AusSafe Consulting

What AusSafe Consulting does

AusSafe Consulting Pty Ltd. is a privately held Australian occupational health and safety consulting firm founded in 1987 by Trevor Love and headquartered in Milton, Queensland. The firm delivers a portfolio of eight professional services — consulting, FSC accreditation support, audit and assurance, strategy and planning, safety leadership and culture, training and education, expert legal services, and secondment arrangements — to enterprise and government clients across construction, mining, oil and gas, energy, rail, manufacturing, telecommunications, and public sector verticals. Its differentiation rests on eight Federal Safety Officer appointments under the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner (more than any competing consultancy), retention by Comcare as WHS auditors, and a team of 20 tertiary-qualified consultants holding Masters and Doctorate degrees, with several holding adjunct academic positions at the University of Queensland.

The firm operates from five Australian offices — Brisbane (Milton), Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Townsville — covering the principal construction and resources corridors, with declared international reach into New Zealand, Southeast Asia, USA, UK, Europe, Pacific Islands, India, and Africa. Service delivery is consultant-led through direct engagement, secondment arrangements embedding AusSafe staff within client organisations, and collaborative partnerships with top-tier law firms Herbert Smith Freehills and K&L Gates for expert witness and legal advisory work. Cumulative team experience exceeds 200 years of professional OHS practice, with court-recognised expert witness testimony before Supreme, District, and Industrial Courts.

The business model is project-based professional services with no publicly disclosed pricing or revenue. Customer mix spans federal/state/local government agencies, ASX200 listed corporates, and Tier One construction firms. No software products, AI/ML capabilities, funding rounds, M&A activity, or external institutional investment are indicated; ownership appears retained by the founding and managing partners. Marketing is conducted via organic social (LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X), educational blog content, and industry events.

Name

AusSafe Consulting

Legal name

AusSafe Consulting Pty Ltd.

Website

https://aussafe.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AusSafe Consulting is a privately held Australian occupational health and safety firm founded in 1987, providing expert consulting, FSC accreditation, audit, investigation, training, and expert witness services to government agencies, ASX200 corporates, and tier-one construction companies across Australia and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Occupational Health and Safety Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Auditing, Inspections & Assurance (BPAHAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF), Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene (BPAHAJAD), Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Occupational health and safety consulting
• Workplace risk management services
• FSC accreditation consulting
• WHS audit and assurance
• Safety leadership and culture programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements including management systems development, risk assessment, audit and assurance, investigation services, training, and expert witness services. Services are provided to government agencies, corporate entities, and construction companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AusSafe Consulting provides professional occupational health and safety (OHS) consulting services to government agencies, ASX200 listed companies, and large enterprises across Australia. Its offering spans management systems development, risk management, incident investigation, Health and Safety in Design, Process Safety Management, occupational health and hygiene, ergonomics and human factors, FSC accreditation support, third-party audits, safety leadership and culture programs, customised training, expert witness services, and consultant secondments into client organisations.

Product overview

AusSafe Consulting is a health and safety consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services rather than a software product. The portfolio consists of eight core consulting service offerings: Consulting Services (covering management systems, risk management, investigation, HSiD, process safety, occupational health, and ergonomics), FSC Accreditation Support, Audit and Assurance, Strategy and Planning, Safety Leadership and Culture, Training and Education, Expert Legal Services, and Secondment Arrangements. These services are delivered by a team of 20 qualified consultants through offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Townsville.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulting Services Core consulting services including management systems development, risk management, incident investigation, Health and Safety in Design (HSiD), Process Safety Management, Occupational Health and Hygiene, and Ergonomics and Human Factors services, delivered to enterprise and government clients.
• FSC Accreditation Support Federal Safety Commission accreditation support including full accreditation packages, onsite auditing, maintenance support, management system development, corrective action closeout, mock audits, and scheme master classes for construction and infrastructure clients.
• Audit and Assurance Third-party assurance of management standards, procedures, and risk-based documentation, including desktop reviews, implementation reviews, contractor assurance auditing, technical compliance inspections, due diligence assessments, and critical risk assurance scopes aligned with AS/NZS ISO 45001, AS/NZS 4801, and OHSAS 18001.
• Strategy and Planning Health and safety strategy development and planning services including business case building, implementation plans, board advisory, WHS capability reviews, leadership development, and coaching of WHS professionals.
• Safety Leadership and Culture Safety culture development and change programs enabling leaders to proactively steer organisational health and safety risk mitigation strategies, including executive coaching, leadership practices reviews, and customised program facilitation.
• Training and Education Customised health and safety training and education including managing critical risks, contractor management, WHS for supervisors, hazardous chemicals, safe systems of work, risk management, incident investigation, and WHS legislative awareness courses.
• Expert Legal Services Expert witness and legal report services for health and safety matters including court attendance, independent investigations, risk review, and advisory scopes under legal professional privilege.
• Secondment Arrangements Placement of trained health and safety professionals for short or long term assignments within client organisations, including health and safety coordinators, project managers, and senior management roles.

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Herbert Smith FreehillsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTop tier law firm partner providing collaborative legal advisory services to clients in health and safety matters and expert witness cases.
• K&L GatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTop tier international law firm partner providing collaborative legal advisory services to clients in health and safety matters.
• University of Queensland (UQ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading academic partner; AusSafe consultants hold adjunct and sessional lecturer positions at UQ Faculty of Science; strategic relationship allows access to latest research and trends in human factors; enables collaboration with human factors academics for specific project scopes.

Scale indicators5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD: Large Australian-headquartered engineering and environmental consultancy with a substantial workplace health and safety practice. Directly competes with AusSafe for safety consulting, audit, and FSC accreditation work among Australian infrastructure, mining, and government clients, but offers a much broader multi-disciplinary portfolio at significantly greater scale.
• SLR Consulting: Global environmental, EHS, and sustainability consultancy with strong mining, energy, and infrastructure exposure. Closest peer to AusSafe in pure-play EHS consulting focus, offering similar audit, management systems, and safety advisory services — but with several hundred EHS consultants globally versus AusSafe's boutique scale.
• WSP: Global engineering consultancy with a strong EHS, safety, and rail/infrastructure practice particularly relevant to AusSafe's rail, ports, and transport segment. Competes for safety consulting mandates but typically embedded within larger engineering program deliveries.
• AECOM: Global engineering and professional services firm with a dedicated Environment, Health and Safety practice serving construction, transportation, and government clients. Competes with AusSafe on large infrastructure safety mandates but typically as part of broader multi-disciplinary programs.
• Antea Group: Global EHS, compliance, and sustainability consulting firm. Closest peer to AusSafe in pure-play EHS consulting focus — comparable on management systems, audit/assurance, and regulatory advisory — but operates across multiple continents with substantially larger consultant base.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with a resilience, environment, and safety advisory practice. Comparable to AusSafe on construction safety, rail infrastructure, and government safety consulting but operates at a much larger global scale.
• Marsh: Global risk management and insurance brokerage firm with a risk consulting practice that includes workplace safety advisory. Comparable to AusSafe on enterprise risk, safety strategy, and incident response but typically delivers safety work as part of broader insurance and risk placement mandates.
• Jacobs: Global technical professional services firm with a critical mission solutions and EHS advisory practice. Comparable to AusSafe on mining, energy, and government safety consulting but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consultancy with an environment and safety practice serving mining, infrastructure, and government clients. Overlaps with AusSafe on safety management systems and audit work but typically as part of larger capital project deliveries.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global EHS and sustainability consulting leader with deep presence across mining, oil & gas, energy, and infrastructure. Comparable to AusSafe on EHS advisory, audit/assurance, and risk management services but operates at global scale with hundreds of EHS specialists versus AusSafe's 20-person team.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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