This working paper reviews findings from research being carried by Chris Peace out towards a PhD at Victoria University. It looks at which techniques could be and are used as part of risk assessments.
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14.09.2015
Supply chain-related risk management
This paper was presented at the annual conference of the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation in May 2013. It reviews some examples of supply chain-related risks, some theory related to supply chain risk management...
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14.09.2015
What’s in a word?
This paper reviews some recent public safety-related legislation in the New Zealand gas and electricity industries with particular reference to the phrase “significant risk of serious harm … or significant damage”. A brief...
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14.09.2015
What’s wrong with the matrix?
In 2012 we were engaged by the Australian Senate Regional and Rural Affairs Committee (RRAT) to review the risk matrix used by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Our report is available here or on...
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14.09.2015
Risk management graphic
On risk management training courses I use a graphic to explain the relationship between some key words and definitions in AS/NZS ISO 31000: 2009 Risk Management - Principles and guidelines. The graphic only relates to the risk...
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14.09.2015
How to escape your niche
This article was published in the September/October 2012 edition of the New Zealand magazine Safeguard. It challenges safety practitioners and others to think about gaining management qualifications.
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14.09.2015
Models as mediators
This is a revised version of the paper presented by Chris Peace at the NZ Society for Risk Management Conference in September 2012. The risk management process set out in ISO 31000:2009 “Risk management – Principles and...
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14.09.2015
Machine safety - a risk-based approach informed by standards
Simply adding guards to machines may not be enough. Risks may still exist because they were not identified as part of a thorough risk assessment. In this article published in ElectroLink in 2011Chris Peace shows how the risk...
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Working papers
Our first working paper is published below. Comments welcome!