ProErgo+ Monthly Support

We can help you translate risk data into a clear business case that help senior leaders understand the value of addressing musculokeletal health.

We can provide targeted sessions for your Health and Safety Representatives to help them understand the work system factors that contribute to discomfort, pain, or injury.

When an injury occurs, we provide a specialist view to help understand the work system factors that contributed to the event.

We can review your current training to see if it the material is aligned with best practice.

We can partner with you to develop internal standards or guides so that good practice is built into your business.

You can use your monthly hours for any task that needs an ergonomics or human factors lens. We offer both an 8-hour and a 4-hour monthly partnership to suit the size and needs of your business.

We have included a list of examples further up this page to give you some ideas, ranging from facilitated sessions, incident investigations, to policy and training reviews.

Essentially, we provide the extra technical capacity when your team is stretched thin. Whether it is a quick check of a new piece of equipment or helping you build a business case for senior leaders, you just let us know what your priorities are for the month and we get to work.

For example, one month you might want us to facilitate a couple of onsite body mapping sessions and provide you with a summary report to help identify musculoskeletal risks and tasks. Another month you might want your policies reviewed for updates while leaving time for other ad-hoc enquiries or incident investigations, or to deliver some training to your Health and Safety teams or HSRs. You have the flexibility over how you use the time available.

We believe in keeping things simple and transparent. When you partner with us, you can expect clear, honest communication and a focus on practical solutions.

We will agree on specific deliverables at the start of each project or month so you know exactly what you are getting. You can expect us to abide by professional standards and work with integrity at all times. To give you peace of mind, we maintain up-to-date professional registrations and insurance cover.

In return, we ask for timely access to your team and information so we can provide the best possible support workforce wellbeing.

Absolutely. While we are based in Christchurch, we are dedicated to providing ergonomics support to businesses and industry groups across all of New Zealand. Distance is not a barrier to receiving expert advice or technical capacity when you need it.

We can effectively manage most tasks through remote collaboration. We will try and be flexible, but for some activities such as 'facilitated worker sessions’ or ‘in-house training’, in-person is usually best.

Remote work allows for faster response times and removes travel costs, making it a very efficient way to access specialist knowledge. Whether it is a quick video call to answer a question, support you with an incident investigation, carry out a procurement review of a specific piece of equipment, or complete a quick review or assessment of a work task from your video footage, we can act as a seamless extension of your team regardless of your location.

Our goal is to improve workers’ wellbeing and help you meet your health and safety obligations no matter where in New Zealand you are located.

If you are a smaller business, we offer a 4-hour monthly partnership as an alternative to the full 8-hour option.

You still have full flexibility in how you decide to use this time. It could be for general advice on your systems for managing musculoskeletal risks, training and workshops, body mapping, or support with a specific task that has been causing concern. Either way, we will provide you with ongoing, trustworthy and professional support without the overhead of a large-scale project. It is a highly effective way to start managing your musculoskeletal risks without overcomplicating the process.

We want to make sure you get the support you need when you need it. We typically schedule our monthly sessions in advance to ensure consistency, but we keep space in the diary for those urgent queries that pop up. How you allocate your time is entirely up to you.

We aim to be a seamless extension of your team. Whether you select the 8-hour or 4-hour partnership, we typically dedicate a portion of that time for making progress on a primary project or activity. But if you want to leave room for unplanned tasks or questions that come up, we can accommodate that too.

To book your time, just send an email and let us know what you want us to work on during the month. We will check our availability and get back in touch with you to confirm the details.

The 8-hour monthly allocation is designed to keep your risk management moving forward. Because we reserve this time specifically for your business, any hours not used within the calendar month do not automatically carry over. This helps us both stay committed to making regular progress on your goals.

But, we know that some months are busier than others or unexpected delays arise. To provide a bit of flexibility, you can carry over a portion of unused time into the following month:

• 8-hour partnership: Carry over up to 4 hours to the following month.

• 4-hour partnership: Carry over up to 2 hours to the following month.

The ProErgo+ Partnership provides you with dedicated ergonomics and human factors support with two options available to suit your business size and needs:

• 8-hour Partnership: $1730+GST per month. This rate is discounted by 10% compared to our standard hourly rate to recognise your commitment to long-term musculoskeletal risk management.

• 4-hour Partnership. $920+GST per month. This is an ideal entry point for smaller businesses or specific short term projects and includes a small discount on our standard rate.

These flat fees are payable in advance at the start of each month. Charging monthly keeps things simple and avoids the need for constant invoicing for every phone call or small piece of ad-hoc work. It means you can reach out for advice when you need it without worrying about a separate bill for every interaction.

Any additional hours requested beyond your monthly bucket are billed at our standard hourly rate.

We include travel within a 30km radius of our base in Rolleston. For sites further afield or across the rest of the country, we will agree on travel costs and expenses with you beforehand. We want to keep things fair and transparent so there are no surprises when the invoice arrives.

We want this to be a partnership that works for both of us, so we do not have long-term lock-in contracts.

There is an initial 3 month commitment to get the momentum started, and after that, the partnership rolls over on a month-by-month basis.

If your business needs change, you can cancel the partnership with 30 days' notice in writing. Likewise, if our circumstances change, we will provide you with the same 30 days’ notice. This gives us both time to wrap up any current projects and ensure a smooth hand-over of any data or reports.