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Practical plain-English workplace health and safety compliance for sole traders , tradies, and small business. Remote Delivery. Fast turnaround. No corporate price tag or ongoing fees.
Julie doesn’t just balance books; she empowers small business owners through dedicated mentorship and essential WHS guidance. Her hands-on approach ensures your administration is seamless, your workplace is compliant, and your business is positioned for sustainable growth.
Running a small business means wearing a lot of hats — and workplace health and safety compliance is one hat that can quickly become overwhelming. Whether you are a sole trader, tradie, micro business or small to medium enterprise, your WHS obligations are real, and the penalties for getting them wrong are serious.
Elite Business Services provides practical, plain-English WHS consultancy services to businesses of all sizes across Australia. We work remotely, which means wherever you operate — Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth or anywhere in between — we can help you get compliant, get protected, and get on with running your business.
Under Australian law, every business — no matter how small — has a duty of care to provide a safe workplace for employees, contractors, subcontractors, and visitors. This obligation sits with the Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU), which in most small businesses means you personally.
WHS compliance isn't just about hard hats and high-vis gear. It covers:
Every WHS engagement is tailored to your business, your industry, and your actual risk profile. We don't hand you a generic template and walk away.
A Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) is a legal requirement for all high-risk construction work in Australia. It is also increasingly required by commercial clients, councils, and head contractors before you step foot on site — regardless of whether your work is legally classified as high-risk.
Identify specific hazards and risks of your work
Detail the hierarchy of control measures
Site-specific and task-specific — not generic templates
Meet head contractor and regulator requirements
Written in plain English your workers can follow
Industries: Stonemasonry & Silica-risk Trades, Civil Construction, Events, Hospitality, Landscaping, Property Maintenance, Trucking and more.
Your business needs clear, written WHS policies and procedures — not just to satisfy regulators, but to protect yourself if something goes wrong. A policy document that reflects your actual operations is your first line of legal defence.
Workplace Health & Safety Policy statements
Safe Work Procedures (SWPs) for your tasks and equipment
Hazard identification and risk management frameworks
Return-to-work and injury management procedures
Contractor and subcontractor management policies
Not sure where your WHS compliance actually stands? A structured audit gives you a clear picture of your gaps before a regulator — or an incident — does.
Desktop WHS compliance audits (fully remote)
Site inspections and physical safety reviews (South-East QLD and by arrangement nationally)
Pre-tender compliance reviews
Gap analysis reports with prioritised recommendations
Follow-up support to implement improvements
Events carry unique and complex WHS risks. A licensed venue has different requirements to a council park, which differs again from a private property or construction-adjacent site. Generic safety documentation won't cut it.
Julie has worked with events and festival operators across Australia since 2008 across licensed venues, council-managed parks, private properties, rural settings, and pop-up activations.
SWMS preparation and risk assessments
Crowd management planning
Emergency procedures
Site-specific safety documentation
Starting a new business? WHS compliance is often the last thing on the list — and the first thing that catches you out. We help new businesses get their WHS foundations right from day one, including understanding your legal obligations, setting up your WHS management system from scratch, creating required documentation before taking on staff, and identifying industry-specific hazards.
This service pairs naturally with our business start-up bookkeeping support — one trusted adviser helping you get both your finances and your safety obligations right from the beginning.
Julie brings over 30 years of administration and business management experience to every WHS engagement, backed by formal qualifications and active professional memberships.
Working with Julie means working with someone who understands small business from every angle — not just safety compliance, but the financial, administrative, and operational pressures that come with running your own business. That context shapes everything we do.
Our WHS consulting clients come from a wide range of industries and business sizes. What they share is a need for practical, affordable safety compliance support — without the corporate price tag.
Builders, electricians, plumbers, stonemasons, landscapers — anyone working on commercial sites who needs SWMS and safety documentation to win and keep contracts.
Retail, hospitality, professional services, healthcare — businesses with 1–50 employees who need practical WHS systems without paying for a full-time safety officer.
Event promoters, festival operators, production companies and venues needing site-specific SWMS, risk assessments and crowd safety documentation.
Startups and new business owners getting WHS foundations right from day one, before staff are hired or contracts are signed.
Growing businesses that have outgrown a DIY approach and need a professional review, a WHS audit, or updated documentation to reflect how they actually operate now.
Businesses that manage subcontractors needing systems and documentation to discharge their duty of care as principal contractors and PCBUs.
"Julie expertly crafted SWMS demonstrating exceptional proficiency in my field with a focus on silica safety. Her attention to detail and commitment to safety standards played a pivotal role in securing corporate contracts."
"Julie consistently demonstrates a remarkable ability to assess venue-specific challenges, potential hazards, and associated risks, offering comprehensive solutions to ensure smooth execution."
"We couldn’t recommend Julie highly enough. Julie brings significant added value beyond bookkeeping. With her Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety and certification as a Generalist OHS Practitioner, she has been able to assist with our SWMS for landscaping. This has been a huge bonus for our business and highlights that she offers far more than standard bookkeeping services. We are incredibly grateful to have Julie as part of our team and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking for someone reliable, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in their clients."
Yes. Even if you work alone, you have a duty of care as a PCBU (Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking) to anyone affected by your work — including clients, members of the public, and any contractors or subcontractors you engage. WHS obligations apply regardless of business size.
A Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) is a document that identifies the hazards of a specific task and describes how those hazards will be controlled. A SWMS is legally required for all high-risk construction work in Australia, and is also required by many commercial clients, councils and head contractors as a condition of engagement — even for non-construction work.
Absolutely. Having current, site-specific SWMS documents and a clear WHS policy is increasingly a prerequisite for winning commercial tenders, council work, and government contracts. Clients who are not compliant are routinely passed over or removed from sites. Professional WHS documentation signals credibility and reduces risk for the principal contractor.
We work with clients across Australia entirely online. After an initial consultation to understand your business and risk profile, we prepare your documentation, review it with you, and deliver final versions electronically. For site inspections, we can arrange visits in South-East Queensland and by arrangement in other regions.
WHS (Work Health and Safety) and OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) refer to the same field. WHS is the current national terminology introduced with the harmonised Work Health and Safety Act 2011, which most states and territories have adopted. Victoria still uses the Occupational Health and Safety Act, so OHS is still used there. Either way, the obligations are essentially the same.
WHS consulting fees vary depending on the scope and complexity of work required. Rather than publishing fixed rates, we offer a free initial consultation to understand what you need, then provide a clear quote. For most small businesses and sole traders, getting compliant is more affordable than you might expect — and far less expensive than the alternative.
Whether you need a single SWMS, a full safety manual, or just need to know where you stand — let's talk. No obligation, no jargon, just practical advice from someone who understands small business.