Dr Christel Fouche

Background
Christel has over 32 years experience in Occupational Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality Management Systems; Auditing; Consulting; Implementation & Training in a wide range of industries including underground and surface mining, power utility; forestry; food; railway; aviation; manufacturing; construction; steel; government and health to name a few.
WORK EXPERIENCE
The following provides an illustration of the types of work Christel has carried out:
Christel has provided services to Taeiri Railway on ISO31000 & Risk Management; assisted Red Bull NZ with their H&S Framework; is conducting GAP audits for Hesketh Henry (on behalf of their landlord client) in terms of compliance to the new H&S at Work Act; has performed due diligence training for No. 1 Shoes’ CEO and executive team as well as for the Ministry of Health & Red Bull; conducted a due diligence audit for Solid Energy mining division; has completed audits for CHH Woodproducts; has done an integrated ISO SHEQ audit for Marlborough Lines on the new ISO standards and assisted with implementing their Integrated Management System towards Telarc certification in 2017; was on the panel for the Safety 360 Conference for 2017 and has delivered a paper in September at the HASANZ conference on the new ISO45001 standard. Other clients assisted in New Zealand include BNZ (building risk assessments); Dillworth Trust (building risk assessments); ASB (contractor management development); Abano Health Group (dental practice reviews); HirePool (Senior Management training); API consumer Brands (permit-to-work system and senior management training); Auckland Airport (development of H&S documentation & review audit); Zespri (design and implementation of H&S Management System); Chubb (H&S Review); DSM & SMC Construction (design of H&S Framework) and many more. Christel is a SafePlus assessor and actively auditing against the ISO 45001: 2018 standard. She is ready to assist contractors with the Q-Safe Stage 2 audits when required.
POSITIONS HELD
· IMPAC: Principle Health and Safety Consultant
- CEO: Advantage ACT Pty Ltd
· CEO: AGO Certification (ISO)
· CEO: STEAM Legal Compliance Services
QUALIFICATIONS
· BA (Information Science) – University of South Africa; South Africa.
· MBA (H&S) - University of Southern Queensland; Australia.
· International Lead Auditor: ISO9001; ISO14001 & OHSAS18001/ISO 45001 (IRCA & Exemplar Global)

- New Zealand Institute of Safety Management
- International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA)
Exemplar Global
New Zealand Institute of Safety Management - BA: Bachelor of Arts
MBA in Health and Safety
IRCA - ISO9001; 14001 & 45001 Lead Auditor
Exemplar Global - ISO9001; 14001; 18001 & 45001 Lead Auditor
SafePlus Assessor
Q-Safe Auditor
Beacon Auditing Consulting & Training Limited
Postal address
89 Naples Way
Albany Heights
Auckland 0632
NZ
Street address
89 Naples Way
Albany Heights
Auckland 0632
NZ