  • Practitioner member of New Zealand Institute of Safety Management

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Photo of a safety hat sitting on a table with paperwork, while people wearing hi-vis talk in the background
Photo of a safety hat sitting on a table with paperwork, while people wearing hi-vis talk in the background