The National Committee for Live Work (NCLW) is a pan industry, innovative, inclusive, and trusted group that provides leadership, guidance acts, and expertise to support continual improvement in high voltage and low voltage live work activities in the electricity supply industry.
The NCLW collaborates across the electricity supply industry and with other key stakeholders to connect the industry across Aotearoa New Zealand to coordinate, collaborate and develop consensus outcomes to promote safe live work principles and practices, and solve live work issues, while enhancing safety, technical capability and compliance, sharing knowledge, and promoting standardisation.
We are currently seeking new members to join the NCLW!
Learn more about your chance to contribute to how live work is delivered across the industry!
Applications close on 7 March.
Objectives
- Provide a focal point that supports, informs and influences decision makers and stakeholders.
- Collaborate, coordinate, lead and promote knowledge and best practices in live work practices in the NZ ESI, aligning with the requirements of NZECP 46, the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, Electricity Safety Regulations 1992, international live work practices, and any other relevant legislation.
- Lead and promote improved live work practice and performance through live work assessment procedures, standardisation, recognised good practice systems, data analytics, sound engineering principles, and auditing.
- Provide working level practical advice and guidance to improve industry understanding, support decision making, planning and the management of technologies and issues impacting live work.
- Facilitate activities that will enhance the safety and effectiveness of high voltage and low voltage live work and enable the reporting and sharing of information.
- Promote capability and professional development in live work technical and safety training and competency.
Delivery
The NCLW objectives will be delivered through:
- A work plan that aligns with the EEA Strategic Activities and Business Plan and Budget
- Recommending the adoption by industry of appropriate national or international standards
- Publishing guidance documents to manage live work risks
- Facilitating workshops/forums
- Responding to industry queries
- Liaising with Government regulators on live work matters
- Facilitating development of live working methods including procedures and techniques
- Defining minimum skills and the requirements for managing worker competencies for live work
- Reporting and analysis of live work accidents and near miss incidents
- Monitoring New Zealand and overseas trends.
- Disseminating relevant information on live work issues to industry
- Undertaking other matters as determined by the EEA Executive Committee.
Members of the NCLW
- Geoff Thorburn, PowerNet (Chair)
- Charlie Dixon, Northpower
- Mark Isaac, PowerNet
- Graeme Johnson, Omexon
- Gavin Paget, Powerco
- Brett Pou, Lines and Cables
- Alisdair Reid, Orion
- Dave Smith, Scanpower
- Peter Wilson, Connetics
NCLW advisor and projects manager is Hayley Head – EEA Principal Advisor Health and Safety.