About Minerva....

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Minerva Consulting Group has been providing safety services for over 20 years.  (Minerva was the Roman name of Greek goddess Athena.  She was considered to be the virgin goddess of wisdom and education.)  Based in Sydney NSW, we offer a broad range of OHS services to clients throughout Australia and New Zealand.  Our client base is extensive and covers many of Australia's Blue Chip companies.

Scott Cornwell, Minerva Consulting Group's Principal

Scott Cornwell

 

Our principal, Scott Cornwell, has worked for many years in the OHS field.  He was mentored by Mitch Mitchell, a well known authority in safety who owned Mitch Mitchell & Associates, Scriptographic Publications and Safety Concepts.

Scott has guided the company to its preferred OHS Consultant status with some of Australia's leading corporations, including Electrolux Home Products and Apple Pty Ltd.  We are also the exclusive Self Insurance Auditors for a large number of NSW local councils, including Blacktown City Council and Campbelltown City Council.  Many of our clients were introduced to Minerva though other satisfied clients and many retain us as their OHS Consultants of choice.

At Minerva Consulting Group, we specialise in helping other organisations prevent accidental loss arising from inadequate workplace health and safety management systems.  We do this by offering exceptional OHS auditing, training and consultancy services.

Minerva Consulting Group recognises that your organisation is affected by rigorous occupational health and safety regulations that impose duties, obligations and penalties on your organisation and its directors, managers and employees.  Our wide range of services and training programmes can help you and your staff comply with health and safety legislation.  We are well versed in the OHS legislation of all Australian states.

We employ experienced professionals who are qualified in health, scientific, engineering and educational disciplines.  Our consultants understand the current business environment and the challenges posed by stringent human resources, OHS&E and workers' compensation legislation.

Some of the services we provide are:

  • Our Accredited Lead OHS Auditor Course™ is accredited by the Registrar Accredititation Board Quality Society of Australasia and 1,000s of students from many industrial sectors have graduated as occupational health and safety management system auditors.
  • Our WorkCover accredited courses (including OHS Consultation, Return to Work Coordination and OHS General Induction for Construction in NSW) have provided certified OHS training to participants to prepare them to manage OHS in their workplaces.
  • Our auditing services are provided by Registrar Accreditation Board Quality Society of Australasia accredited OHS professionals to assist organisations to efficiently improve their workplace safety and to access cost reduction programs such as the WorkCover NSW Self Insurance Scheme.
  • Our auditors can give your company the commercial edge by being able to award bestpractice OHS certification such as AS/NZS 4801 or SafetyMAP.
  • Our certified trainers can develop and deliver a number of OHS training packages tailored for your company.
  • Our industry experts include an internationally renowned machine guarding specialist.
  • Our injury and claims management professionals can help you to reduce compensation costs.
  • Our trained ergonomists can ensure staff are working in a manner to minimise possible injuries.
  • Our OHS Management system development service allows us to help organisations establish an effective team-based cooperative and consultative approach to OHS&E management.
  • Our Go-Safety™ booklets and videos cover all of the essential topics for employee education including accident investigation, environmental sustainability, risk assessment, manual handling, eye protection and more.
  • Our technical experts can assist you when accidents happen.  We can provide support to you to assist with the investigation and advise on the process of making the worksite safe, dealing with WorkCover and getting help for your staff.
  • Our trained professionals can conduct Hazard Surveys of your worksite to identify and assess hazards and provide you with recommendations for effective risk control and elimination.
  • Our technical experts can help you write and implement Safe Work Method Statements or audit the ones you currently have.