About Beaspoke Safety - Safety Consultants for the Events, Exhibition and Entertainment Industry

Beaspoke Safety

We provide specialist safety expertise tailored for the events and exhibition industry.

We offer a comprehensive range of safety services from Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policies and procedures to on-site safety management and training.

As the name suggests, Beaspoke Safety takes a personal approach to each situation, supporting our clients through all stages of the event, from initial planning to post event reporting. By offering proactive and realistic advice, we aim to empower our clients with the knowledge and confidence to minimise risks and take control of their safety.

No matter the size of your event or organisation, Beaspoke Safety will provide you with effective, bespoke and affordable health and safety solutions.

Beaspoke Safety - your tailored safety solution for the events and exhibition industry.

Mission statement

We aim to offer our clients the tools and knowledge to develop and use documents that are real, relevant and compliant to legislation to their event and scope of work.

Our team will work with you not against you, we will advise not dictate, we assist and provide practical solutions, and we pride ourselves in offering a high level professional and personal service.

By partnering with our clients, we will make health and safety a priority and help you deliver sustainable long term safety management systems.

The Team

Bea Tomlin

Director
Safety Consultant / Safety Officer

For Bea, hazard identification and risk minimisation has always been a priority at events. In fact, Bea has such an extensive knowledge and passion for the subject; she created Beaspoke Safety to assist event managers, organisers and industry suppliers with this complex area.

Originally from the UK, and now as a permanent citizen of Australia, Bea has over nine years experience in Safety Management within the events and exhibition industry and 15 years in Event Management and Production.

Bea has completed a Diploma of OH&S to ensure she is proficient in understanding Australian OH&S legislation and requirements. In addition to her extensive experience and OH&S studies, Bea is a qualified trainer and assessor, a Food Safety Supervisor, an accredited Metropolitan Fire Brigade Public Safety Officer as well being a certified Traffic Controller and Food Safety Supervisor.

Bea is supported by a team of highly skilled, professional Health and Safety Consultants with extensive experience in events, exhibitions, and corporate entertainment industries.

James Laity

Safety Officer / Safety Consultant

“Safety. Professionalism. Standardisation.” – These are the core value James has developed in his 16 year tenure in the major events industry, both here in Australia as well as in the UK.

An Accredited Metropolitan Fire Brigade Public Safety Officer and Qualified Pyrotechnican, James has a wealth of Applicable on-site OH&S acumen throughout the major event, festival, exhibition, film, sporting , corporate and construction industries.

James’s work compliments the progressive ethos of Beaspoke Safety in providing comprehensive and measurable OHS and public safety services to our diverse client – base, in both a consultative and onsite capacity.

Jessica Matley

Executive Assistant and Communications Officer

Jessica is the backbone of Beaspoke Safety – providing excellent administrative support. Her approachable manner, friendly smiling face and natural enthusiasm ensure she provides a high level of customer service and is an integral part of the Beaspoke Safety team.

As well as being excellent in the office, Jessica is also extremely proficient on site as a Communication Officer in the Emergency Control Centre of an event. With her relaxed yet alert manner Jessica is able to effectively manage teams in times of emergency.

Jessica is based part time at the Beaspoke Safey offices and also works part time with an event production company giving her a well rounded knowledge of the events industry.

Julie Taylor

Safety Officer

Julie Taylor has over 10 years of experience in the exhibition and events industry. Having worked as a Safety Officer for the past 18 months Julie has proven and exceeded her expectation to earn the respect with organisers and contractors. In addition, her previous experience includes eight years at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC) where Julie undertook several responsibilities such as delivering Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) inductions for new employees as well as being a member of the internal team for SafetyMap audits.

Julie is an accredited Metropolitan Fire Brigade Public Safety Officer as well being a certified Traffic Controller.

In her spare time she co-runs Elkhorn Roadhouse Cafe in Wallington with her partner.
www.elkhornroadhouse.com.au/

Trent Duggan

Safety Officer

Trent has over twelve years experience in the film, television and major events industry. Trent has worked on many high profile domestic and international Outside Broadcast events, concerts, music festivals, exhibitions and feature films in the capacities of Senior Rigger, Systems Technician, Site Manager and Safety Supervisor.

Trent has gained a vast wealth of knowledge and experience specific to an industry that is regularly presented with projects that are time critical, facilitating the need to implement practical and cost effective solutions to industry specific issues, whilst ensuring full compliance with current Occupation Health and Safety legislation and industry best practice.

During the course of his career, Trent has gained national certification in Advanced Rigging, Scaffolding, Industrial Rope Access, multiple Plant certifications, Telecommunications, Electrical and First Aid. Trent places great emphasis on ensuring that he is abreast of current industry Standards, with a thorough understanding of workplace training methods, documentation, and policies & procedures.

Testimonials

2010 UCI Road World Championships

Beaspoke Safety were appointed as the Safety Consultants for the 2010 UCI Road World Championships (OC). Their brief was to develop OHS policies & procedures, implement the contractor management system including the staff and contractor OHS handbook, develop the Emergency Management Plan in consultation with the OC as well as perform the on-site Safety Officer Role.

We were so fortunate to have Beaspoke Safety on our team for the World Championships. Bea worked with Event Operations to develop an OHS solution that met the scope of the event within a tight budget. Bea and her Safety Officers on site easily integrated into the overall event team which meant we could proactively work together to manage potential safety issues.

Bea also took on the role of managing WorkSafe on the event’s behalf ensuring we were always one step ahead to mitigate any likely safety issues and concerns. The best part of all is, not only do Beaspoke Safety know their business of safety, they have a positive outlook, have passion for what they do and are great fun to work with – it was a pleasure to work with them on the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.

Trudy Lindblade,
Event Operations Manager, 2010 UCI Road World Championships.

Sydney International Boat Show

Your work as our Safety Officer during move in and move out of the show was well received by our exhibitors and suppliers, and made my job a lot easier!

Belinda Close,
Event Operations Manager, Boating Industry Association of NSW Ltd

City of Kingston

Having engaged Bea’s services only a short time ago, Kingston City Council have been overwhelmed by the level of service she has provided to our events. Bea’s professional and personable approach has meant that not only have we had a safe festival site, but that our volunteers have not been disgruntled by having to adhere to safety principles, and our contractors have been more responsive than ever. The documentation that Bea has provided is comprehensive and thorough, and she is always more than obliging to help us deal with any issues. Our processes are finally up to scratch, thanks to Bea, and we look forward to an ongoing working relationship well into future years.

Gabrielle Nimé,
Team Leader, Festivals & Arts Development, Kingston City Council

Exhibitions & Trade Fairs

ETF has been working with Bea and her team for over 3 years now and it is very easy to say that she is definitely thought of as one of our own. Bea’s invaluable assistance, reassurance, guiding and general help on our shows has made our event organising experience easier and safer knowing the most important aspect of our event is in “safe” hands.

Not only does Bea and her team provide the amazing service of safety consulting, they are also an extension to our organising team…. providing proactive help operationally and thinking outside the box when we need it most.

Belinda Maund,
Operations Manager, Exhibition and Trade Fairs

Geelong City Council

Bea ran a very enjoyable session focused on OHS for events which included interactive group activities, case studies and practical exercises. Using content relevant to experiences and work situations made it very beneficial to the attendees. Taught by an expert who truly knows this industry, Bea made it fun and enjoyable to extend our knowledge on risk and safety for events.

Priscilla Leahy,
Acting Team Leader, Event Services Unit, Geelong City Council

Elite Sports Properties Holdings

Thanks much for yesterday- it was great. You are a very engaging trainer and we loved that it was so specific and practical.

Susan Harper,
Director, Elite Sports Properties Holdings

After engaging Bea to conduct some staff training at ESP, we appointed Beaspoke Safety to work on the Football Australia World Cup Live Site presented by Optus. Through out the planning and activation process Bea worked closely with ESP and all event stakeholders (including Victoria Police, City of Melbourne, Ambulance Victoria and New Breed Security), ensuring the event was held to the safest possible standards and all stakeholders felt comfortable with the measures put in place. All three events went off without a hitch thanks to the effort and attention to detail Bea and her team put in.

Kim McFarlane,
Account Manager, Elite Sports Properties Holdings

Peter Jones Special Events

…..When we decided that our events needed some more experienced OH & S assistance, our company came across Beaspoke. Beaspoke for us has aided our events by ensuring we are following correct procedures, are within compliance and covered in all aspects of OH & S regulations. The quality of work and attention to detail from Beaspoke, displayed pre, post and throughout our events is extremely impressive. Their ability to create a professional Risk Assessment from a bunch of run sheets and unknown details is remarkable. We feel extremely fortunate to have found Beaspoke and we look forward to maintaining a positive and productive relationship in the future with Beaspoke.

Needless to say, we highly recommend Beaspoke.

Thank you Bea .

Melinda Merson & Kylee Brawn
Production Managers, Peter Jones Special Events

Definitive Events

Our company has been associated with Beaspoke Safety for 2 years. Bea and her team have been invaluable in developing our OHS policies and procedures and managing WorkSafe at our events to ensure a safe environment for staff, stakeholders, subcontractors and attendees.

Bea delivers a professional balanced approach to event safety and her industry knowledge and dedication in providing us with a great service is both inspiring and motivating. The Beaspoke Safety team works hard to build authentic relationships with our operational team, both prior and during the event, to manage potential safety issues.

Thank you. Bea Safety – you are part of our event team.

Lynette Thompson,
General Manager – Victoria

Tabcorp

Bea assisted in the development of a procedure to manage health and safety issues related to Events and the engagement of the Events team in the process. Beas’ knowledge of the Events industry and her energetic, engaging style have taken this initially resistant group on a journey – they are all on board!

Thanks Bea.

Wendy Bull,
Group GM Health and Safety, Tabcorp

Adam Lowe Group

Look forward to the reports, thanks again for a great Sunday. It was pleasure to work with yourself & Jess on event day. We love Bea!

Ryan Barwood,
recent General Manager: Festivals & Events, Adam Lowe Group Pty Ltd

SKP Events

You have always been such a pleasure to work with on site at the many events we’ve both worked on. Your calm nature, passion for safety and obvious experience in the industry are a great asset to the events you’re involved with and I can only hope to work alongside you again in the future!

Simon K Patterson,
Director, SKP Events

The Reach Foundation

Risk assessments are generally not one of the most exciting tasks on a program’s ‘to-do list’. Bea has helped us communicate the importance of this process and provided our young leaders with an easy to use and effective system to ensure our programs are the safest they can be.

Jodi Barry,
General Manager – Business and Communication, The Reach Foundation

It has been so great working with you!! You have been so so so helpful always and you dont skip a beat, always onto it. I have learnt alot through you in this role.  Thanks again. You have so much integrity with what you do, it is inspiring.

Brionhy Sullivan,
recent Operations Manager, The Reach Foundation

Signcraft

I just wanted to say thanks to you and your team for both creating a safe environment for all to work in, while having the flexibility to allow the work required to be done in the time frame needed. I would like to send a special thanks to James who offered an open opinion and set guidelines to work within rather than just shutting us down. This knowledge of what is required by the client, an understanding of when we were able to complete works, suggesting a way to complete work within safety guidelines and achieve was valued.

You have a great team and I would look forward to working with you all again.

Matthew Barter,
Project Manager , Signcraft