Safety is a top priority at . The company endeavours to emphasise the importance of safety at every available opportunity. Some of the measures the company takes to ensure their staff, clients and equipment are at minimum risk are:

• Regular tool box meetings
• Incident reporting and follow up to prevent recurrence
• Regular audits of all systems and procedures to ensure they are still appropriate
• Regular testing of all tools and equipment to ensure they are in a safe condition for their intended use
• Providing regular training to all staff, as appropriate, to enable them to carryout their work safely and as per current rules and regulations

Telarc Q-Base was developed by Telarc specifically for small and medium sized businesses, the Q-Base Code is based upon the ISO 9001 quality system standards. It enables a business to implement basic management disciplines to assure quality of products and services. The following eight clauses are in the Q-Base Code: 2001, each helping to focus on the critical aspects of operating an effective management system:

• Management of the quality system
• Control of documents and records
• Customers' needs
• Purchasing
• Training and work instructions
• Inspecting and control of substandard work
• Continual Improvements
• Association, Industry or other criteria

Greaves have been accredited by Telarc Q-Base since 1998.

International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) is an independent body that audits the technical abilities of a business to ensure they meet IEC/ISO 17025 standard (previously IANZ 25).

This audit scrutinizes the following:

• The quality system put in place to carryout the prescribed technical work and how well it works
• All other systems that are used to carryout and complete the technical work
• The competence of the personnel who carryout the technical work

Greaves calibration services have been IANZ accredited since 1999. We can issue IANZ accredited calibration certificates for the following types of testing:

• 5.44 - Pressure calibrations from 0 to 700 bar
  
• 5.61 - Temperature calibrations from -20 degrees Centigrade to 180 degrees Centigrade. Electrical measurements 0 to 300Volts AC and DC. 0 to 3 Ampere AC and DC. 0 to 30 Meg Ohms resistance.
  
• 5.63 - Enclosures calibration from -20 degrees Centigrade to 180 degrees Centigrade (Ovens, Baths, Incubators, Refrigerators and Freezers, Conditioning rooms and cabinets, Autoclaves)

To maintain accreditation, the business must have at least one IANZ accredited signatory who can authorize the release of test results and reports. The management at Greaves have chosen to have seven (7) accredited signatories reinforcing our commitment to provide the highest quality of service to our clients. All seven signatories have been audited by IANZ and found to be competent to carryout the prescribed technical work and release results and reports associated with that work.

Greaves have been accredited by IANZ since 1999.