About us
This Core Safety Group is built around helping to promote and achieve safety as SAFETY is The Core of any business or family as we want to ensure that they are there for a long time.
The Core Safety Group is about just that. We work with you, taking notes of your needs, processes and environment to develop an Energy Safety solution that fits. It is not always the obvious solution that best suits the situation and keeping it simple is the key. Our specialty is in electrical safety but we ensure that the wider safety issues are addressed as part of any solution we suggest.
In brief, you should know the following about us: our Group is built on a high level of experience gained working within Industry, Regulatory Environment and Standards Process. Our specialty is in the area of providing guidance to clients as to how to deal with any energy safety and regulatory issues they have. We work alongside the client and their staff or contractors to assist bring the specialised knowledge to allow the work to be completed safely effectively and efficiently.
Our regular customers particularly value our honesty and solutions that fit their needs. Our business is located at Christchurch, New Zealand but we will work where our clients need our services so will travel anywhere in New Zealand and overseas.”
Operators
Colin Murphy
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Lead Technical Safety Advisor. Colin's qualifications include being an Electrical Fitter, Electrician and Electrical Inspectors holding Practicing Licence in New Zealand. |
- Technical Safety Advisor – The Core STI (From 2008);
- Senior Technical Advisor for the New Zealand Electrical and Gas Safety Regulators Office, Energy Safety where he was the Office specialist for Installations, Hazardous Areas and Animal Stunning and Conditioning Equipment. (From 1992 to 2008);
- Apprentice-Tradesman-Electrical Supervisor within the New Zealand Electricity Generation Industry (1980-1992)
He is one of the technical representative for New Zealand on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) committee TC 31 and sub committees dealing with hazardous area equipment, installation, maintenance and repair. He also has sat for Energy Safety on a number of key Standards New Zealand and Joint Australian and New Zealand electrical safety committees as a representative for New Zealand Industry dealing with a wide range of subjects for many years. Colin has continued his involvement in the development of Standards through representation of the Electrical Contractors Association (ECANZ) on the Joint Hazardous Area Committees until late 2010. He still inputs into the process via commenting on documents from experiences clients have been dealing with that need to be addressed.
As a specialist the field of safety of animal stunning and conditioning equipment Colin Chaired the New Zealand Committee 6116 who developed the worlds first electrical safety standard covering the selection, installation, maintenance and inspection of Animal Stunning and Conditioning Equipment (NZS 6116).
Colin maintains his links with the wider industry through membership of:
- ECANZ (Electrical Contractors Association of New Zealand;
- IMC (Institute of Measurement and Control);
- CECC (Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce).
