Timetable | Customer | Consultant(s) | Project and Deliverables |
July 2004 to January 2005 | Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) – Canberra, Australia | Peter Walsh (Managing Director, CaSServ) | Liaison with government regulatory bodies and business/commercial organisations re the use of accredited certification programs and provide responses to a number of Australian and New Zealand government initiatives. |
September 2004 to November 2006 | National Marine Safety Committee (NMSC) – Sydney, Australia | Peter Walsh | Development of a procedure and implementing the selection of a preferred tenderer for the use of a Classification Society rules as the “deemed to satisfy” solution for the construction requirements of the National Standard for commercial vessels. As a result subsequently chairing the NMSC Reference Group on this subject. |
October to November 2004 | Medical Industry Association of Australia (MIAA, now MTIA) – St Leonards, Australia | Fred Reynolds (Principal, FRC Solutions)
Peter Walsh | Develop a policy document responding to the proposed introduction of a Trans-Tasman regulatory body; the document proposed the use of accredited third party conformity assessment rather than direct government implementation. |
October to November 2006 | Standards Australia – Sydney, Australia | Peter Walsh | Review of the structure of a proposed AS/NZS 3000, Wiring Rules, for Standards Australia resulting in a recommendation that it be restructured to facilitate readily adoption by Australian State and Territory regulatory bodies. |
December 2004 to May 2005 | Department of Health and Aging – Canberra, Australia | Peter Walsh
Fred Reynolds | Review of the constitution of, and the method of development of pathology testing standards by, the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) leading to the issue of a certificate expressing the view that the NPAAC process aligned with acceptable standards development practices subject to some modifications. |
March 2005 to September 2006 | JAS-ANZ (as subcontractor to PDP Australia and Cardno ACIL for AusAID) – Canberra Australia | Peter Walsh | Planning and, with the assistance of technical specialists, delivering in South East Asia two series of Good Regulatory Practice Workshops involving all 10 ASEAN counties. The workshops covering electrical safety, prepared foodstuff, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. |
July 2005 to March 2006 | Pacific Island Forum Secretariat PIFS) – Suva, Fiji Islands | Peter Walsh
John Birch (Independent Consultant)
Andrew Green (Independent Consultant)
Fred Reynolds | Review of the standards and conformity assessment requirements of the 14 Islands that are members of the Pacific Island Forum covering the Metrology, Accreditation and Certification & Testing components of this project; a Samoan based company was responsible for the Legislative and Standards components. |
July 2005 to June 2008 | NMSC | Peter Walsh | Acting as the NMSC expert on matters associated with the electrical installations on recreational boats and commercial vessels including liaising with industry, formulation of guidance material and participation in national and international standards development. |
October to November 2006 | JAS-ANZ | Peter Walsh | Development of a comprehensive strategic and business plan in consultation with the Chief Executive Office and senior staff. |
February to May 2007 | NMSC | Peter Walsh | Development of a mechanism to enable the use of new parts of the National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) without needing to change State and Territory legislation that references the Universal Shipping Law that is being progressively replaced by the NSCV. |
March to June 2007 | Aluminium Foil Insulation Association (AFIA) – Perth, Australia | Peter Walsh | Provision of advice on concerns expressed about the processes and procedures used to develop an Australian Standard, including recommendations on how to address those concerns. |
March to December 2007 | Electrical Regulatory Authorities Council (ERAC) via Qld Dept Empl & IR – Brisbane, Australia | Peter Walsh
Don Gray (Independent Consultant)
Graeme Couch (Principal, Couch & Associates)
Fred Reynolds | Undertake a comprehensive review of Australia’s (and New Zealand’s) electrical equipment (regulatory) safety equipment leading to a recommendation to replace the existing State and Territory based approvals system by a national process involving 3rd party accredited certification bodies. A report on this project won the 2007 Project of the Year Award of the NSW Institute of Management Consultants. |
June 2007 to January 2008 | Vietnam Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ) (funded by ADF, France) – Hanoi, Vietnam | Peter Walsh | Provide, technical assistance to develop the Technical and Industrial Standards in Vietnam involving a recommendation for a major organizational restructure of STAMEQ, involvement of SMEs in standards development and international participation and a 3 city (HO Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hanoi) lecture tour on standards and conformance issues |
February to April 2008 | NMSC | Peter Walsh | Chairing a Reference Group on the Crewing of Commercial Vessels involving a broad cross-section of stakeholder views. |
March to August 2008 | Australian Services Roundtable | Peter Walsh | Undertaking role of Company Secretary |
| August 2008 to February 2009 | Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism | Peter Walsh | Chair of the Energy Safety Leaders Group tasked with the development of an energy (electricity and gas) technical and safety regulation harmonisation enhancement plan |
| February 2009 to Present | JAS-ANZ | Peter Walsh | Development of capability statements and business development material and initiating contact with potential accreditation scheme owners. |
| March 2009 | Good Environmental Choice Services | Peter Walsh | Provision of advice on standards development governance and administration and relationship with conformity assessment |
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