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Safety Software Development Services
for Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane businesses.

Safety software development services for Australian construction, mining and industrial businesses still running compliance on paper. Take-5s get filled in after the fact, incident reports arrive days late, induction forms sit in a filing cabinet nobody opens. Our WHS software development services put every form on a phone, capture data before work starts, and give you a real-time view of safety across your operation.

Perth-based. Australia-wide. Fixed-price quotes after discovery. Connected to your HR system, job management, and compliance register.

  • AU-wide Perth-based · servicing Australia
  • 18+ yrs Building business software
  • Fixed Price scopes, no surprises
  • Paper To digital in weeks
How it runs

Safety software development services, start to finish

Three stages, no surprises. Every safety build is delivered personally by the founder, from the first site walkthrough to go-live on the crew's phones.

  1. Week 0

    Compliance & Safety Audit

    15-minute scoping call. We map your current setup, the gaps causing pain, and the path forward. Fixed-price quote inside 48 hours.

  2. Weeks 1–N

    Build & Parallel-Run

    New system built in a sandbox and parallel-run against your live operations. Every workflow, validation and integration verified before production.

  3. Cutover

    Go-Live & Handover

    Production cutover on a planned window — typically a weekend. Team training, monitoring active, 30 days post-launch support. Documentation and source code handed over in full.

Founder profile

Kasun Wijayamanna

Founder · Perth, WA · Started HELLO PEOPLE in 2008

18+ Years running HELLO PEOPLE

Founded in 2008. Two decades of technology-driven business transformation across Australia.

100+ Projects delivered

Startups to government agencies across mining, healthcare, legal, education and more.

HDR Researcher · Curtin University

Postgraduate research in Artificial Intelligence and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

MBA Oil & Gas

Deep technical expertise combined with strong business and financial acumen.

Perth Based in WA

Serving businesses across Western Australia and nationally.

AU+TH International experience

Professional background in Bangkok, Thailand before migrating to Perth.

PHF Paul Harris Fellow · Rotary

Former President of Rotary Club of Booragoon. Over a decade of community service.

Read the full bio — research, career, community involvement and how HELLO PEOPLE runs projects.

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What We Build

Inside your custom safety platform

Our safety software development services cover Take-5s, pre-starts, incidents, site inductions, permits-to-work and live compliance dashboards. Each module handles a different corner of your safety management system, and they all share one audit trail.

Digital Take-5 safety checks and pre-start inspections on mobile, before work begins

Take-5s are the five hazard questions every worker answers before starting a task. Pre-start checks cover vehicles, plant, and equipment. Right now, these probably happen on paper, if they happen at all. A digital system puts them on a phone, GPS-stamps the location, time-stamps the entry, and links it to the worker and the job.

Supervisors see completed checks in real time. If a hazard is flagged, the system triggers a stop-work notification. No more finding a stack of blank Take-5 forms filled in at the end of the week.

Mobile app development

Incidents, near-misses, and hazards reported from site in real time

When something goes wrong on site, the report needs to happen immediately, not back at the office two days later from memory. A digital incident reporting system lets workers submit incident reports, near-miss reports, and hazard observations from their phone with photos, GPS location, and witness details attached.

Corrective actions are assigned automatically. Investigation workflows track root cause analysis through to close-out. Management gets notified the moment a report is submitted, not when someone remembers to hand in the form.

Workflow automation software

Digital inductions for contractors, visitors, and new workers before they step on site

Every contractor and visitor needs a site induction before they start work. Site-specific safety rules, emergency procedures, hazard areas, PPE requirements, and emergency contacts are all presented digitally with acknowledgement signatures captured on the device.

Competency verification checks licences, tickets, and certifications before granting access. Expired White Cards, lapsed working-at-heights tickets, or missing insurances get flagged before the person steps onto your site, not after an incident.

Timesheet software

Hot work, confined space, heights, and excavation permits with digital approval and expiry tracking

Permit-to-work systems manage high-risk activities: hot work, confined space entry, working at heights, excavation, and electrical isolation. Each permit type has its own checklist, risk assessment, and approval chain. Permits are issued digitally, with automatic expiry times and status tracking.

When a permit expires, the system flags it. Supervisors cannot miss a lapsed confined space permit or an overdue hot work sign-off. The entire permit history is stored. Who requested it, who approved it, what conditions were set, and when it closed.

Job management software

Real-time compliance status across all sites, workers, and contractors in one view

A compliance dashboard gives management a single screen showing safety performance across the entire operation. Overdue inspections, expired certifications, open incidents, incomplete inductions, lapsed permits, and audit readiness scores. All visible without chasing people for updates.

Drill down by site, by contractor, by worker, or by compliance category. Set up automated alerts for items approaching expiry. When an auditor arrives, the data they need is already there, not scattered across filing cabinets and email inboxes.

Dashboard & reporting software
Worker completing a digital Take-5 safety checklist on a mobile device before starting work
Field worker submitting a digital incident report with photo evidence from a construction site
Contractor completing a digital site induction on a tablet at a construction site entry
Digital permit-to-work approval screen showing confined space entry checklist and sign-off
Compliance dashboard showing safety metrics across multiple construction sites
Capabilities catalogue

Compliance & safety software services we deliver

Every capability below has been delivered for a real Australian operator — from a single-site Take-5 mobile app to a multi-entity safety platform with regulator-ready reporting and HR / job-management integration. If your scenario is not listed, ask — we build bespoke.

WHS / safety incident reporting

  • Digital incident, near-miss and hazard reporting from mobile
  • GPS-tagged and photo-evidenced incident capture
  • Investigation workflow with root-cause analysis
  • Corrective and preventive action (CAPA) tracking
  • Notifiable incident reporting to SafeWork / WorkSafe
  • Anonymous near-miss and hazard reporting channels
  • Trend analysis and incident-rate dashboards

Audit & inspection workflow software

  • Custom inspection checklist builders
  • Scheduled and ad-hoc inspection workflows
  • Pre-start, plant and vehicle inspections
  • Workplace and site safety audits
  • Internal audit and management-review scheduling
  • Findings, observations and non-conformance tracking
  • SafetyCulture / iAuditor integration or replacement

Compliance evidence & document management

  • SWMS, JSA and procedure document libraries
  • Version-controlled safety document publishing
  • Acknowledgement and read-receipt capture
  • Safety Data Sheet (SDS) registers
  • Tamper-evident audit trails with timestamps
  • Regulator-ready evidence export packs
  • SharePoint / Document-management integration

Training & certification expiry tracking

  • White Card, working-at-heights and confined-space ticket tracking
  • First-aid, CPR and trade-licence registers
  • Automatic pre-expiry reminder workflows
  • Block-access rules when certifications lapse
  • Skill-matrix and competency-framework mapping
  • Refresher-training scheduling and bookings
  • Contractor / subcontractor certification verification

Multi-site compliance dashboards

  • Real-time compliance scorecards per site
  • Drill-down by site, contractor, worker or category
  • Overdue inspection, permit and audit dashboards
  • Leading and lagging safety-indicator reporting
  • Executive and board-level compliance summaries
  • Power BI / Looker Studio dashboard feeds
  • Auto-emailed weekly and monthly compliance reports

Industry-specific compliance (construction, healthcare, NDIS, RTO)

  • Construction WHS, SWMS and permit-to-work systems
  • Mining and resources compliance with regulator reporting
  • Healthcare and aged-care quality and safety standards
  • NDIS Practice Standards and incident-management workflows
  • RTO compliance for VET regulator (ASQA) requirements
  • Food safety, HACCP and FSANZ compliance registers
  • Transport, fatigue and chain-of-responsibility (CoR) compliance
Pricing

How we price safety software development services

Every project is scoped and quoted individually. These three tiers give you a starting point based on how much of your WHS management you want digitised on day one.

Take-5 & Pre-Start App

Digital Take-5 and pre-start checklists on mobile with offline support, GPS tagging, and supervisor dashboards. Fixed-price after scoping.

Full Safety Platform

Complete compliance system with Take-5s, incident reporting, site inductions, permits, and real-time dashboards. Fixed-price after scoping.

Enterprise Compliance

Multi-site, multi-entity compliance with contractor management, regulatory reporting, and full ERP integration. Custom pricing.

Why HELLO PEOPLE

Compliance & Safety Software
HELLO PEOPLE vs the alternatives

Custom software is a big call. Here is how HELLO PEOPLE compares to the three other realistic paths.

Concern HELLO PEOPLE Off-the-shelf SaaSOffshore developerIn-house build
Fit to your safety process Your SWMS, JSA and site checks coded in Generic safety template, 80% fitGeneric build, drifts from specSlow, tied to hires
SWMS + digital take-5 in 6-10 weeks SWMS + digital take-5 built in 6-10 weeks Live today, wrong 20% foreverTimeline slips, disputed scope6 to 12 months to first production
AU WHS + contractor law fit AU WHS acts + contractor rules handled Generic, misses AU quirksGeneric, you code the rulesDepends on the hire
Ongoing cost One-off + optional support plan Per seat, per month, foreverHourly + scope creepSalary + super + overhead
When WHS rules change We patch for act updates, fixed scope Vendor roadmap onlyChange order every timeHire another head
Direct access to the builder Email Kasun, get Kasun Support ticket queueTime-zone gapInternal team
Incident + audit trail ownership You own every incident and audit record Vendor holds the tenancyOften disputed at handoverYou own it
Mining worker using a digital safety inspection app on a tablet in the field
Case Study

Field Safety App for Mining Services

A Perth-based mining services company replaced paper-based safety inspections with a custom mobile app. Inspections that took 45 minutes on paper now take 18 minutes on a phone, fully offline, with GPS and photo evidence attached.

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60% Faster inspections
100% Offline capable
45% Less admin time

We were drowning in paper safety forms. Take-5s, pre-starts, incident reports, all in filing cabinets. When the auditor came, we spent three days pulling records together and still had gaps. HELLO PEOPLE built us a digital compliance system with a mobile app. Our last audit prep took three hours. Every form, every check, every incident, timestamped, GPS-tagged, and searchable.

Safety Manager Perth commercial construction company · 5 active sites, 200+ subcontractors
Business Outcomes

What changes when your safety compliance goes digital

Our safety software development services are not really about technology. They are about proving your crew followed the process, catching problems before they become incidents, and being audit-ready every day of the week.

Searchable compliance records database with audit-ready reports and export options

Every form, every check, every incident. Timestamped, stored, and searchable.

When a regulator or auditor asks to see your safety records, you should not need three days and a cardboard box. A digital compliance system stores every Take-5, every incident report, every induction, and every permit in a searchable database with timestamps, GPS locations, and worker IDs.

Pull up any record in seconds. Filter by date range, site, worker, or compliance category. Export reports for regulators. The audit trail is always there. It does not depend on someone filing paper correctly.

Mobile device replacing paper safety forms on a construction site

Replace filing cabinets full of safety forms with a system that runs on phones

Paper-based safety management means printing forms, handing them out, collecting them, checking them, filing them, and hoping nothing gets lost between the site and the office. Most businesses know their paper system has gaps. They just have not had a practical way to fix it.

Digital forms on mobile devices mean workers fill in the right form at the right time, on site, before the work starts. Data goes straight to the system. No printing, no scanning, no filing, no lost forms.

Real-time compliance dashboard showing current safety status across multiple sites

Know your compliance status right now, not at the end of the month

Most businesses only find out about compliance gaps when something goes wrong or an auditor arrives. A real-time compliance dashboard shows you the state of safety across all your sites and workers today, not in last month's report.

Overdue inspections get flagged the day they are overdue, not three weeks later when someone notices. Expired certifications trigger alerts before the worker shows up on site. You manage compliance proactively instead of reactively.

Safety improvement trend chart showing reduced incident rates over time

Consistent safety processes mean fewer things go wrong on site

When Take-5s actually get done before work starts, when pre-start checks catch equipment faults, when inductions are thorough, and when permits are properly managed, incidents go down. It is not complicated. Consistent process reduces risk.

Near-miss reporting increases too, because digital reporting is faster and easier than paper. More near-misses reported means more hazards caught before they become incidents. The data also shows patterns: recurring issues on certain sites, with certain equipment, or during certain activities.

How We Deliver

Six steps we follow on every safety software build

We start with your real safety management system, design digital versions of every form and workflow, then build in stages. Core forms hit the crews' phones first, and permits, dashboards and integrations layer on after.

Compliance Audit

We review your current safety management system. What forms you use, how incidents get reported, how inductions work, where permits are tracked, and which compliance obligations you need to meet. You get a clear gap analysis showing what the digital system needs to cover.

Forms & Workflows Design

We design every digital form, checklist, and workflow. Take-5s, pre-starts, incident reports, induction sequences, and permit approval chains. You see the exact screens your workers will use and approve the logic before building starts.

Core Build

Take-5s, pre-start checklists, and incident reporting are built first. The forms your workers use every day. Your team starts using the core system on site while we build out inductions, permits, and compliance dashboards.

Mobile Deployment

The mobile app is configured for your workforce, iOS and Android. Workers download the app, log in, and start completing digital forms on site. Offline mode ensures forms work on remote sites with no signal.

Testing

We test every form, every workflow, every notification, and every edge case: incomplete submissions, offline sync, expired permits, overdue items, escalation triggers, and audit report generation. Nothing goes live until it handles your real-world scenarios.

Launch & Training

We launch site by site or company-wide, train your supervisors and safety team, and run on-site sessions for field workers. Ongoing support covers new form types, regulation changes, additional integrations, and system enhancements as your compliance requirements evolve.

FAQs

Common questions about compliance and safety software

How much do custom safety software development services cost?

It depends on the scope. A Take-5 and incident app for a small crew is one thing, a multi-site permit-to-work platform with contractors, HR sync and regulator dashboards is another. We start with a free 15-minute call, then a paid discovery, then a fixed price for the whole project.

Does the mobile app work offline on remote sites?

Yes. Take-5s, pre-starts, incidents and audits all work without signal. Data saves on the device and syncs when the phone gets back in range. Critical for mining sites, rural construction and underground work where coverage is unreliable or non-existent.

How do our WHS software development services compare to SafetyCulture or iAuditor?

SafetyCulture works well for standard inspections. Businesses outgrow it when they need custom permit-to-work, contractor onboarding, tight HR and job-management integration, or regulator-ready dashboards. We can replace it, or wrap our platform around it if you want to keep the inspection engine.

We still use paper forms. How do we switch to digital?

We take your existing paper forms and rebuild them digitally for phones and tablets. Same fields, same logic, same approvals. Workers just tap instead of write. We migrate the templates, train the crews and run paper and digital in parallel until everyone is comfortable.

Can we create our own custom forms and checklists?

Yes. The whole point of custom compliance software services is that you are not stuck with generic templates. Take-5 formats, pre-start checklists, incident structures, induction content and permit types are all built to match your actual process. New forms can be added any time.

Does it integrate with our existing systems?

Yes. Common integrations include HR platforms (Employment Hero, ELMO), job management, SharePoint, accounting software and government reporting portals. We also build custom integrations for industry-specific tools when required.

How does the audit trail work?

Every action is logged. Who submitted a form, when, where (GPS), what they entered, who approved it and when. Nothing can be altered after submission without a tracked amendment. That gives you a tamper-evident record that keeps regulators, auditors and legal happy.

What support do we get after launch?

Thirty days of post-launch support is included. After that most sites stay on a monthly plan for bug fixes, security patches, new form types, regulation changes and extra integrations. WHS rules keep evolving, and the system evolves with them.

Talk to us about safety software development services

Tell us how you run safety today and where it falls over on site. We will come back with a plain-English plan and a real number for the digital replacement. No jargon, no pressure.

Prefer a quick chat? Call 0425 531 127. We answer the phone in Perth.