Taranaki Business House Challenge

The Taranaki Business House Safety Challenge is a practical safety competition held at the Taranaki HSE Centre, aimed at health and safety representatives from a range of local businesses in Taranaki. The competition was adapted from existing annual practical safety competition events such as the Taranaki Secondary Schools Agricultural Challenge and the Trades Apprentice Safety Challenge. The activities focused largely on safety issues outside of the workplace including home safety, road safety and alcohol use.

The competition involved teams of 4 employees taking part in 10 x 20 minute practical exercises for which they were awarded points for safety knowledge and skills (e.g. completing a hazard ID, selecting appropriate PPE, team work and answering safety related questions). The activities covered the following topics: fire safety, personal safety, correct fitting of child car restraints, alcohol, road safety, first aid, hazard identification, garden and household tools, chemical handling and physical fitness.

The event aimed to raise awareness of home safety among employees by focusing on the links between workplace safety and home safety. In particular the event encouraged participants to think about how safety knowledge gained and used within the workplace could be transferred to the home setting (e.g. through the use of PPE for household tasks).

The event also aimed to build links between health and safety representatives and those organisations running activities to encourage them to bring some of these activities into their workplaces.

Taranaki Business House Safety Challenge 2009 - Evaluation Report

Find out about the 2010 Business House Safety Challenge