OSHEM Solutions has a set of strengths and an approach that we believe set us apart from other Environmental and OHS Consultancies, including:
Consultant Competence
When it comes to dealing with Environmental, Health and Safety Consultants, some argue that its experience that counts. From their point of view industry is too focused on academics and has lost sight of the value of practical, on-the-job skills. On the other hand, others believe that without having to approach a profession with academic rigor, practictioners may not value data-driven solutions nor develop the higher-order thinking skills necessary for a systematic approach to problem solving. We agree with both, which is why our Environmental and OHS consultants are both highly qualified and industry experienced.
Client Maintains Control
We understand that opening up your organisation to an Environmental and/or OHS Consultant can be daunting. It’s natural for management to be concerned about letting ’outsiders’ in to conduct and environmental or OHS audit, inspection or otherwise scrutinise their business. Furthermore, involving external resources in environmental, health and safety projects can make some managers feel like they have lost control of the project. Recognising this, we ensure that throughout our assignments our clients have full visibility of the work we are doing and that we maintain on-going communication. Our clients have up-to-date information with which they can maintain control of their health & safety and/or environmental project and make the necessary decisions to achieve their desired outcomes. Using this approach we find that their success lives long after we have left.
Client Independence
We believe that if our clients become dependent upon us for their OHS and Environmental Management, then we have failed. The success of our consultancy is reliant upon maintaining our reputation of being efficient, professional and ethical, so we work with organisations to help them succeed in their current OHS and/or environmental projects, as well as develop the necessary skills, in-house, to manage the ones after. With this approach, we find our clients happily refer us to other organisations as well as call us back when they face even bigger challenges.
Maintaining Confidentiality
Clients welcome our Environmental, Health and Safety Consultants into some of the most sensitive areas of their business. After all, they call upon us when they face under-controlled OHS and/or environmental risk, are suffering from less than expected performance or are non-compliant with legal or other obligations. We value this trust and recognise that without it, we cannot function. For this reason our consultants maintain the highest levels of confidentiality. In fact, we don’t even disclose the names of the organisations we deal with, without their permission.
Unique Solutions for Unique Problems
Bernard Baruch, a very famous American economist, once said “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”. Unfortunately, many Safety, Environment and Management Consultancies suffer from this, either through misdiagnosis of problems or reliance on a particular ‘off-the-shelf’ tool or product they sell. At OSHEM Solutions, we recognise that the exact same problem in two different organisations can be so vastly different that using the same solution could spell disaster. Our clients are all unique, coming from different industries, with varying workplace cultures, made up of different demographics and at different stages of their environmental and/or OHS management journey. This is why we listen and gain an understanding of the context of their particular issue before offering a range of potential approaches on each assignment.
Peace of Mind
Our clients value the peace of mind they get when dealing with us. We don’t proceed with an assignment until we have fully scoped our clients need, verified we can do the work to the required standard, developed a written proposal and received written authority. Additionally as a professional environmental and OHS consultancy, OSHEM Solutions is a Registered Australian Company (ACN: 132 305 081 / ABN: 871 3230 5081). To protect our clients, all our Environmental, Health and Safety Consultants are covered by our Public Liability Insurance, Professional Indemnity Insurance and Workers Compensation Insurance.
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