Health and Safety
CropCheck Ltd has partnered with Matrix Business Consulting to offer a health and safety system for orchard growers so that they can be compliant with the current legislation.
CropCheck has been able to secure a special discount for our growers.
At Matrix we believe that whatever you do with Health and Safety make sure you are able to manage what you set into place. You are better to have a smaller system in place and have it well managed, than to have a huge system and not implement it properly.The best Health and Safety system is the one that is looked at regularly and that grows organically.

Your Obligation Under the Act
Can You Answer These Questions And Do You Have The System To Manage Them?
I know how to document an incident and if required investigate it on my orchard? | Y / N |
I understand how to engage contractors and ensure that they have good H&S practices? | Y / N |
I have identified hazards on my orchard and how to control them? | Y / N |
I know what Safe Operating Procedures are and have them in place? | Y / N |
I have a system for staff training? | Y / N |
I know how to induct staff, contractors and visitors to my orchard? | Y / N |
If you have said NO to any of the above, Then you need to contact us. |
I Thought GAP Was A Health and Safety System?
GAP is not a health and safety system. What gives people this impression is that there is a couple of components in it that relates to health and safety in regard to contractors.
The main area of compliance that GAP deals with is hygiene and the environment in regard to supplying food for distribution to the market. When it comes to the questions above GAP does not cover all of this. Last year WorkSafe visited a number of orchards and handed out 21 infringements and you can be certain that they where operating under GAP.