Richie Hepi, Field Officer for MATES in Construction, presenting Wayne Carson, Managing Director of D&H Steel Construction with an Accreditation award.

Richie Hepi of MATES in Construction with some of the D&H Steel “CONNECTORS”

D&H Steel is pleased to be the first New Zealand company to receive MATES in Construction Accreditation.

Achieving accreditation status involves the following:-

  • A proportion of the workforce has received General Awareness Training (GAT) and must be maintained at a minimum of 80% as the workforce transitions in and out of the project or site.
  • Each site must have a minimum of one CONNECTOR for every twenty workers throughout the different levels and contractors on site.
  • Sites must have access to an ASIST trained resource.