Be confident that the right health and safety practices are in place.

What is a SiteRight audit?

SiteRight audits are a cost-effective way to understand how your health and safety is tracking, and where to focus next.

One of our qualified safety advisors will visit your site or workplace anywhere in New Zealand. We’ll take a practical look at what’s working well, what needs attention, and what good practice looks like for your type of work.

You can choose a one-off audit or build regular audits into your ongoing health and safety checks.

What health and safety audits do for your business

Gaps in health and safety tend to show up at the worst time: after a near miss, in the middle of a tender or when a client asks for proof. By then, fixing them costs time and money.

An audit finds those gaps early, while you can still fix them on your terms. It also gives you written records that show you’re meeting your legal duties, so you have something to point to when a main contractor, head client or your own team asks how you manage safety.

And when your advisor confirms what’s working, you get something simple but useful: confidence that your people and contractors will go home safe at the end of the day.

Types of site safety audits and workplace health and safety audits

Construction health and safety performance audit

Best for: Businesses that want a practical view of on-site performance and day-to-day safety practices.

We look at what’s happening on site day to day, including safe behaviours, supervision, and how health and safety is being applied in practice.

Critical risk management audit

Best for: Head clients and main contractors delivering commercial construction projects who want a strong focus on critical risk planning and high-risk work controls.

We audit the systems and processes that sit behind your work, with a focus on critical risks and how you plan, control and verify high-risk activities.

You can also combine the on-site performance audit and the critical risk management audit for a fuller picture. Together, they show how your systems are working and what’s happening on site. It’s a practical way to engage your teams and provide clear reporting to leaders.

Facilities health and safety management audit

Best for: Businesses that oversee or provide maintenance and repair, minor construction, inspection, cleaning, hygiene, and catering services.

We audit health and safety processes in property, services and facilities management, including how work is planned, risks are managed, and contractors are supported.

Retail health and safety audit

Best for: Shops and retail centres.

We audit health and safety processes in a retail environment, including how risks are managed in day-to-day operations.

Workplace health and safety audit

Best for: Offices, factories and warehouses.

We audit health and safety processes in general workplaces, including offices, factories and warehouses.

How our health and safety audits work

You can book audits through the Site Safe customer portal:

Log in to the Customer Portal

In the portal, you can also:

• View and download your audit reports, including:
  • Full reports
  • Client summary reports
  • Safety improvement reports (SIR)
• Track past and current audit data, including any training needs
• Benchmark against similar-sized businesses or projects doing similar work.

Frequently Asked Questions: Health and Safety Audit

What does a health and safety audit involve?

An advisor visits your site or workplace and checks what’s happening in practice against your systems and records. You then receive detailed health and safety advice, and reports that show what’s working, what needs attention and what to focus on next.

How often should we audit?

It depends on your size, the type of work and how fast things change on your sites. Our advisors can help you set a schedule that fits.

What’s the difference between an audit and a risk assessment?

A risk assessment looks at a specific hazard or task and rates how likely harm is and how serious it could be. An audit checks whether your whole approach to health and safety is working, in your systems and on site.

How much does an audit cost?

Cost depends on the audit type and the size of your site or business. Contact us and we’ll talk you through it.

Where do you audit?

Anywhere in NZ. We have offices in Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Dunedin.