Guides & resources
Plain-English guides on the things clients ask us about most. No gates, no forms — read them, use them, call us if you want a hand.
Fit Factor checks the team fit
Two good reports can still clash. Side-by-side comparison on four spectrums shows where a team clicks and where the grind starts — before it starts.
R.A.D.A.R — roof access design analysis
The height safety design assessment, now on its own site. Score each roof task with an exposure-weighted risk matrix, work the hierarchy of controls in order, and print a Design Report.
5-WHY investigation
Work each WHY with a validity test, name who leads and supports every action, set urgency, then print the record. There's more to it than meets the eye. Runs in your browser, nothing is stored.
Don't sit there and be interviewed
Candidate interview prep without the drivel. See the deep questions coming, steer the interview onto your best ground, and ask questions that cut deep.
Guides by category
Height safety design & AS 1657 compliance
Roof and facade access design, AS 1657:2018 compliance, the designer's duty under the WHS Act, and what a defensible design package contains.
5 guides
Height safety design & AS 1657 compliance
Roof and facade access design, AS 1657:2018 compliance, the designer's duty under the WHS Act, and what a defensible design package contains.
AS 1657 compliance guide
AS 1657:2018 requirements in plain language, where access specifications fail, and a compliance inspection checklist.
Choosing a height safety designer
What to ask, the red flags to walk away from, the insurance and qualifications to check, and why independence matters.
Queensland went first. NSW followed.
Queensland made Codes of Practice mandatory in 2018. NSW followed in 2026. What the comply-or-beat-it duty means for the falls Code.
Designing access under a mandatory Code
Has the test for a compliant height safety design been elevated, and what a defensible design package now contains.
What sets The Spec Hub apart
We spec for risk elimination, not for a product. Risk first, product second, independence always.
Roof & facade access specification
How we write access specifications: slip ratings, walkway finishes, skylight fall risk, and the detail that decides whether a roof stays safe for its whole life.
2 guides
Roof & facade access specification
How we write access specifications: slip ratings, walkway finishes, skylight fall risk, and the detail that decides whether a roof stays safe for its whole life.
Powder coating an aluminium walkway
Why powder coating can quietly undo the slip rating, and what to ask for before it goes to site.
Design for decay — skylights as a latent fall risk
Translucent roof sheets look like roof and fail like glass. A scale layout that keeps the roof walkable for its whole life.
SWMS & safety management systems
What goes in a safety management system, what a SWMS actually needs, root cause analysis that holds up, and why template systems fail audits.
6 guides
SWMS & safety management systems
What goes in a safety management system, what a SWMS actually needs, root cause analysis that holds up, and why template systems fail audits.
Off the shelf systems vs built around you
Why template safety systems fail audits and get ignored, and what changes when technology does the admin.
What goes in a safety management system
The twelve elements a WHS system actually needs, what auditors check, and how to build it from the work you do.
What a SWMS actually needs
The eight things a Safe Work Method Statement has to do, and why a signature isn't proof anyone understood it.
The 5 WHY is gold
Old, simple and still the fastest way to a real root cause — the test on each level, and the three traps that kill most investigations.
When your supplier becomes your single point of failure
Unqualified and sole-source suppliers set the quality ceiling of your business — what to look for, and how to build a backup that's more than a phone number.
SWMS: quality needs participation & verification
A SWMS nobody participated in is paperwork. TaskSafe develops it with the crew, Safety Checks verifies it on the ground — evidence of what was done and what the team agreed to.
Interviewing, hiring & candidate preparation
Recruitment subscriptions, passive candidate searches, interview questions that go past the surface, team fit, candidate preparation and what a hire guarantee should cover.
6 guides
Interviewing, hiring & candidate preparation
Recruitment subscriptions, passive candidate searches, interview questions that go past the surface, team fit, candidate preparation and what a hire guarantee should cover.
Recruitment guarantees explained
What a 90 day hire guarantee should cover, and why AI resume screening costs you good people.
Surface questions get surface hires
Most interviews fail because the questions are shallow. The investigator's discipline — What, Where, Why, When, How — and a free tool that builds the plan for you.
Don't sit there and be interviewed
Candidate interview prep without the drivel — see the deep questions coming, steer the interview onto your best ground, and ask questions that cut deep.
Do good behaviour traits equal consistent execution?
Nice traits don't move work. Fit Factor reads what people actually do across four spectrums and seven situations — free, 12 minutes, no login.
Fit Factor checks the team fit
Two good reports can still clash. Side-by-side comparison on four spectrums shows where a team clicks and where the grind starts — before it starts.
The Fit Program: recruitment that already knows your business
A 12-month recruitment partnership that keeps passive searches moving, rolls unused credits forward and guarantees every role for 180 days.
Business systems for small business
Task management that survives a busy week, crisis management planning, and budgeting help for sole traders and small business.
5 guides
Business systems for small business
Task management that survives a busy week, crisis management planning, and budgeting help for sole traders and small business.
What a crisis management plan needs
The six phases of a real crisis response, and why a forty page document won't run your team at 2am.
Task management when you're drowning in lists
Why being busy still feels out of control, and how a simple task system beats another app full of features you never use.
Do you know when your business needs help?
NewToo busy to improve? Why small repeated pains cost more than you think, and why steps beat big projects.
Don't guess and stay in a mess — simple budget help
Big accounting software is built for accountants. Fair Dinkum Budgets is the simple layer sole traders and small business actually use.
Don't waste your data
Your data is gathering kilobytes in a spreadsheet. Send us the file you can't get to — we'll turn it into an interactive dashboard, first one free.