Fire & Safety Watch
Our trained technicians can provide you safety watch and fire watch so your jobs can be carried out in the safest way possible.
Each site has its own rules around what kind of work requires a safety or fire watch, but one is generally required whenever a person is exposed to a risk where they may need assistance.
Examples of this include:
- working at height in an EWP
- working in a confined space
- working in a high voltage yard
- working in a harness
- when equipment is running unattended
- when working on a roadway
- undertaking hot works
The position of watcher should be the highest trained person on the job: they are responsible for the safety of everyone on and around the job, and they must react immediately if something goes wrong. A common misconception is that those on watch are just standing around. Next time you see a technician on watch, remember they are responsible for a lot on that job, and the job could not happen without them.
Our technicians are trained in NZQA standard 17596: Demonstrate knowledge of safety observer responsibilities in the workplace.
