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MiSAFE QHSE
What is MiSAFE QHSE?
MiSAFE QHSE is Australian safety, quality and compliance software built to work for you, not the other way around. It brings incidents, risk assessments, excursions, training, recruitment and people, contractors, chemicals, plant and a maintenance help desk, projects, emergency management and compliance into one system that carries the admin, while your people approve everything that matters. The Queensland QHSE consultants who built it set it up with you, and deliver audits, management systems and tenders when you need them.
Who builds and supports MiSAFE QHSE?
We do. MiSAFE QHSE was imagined, designed and built by MiSAFE, a Queensland QHSE consultancy with more than 25 years of experience across the team, and it is supported by the same consultants. When you need help, you talk to people who understand both the software and the WHS, quality and environmental requirements behind it.
How does MiSAFE QHSE use AI, and who stays in control?
AI is part of the system, not a bolt-on. It drafts documents, risk assessments, training and checklists, reads files you upload and prepares fixes for compliance gaps. It never runs the system: every draft is reviewed and approved by a person, and the AI is contained within your account.
Does MiSAFE QHSE keep us ready for audits and accreditation?
Yes. Systems & Compliance monitors your documents and records against the frameworks you choose, such as the Child Safe Standards, NSSAB, ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 and 27001, or the NQS, and shows your readiness as records come in. Gaps come with the fix prepared, and readiness reports link to the evidence.
Can we upload an auditor’s checklist and send it back completed?
Yes. Upload the checklist in Word, Excel or PDF exactly as you received it. Each question is matched to its requirement and answered from your evidence, you fix what is not yet in place one by one, and the completed checklist is handed back in the auditor’s own file with every piece of evidence linked to a secure auditor portal. After the audit, findings become corrective actions with owners and due dates.
Does it include a help desk for maintenance requests?
Yes. Anyone can report something broken from the Help desk on the app, a QR code on a room or asset, by email or through MiCompanion. Three plain questions set the priority from P1 to P4, the Facilities Manager assigns it to staff or an approved contractor, contractors work the job from an emailed work order, and the person who reported it confirms it is fixed.
Can it run our projects and minor works?
Yes. Describe a small job once and it runs as minor works from the Risk Library. For a bigger project, add the files you have and MiSAFE builds the project, its Gantt programme and the requests for quotation. Quotes are evaluated after a conflict of interest declaration, correspondence emailed to the project inbox is filed against the right item, and the management plan and project report build themselves from the records.
Does it handle recruitment and onboarding?
Yes. The ad is drafted from the approved job description and published to your careers page and prepared for the job boards, with every applicant tracked by source. Interviews, reference checks and letters run from each applicant’s page, the offer is approved before it goes, and acceptance sends the registration link with the resume already on file.
Can we control exactly what each person can see and do?
Yes. Every person starts from a role template, and an administrator can add or remove any right for that one person in each module. Approvers have a highest risk rating and a dollar limit, rights that need a qualification lapse when it expires, and confidential records such as child safety, health and disciplinary matters are open only to named people, with every view logged.
How do workers use it?
On their phone. They scan a QR code to sign a SWMS, complete a pre-start or open a checklist, report a hazard or incident in their own words, and complete inductions with coaching. MiCompanion answers questions in plain language.
Is our data private to us?
Yes. Every account is kept separate, access is set for each person from role templates, sign-in takes two steps, edits are versioned and records are archived rather than deleted. AI is contained within your account, and nothing is shared outside it without authorised approval. Our security is aligned with SOC 2, the ACSC Essential Eight and ISO/IEC 27001. Your account is hosted in Australia and encrypted in transit and at rest, and our Trust and security page sets out every commitment we make about your data.
Where is our data hosted?
In Australia, and it stays here. Your account is encrypted in transit and at rest, kept separate from every other organisation and backed up at least daily, and you can export your records at any time. These commitments are written into your agreement with us, and our Trust and security page sets them all out.
Can we bring our existing documents?
Yes. Upload them five at a time and keep them as written, or have them tidied and renumbered to your convention. They go through review and approval like anything else.
Does it handle performance appraisals and performance management?
Yes. Reviews run on the cycle you choose, each person self-assesses on their phone against the standard items and the KPIs from their job description, the meeting notes become a drafted report the person acknowledges, and development actions go onto the training register. Performance concerns, warnings and grievances are kept apart as confidential cases with each meeting and the outcome.
What does the menu look like?
Home, the Risk Library and Registers at the top, then seven work areas (Operations & Safety, Quality & Projects, People & Competency, Assets & Environment, Consultation & Improvement, Emergency Management and Management System), each with its own hubs. Below them sit Monitor (dashboards, the QHSE Activity Calendar, Systems & Compliance, site access, reports and Creation Studio), Resources & help, and Manage.
Does it connect to our chemical system?
If you use Chemwatch or ChemAlert, you can connect your own account so MiSAFE QHSE checks for the latest SDS for each product.
Schools and early learning
Will MiSAFE rewrite our policies and procedures?
There is no need. MiSAFE QHSE is built by MiSAFE’s own QHSE consultants, and that know-how is in the system: it helps your editors, administrators and board create, review, comment on and approve every kind of document, from policies and procedures to risk assessments, plans and registers. Implementation sets the system up around your existing documents and records, numbered to your convention. If the school would still like MiSAFE to write or review documents for you, we are happy to help, and that may attract an additional fee.
How are excursions handled?
Teachers start from approved venues and activities, the system drafts the risk assessment, a reviewer and a separate approver sign it off, and staff use the briefing, checklist and sign-off on their phone on the day.
Is the NQS kept separate from the rest of our compliance?
Yes. The National Quality Standard is managed and reported on its own, while NSSAB, WHS and ISO requirements are tracked alongside it.
Our teachers are not trained in risk assessment. Can they still use it?
Yes. They start from approved venues, activities and controls, answer a few plain questions, and the assessment is drafted for them. Vague controls are caught and explained before it is sent, and a reviewer and a separate approver check it before anyone relies on it.
How does it help our WHS advisor or compliance officer?
What needs attention is in front of them: new incidents, assessments waiting for review, overdue training and expiring checks. Registers fill from the documents people upload, so their time goes on decisions that reduce risk, not data entry.
Does it handle blue cards for volunteers?
Yes. Staff, volunteers and contractor workers each have their blue card and other requirements checked, with evidence and expiry tracking.
Do registered teachers need a blue card in the system?
No card is needed for their work in the school. A registered teacher’s child-related work in the school, including coaching school teams and boarding, is covered by their Queensland College of Teachers registration, so a card on file is kept as a record only. An exemption card is needed only for child-related work outside the school, and anyone else cannot start until their card is current, verified and linked.
Does it cover the Child Safe Standards and the Reportable Conduct Scheme?
Yes. The Child safety readiness page tracks the 10 Child Safe Standards, the Universal Principle, the Reportable Conduct Scheme and, where you have an early learning centre, its child safety duties including the 2026 changes. Each requirement has a light worked out live from your records, and the readiness report lists what to fix in order and the key dates.
Can we see every QHSE task for the year in one place?
Yes. The QHSE Activity Calendar holds every check, inspection, drill, service, review, meeting, licence renewal and training date, planned by term with a safety theme for each month. It starts from the activities a Queensland school is inspected and audited on, reminds people before each one is due, flags anything missed the next day, and gives the board and auditors a record of what was done and when.
Can we plan works around the school calendar?
Yes. Every project programme shades the school holidays and flags work near students in term time, so it can be moved into the holidays. Small jobs run as minor works from the Risk Library, and contractors who are not approved and current cannot be assigned.
We run 60 to 70 excursions and incursions a term. Can it keep up?
That volume is exactly what it is built for. Teachers pick an approved venue and activity, the assessment is drafted from the school’s own Risk Library, a reviewer and a separate approver sign it off, and the briefing, checklist and sign-off run on staff phones on the day. The compliance officer sees every assessment waiting, due or late in one register instead of chasing emails.
Can the risk assessment include supervision ratios, gender of staff and a parent-facing summary?
Yes. Ratios and the gender of supervising staff are fields on the assessment, and a parent-facing summary of the activity and its controls is produced from the approved assessment without exposing the internal detail.
Can we have a separate reviewer and approver?
Yes. Review and approval are separate roles with separate sign-offs on risk assessments, documents and contractor approvals, and the record shows who did each and when.
Can we keep our own document numbering?
Yes. Your numbering convention is set up once and applied to every document, register and record, so your existing IDs stay valid and auditors see the convention they are used to.
How are food vendors, contractors and other visitors managed?
Contractors and vendors register their own company, workers and insurances through a link, your administrator reviews and approves them, and only approved people get through the kiosk. Food vendors carry their food safety requirements alongside the usual insurances and licences.
Can staff log first aid and parent contact?
Yes. First aid given and the parent contact (who was called, when, and what was agreed) are recorded on the incident itself, so the timeline from injury to parent pick-up is complete and in one place.
Do we get a critical incident response team module?
Yes. The Emergency, Crisis and Continuity page holds the response team, contacts and wardens, the plans behind them, and the alerts and broadcasts that go to every user and everyone signed in at the kiosk when something happens.
Can students and staff report anonymously?
Yes. The speak-up channels on the noticeboard and the confidential reporting pathway in MiCompanion let a person raise a concern without their name, and the report lands with the people you nominate.
Do complaints get a reference number?
Yes. Complaints and feedback are registered with their own reference number, an owner, a due date and the outcome, so you can answer a parent with the number and the status in one line.
Can the board and executive comment on documents without editing them?
Yes. Reviewers can read and comment on a policy or plan without changing it, the author responds, and the approver signs off the final version. Every comment stays on the record.
How do performance reviews work for teaching and support staff?
Each person has a review cycle. They rate themselves on the standard items and the KPIs from their own job description on their phone before the meeting, the reviewer records the meeting and the notes become a drafted report the person reads and acknowledges. Performance concerns are kept apart as confidential cases.
We already pay for several compliance subscriptions. Does MiSAFE QHSE replace them?
Usually several at once: risk assessments, policy management, contractor and visitor sign-in, incident reporting, chemicals and training records run in one system. In a demo we map what you pay for today against what the one subscription covers, so the saving is real before you decide.
What does implementation involve for a school?
A software implementation, not a rewrite of your policies, because the system then helps your own people keep them current. We load your existing documents, registers, people, plant and chemicals, set up your site plans for heat mapping and your numbering convention, train administrators and reviewers, and run user acceptance testing and security checks before go-live. The timeline is agreed up front.
Consulting and retainers
What consulting work do you do?
WHS and QHSE audits, management systems built to ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001, ISO certification support, tenders and prequalification, incident investigations, emergency management, hazardous chemicals, training and induction videos, and setting up MiSAFE QHSE. If what you need is not on the list, book a consulting meeting and ask.
Who will do the work?
Qualified QHSE consultants and certified ISO auditors, with more than 25 years of experience across the team in schools, construction, manufacturing, mining and other workplaces. You deal with the same people whether you use our consulting, the software or both.
Which industries do you work with?
Independent schools and early learning services, construction and trades, warehousing and logistics, manufacturing, and mining, marine and infrastructure. Each industry page shows what we deliver for that sector.
How do project quotes work?
Send us your scope, tender or client requirements. We confirm what is needed, then quote the deliverables, timeframe and price before any work starts.
How long does a project take?
It depends on the scope, the number of sites and what you already have in place. The timeframe is set out in your quote before any work starts, and we deliver on time or earlier.
Do you just fill in templates?
No. We start from tested MiSAFE templates, then write every document around your scope, sites, plant, people and regulators. If a document could be handed to another company unchanged, it is not finished.
Can you work with the documents we already have?
Yes. We review what you have, keep what works and improve or replace the rest, so your people are not asked to learn a new system for the sake of it. Your document numbers and branding can stay as they are.
What format do we receive documents in?
Controlled Word and PDF documents with document IDs, version numbers and an IMS document index.
Can you get us ISO certified?
We build your system to the standard, run the internal audit and management review, and support you through the certification audit. The certification decision rests with your certification body, and we will tell you plainly if you are not ready.
Can you help with a tender that closes soon?
Yes. Send the tender documents as early as you can. Your quote confirms what we can deliver before the closing date, from compliance matrices and capability statements to project WHS management plans.
What happens in a WHS audit?
We agree the scope and the audit plan, audit on site and through your records, rate every finding, and give you a report with a corrective action plan you can work through. Internal, compliance, site and supplier audits are all available.
Can you investigate an incident for us?
Yes. We investigate with a structured method, find the causes, and give you a report with corrective actions you can act on. If an incident has just happened, contact us straight away.
Do you work on site or remotely?
Both. Audits, site inspections and training are usually on site, and much of the document work is done remotely. Site visits are agreed in your quote.
Do you work outside Queensland?
Yes. We support clients across Australia under the harmonised WHS laws, and in Victoria under the OHS Act 2004.
Can you train and coach our people?
Yes. We deliver inductions, training and toolbox content, and our consultants coach your people while the system goes in, and for as long as you want them around.
What do retainer hours cover?
Advice, document updates, audits, incident support, toolbox content, training material and MiSAFE QHSE configuration. The hours and inclusions are confirmed in your proposal.
Do we need MiSAFE QHSE to have a retainer?
No. A retainer works on its own or alongside the software. Many clients use the hours to keep both their documents and the platform current, and some start with the consulting and add the software later.
What happens after the documents are delivered?
Keep them current with a monthly retainer, run them inside MiSAFE QHSE so reviews, approvals and the current version are handled for you, or call us when something changes in your business or the law.
Is our information kept confidential?
Yes. Your documents, records and anything you share with us are treated as confidential and used only for your work.
How do we get started?
Send us your scope or book a consulting meeting. We confirm what you need, then send one clear proposal. If you are also looking at software, book a demo of MiSAFE QHSE.
Pricing
How is MiSAFE QHSE priced?
A one-off implementation fee to set up your account, then an annual subscription fixed for the term. Both are shown up front in your proposal. Consulting projects are quoted fixed, and retainers are a monthly fee for an agreed number of hours.
When does the subscription start?
Once implementation is complete and your account is live.
Can we pay implementation in stages?
Yes. Up front, in two payments, or in thirds against delivery milestones.
What are add-on modules?
MiSAFE SWMS, project management, CRM and sales pipeline, and AI assurance and monitoring can be added to the core platform when you need them.
Still have a question?
Ask it in a demo, or send us your scope and we will answer it in the quote.