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    Blue roll-on roll-off freight ship berthed at the Mersey River wharf in Devonport, north-west Tasmania at dusk — stern ramp lowered, freight trailers and stacked shipping containers on the concrete apron, a red gantry crane and mooring bollards with heavy chain in the foreground under overcast sky — Spire Safety WHS consultants Devonport
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    WHS Consultants in Devonport

    WHS compliance auditing and safety management systems for Devonport businesses — with ISO 45001 readiness and broader WHS consulting from the same senior team.

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    Spire Safety provides WHS compliance auditing, safety management systems, ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 readiness and general WHS consulting to businesses in Devonport and across north-west Tasmania — from the freight, shipping and cold storage operations along the Mersey River through to food processing, engineering workshops and civil contractors at Quoiba, Spreyton, Latrobe and along the coast to Ulverstone.

    Devonport runs on movement: trailers, containers, produce and plant crossing a wharf on a schedule. That puts traffic management, mobile plant interaction, manual handling and contractor control at the centre of most safety conversations here — and those are the areas a regulator looks at first after an incident.

    We are Brisbane-based and deliver remote-first. In practice that means the bulk of a Devonport engagement — gap assessment, system build, documentation, audit preparation and review — is delivered offsite, so Bass Strait airfares and accommodation don't sit on top of the work. We have worked in every state and territory and can attend a Devonport site where a walk-through genuinely changes the outcome. Where it doesn't, we don't charge you for the trip.

    Every engagement is led by a senior consultant. You deal directly with the person scoping the work, writing the report and presenting the findings.

    Services in Devonport

    WHS services in Devonport — audits, systems and ISO 45001

    WHS Compliance Auditing

    Independent audits against the WHS Act, Regulations and Codes of Practice — with a written report you can act on.

    WHS Management Systems

    Practical safety management systems built around your operation — not template dumps.

    ISO Consulting

    Readiness for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 — gap review, documentation and audit support.

    WHS Consulting

    General WHS advisory, incident support and project-based safety help — on-site or remote.

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    How a WHS compliance audit works — Devonport

    A short walkthrough of how our independent WHS compliance audits are scoped, run and reported for Tasmania operations.

    Why Devonport businesses choose Spire

    • Remote-first delivery — most of the work happens offsite, so Bass Strait travel doesn't inflate the quote.
    • Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas), WHS Regulations and Tasmanian Codes of Practice expertise.
    • Traffic management, mobile plant and contractor control experience from freight and port-adjacent sites.
    • Cross-industry background — logistics and cold chain, food processing, agriculture, engineering, civil.
    • Senior consultants lead every engagement — the people who scope the work do the work.
    • Written for how your business runs, not a template dropped into your name.
    The team on your Devonport job

    Senior consultants leading the work — start to finish

    Nathan Owen — Senior Safety Consultant, Spire Safety
    Nathan Owen
    Senior Safety Consultant
    Tanya Protasova — Senior Safety Consultant, Spire Safety
    Tanya Protasova
    Senior Safety Consultant
    Arley Serrano — Consultant Support, Spire Safety
    Arley Serrano
    Consultant Support

    Devonport engagements are led by Tanya Protasova — 10 years across construction and engineering, specialising in AS/ISO-aligned management systems — alongside Nathan Owen, who brings 15 years across WHS and HSEQ, postgraduate qualifications in WHS and business, and a tertiary teaching background that shows in how findings are written and explained. On larger jobs Arley Serrano supporting QA/QC, inspections and audit documentation.

    Clients

    Recent and ongoing engagements

    Recent and ongoing engagements include Australia-wide clients such as Netco Pumps, FRW Industrial, Greyhound Australia, Australian Energy Market Operator, Total Tools, Bluecare.

    We don't publish a full client list — most engagements involve confidential documentation and findings.

    Devonport FAQ

    WHS consulting in Devonport — common questions

    01Do you carry out WHS compliance audits in Devonport?
    Yes. Spire Safety audits Devonport operations against the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas), the WHS Regulations and the Codes of Practice approved in Tasmania. We work with businesses around the Mersey River port precinct, East Devonport, Quoiba, Spreyton and out through Latrobe and the north-west coast. You get a written report with prioritised findings, the clause each finding sits against and a close-out plan your supervisors can actually work through.
    02Can you build a WHS management system for a Devonport business?
    Yes. We build safety management systems aligned to ISO 45001 for north-west Tasmanian operations — freight and shipping logistics, cold storage, vegetable and dairy processing, agriculture, engineering workshops and civil contracting. The documents are written around your plant, your shifts and your subcontractors, so the system holds up in front of WorkSafe Tasmania and in a principal contractor's prequalification review.
    03Do you handle ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 readiness in Devonport?
    Yes — readiness, not certification. We run the gap assessment, write the documentation, complete the internal audit and support your team through the stage 1 and stage 2 audits. The certificate is issued by a JAS-ANZ accredited certification body. Keeping consulting separate from certification is the only way to avoid the conflict of interest the standards prohibit.
    04Are you based in Devonport?
    No. Spire Safety is Brisbane-based and delivers remote-first across Australia. Most Devonport work — system builds, documentation, audit preparation, desktop compliance review and remote internal audits — happens offsite, which keeps Bass Strait travel out of your quote. We have worked in every state and territory and can attend a Devonport site where a physical walk-through genuinely changes the outcome, such as a plant or materials-handling review.
    05Do you understand Tasmanian WHS law specifically?
    Yes. Tasmania is a harmonised jurisdiction, so the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas) closely mirrors the model law, with WorkSafe Tasmania as the regulator. The differences that matter sit in the approved Codes of Practice, incident notification and how the regulator approaches enforcement — we audit against the Tasmanian instruments, not a generic national template.
    06How quickly can you start in Devonport?
    Most engagements are scoped within a few days and underway within one to two weeks. Because delivery is remote-first there is no travel scheduling to wait on. Urgent regulator-driven work — a WorkSafe Tasmania notice, a notifiable incident or a certification audit with a fixed date — is prioritised.
    Tools and guides

    WHS resources and free tools for Devonport businesses

    Free WHS audit tool for Devonport businesses

    Self-audit against the WHS Regulations and get a prioritised view of where your safety system falls short of the WHS Act.

    Build an online SDS register

    Free chemical register tool — search safety data sheets, build your register and share it with the crew.

    ISO 45001 standards compliance explained

    What the standard actually requires before a certification audit.

    WHS management systems and auditing guidelines

    How a safety management system is structured and audited in Australia.

    Near Devonport

    Safety consultants and WHS audit support near Devonport

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    Talk to a senior WHS consultant about your Devonport site

    Scope, fixed price, fixed deliverables. Remote-first, with on-site time where it earns its place.

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