Kerry Renkema
Director
With over 30 years of hands-on experience in the freight and logistics industry, Kerry Renkema is one of Australia’s go-to experts in transport safety, compliance, and modal optimisation. He founded Modal Logistics in 2004, initially to support the steel industry in balancing road, rail and sea transport; today the company helps organisations across sectors manage their responsibilities under the Heavy Vehicle National Law with confidence. Kerry is an authorised Heavy Vehicle Auditor (Exemplar Global), an accredited NHVR auditor, a certified Work Health & Safety auditor with SAI Global, an advanced load restraint auditor/trainer, a Cert IV trainer & assessor, and an ICAM-trained incident investigator. His expertise spans Chain of Responsibility, NHVAS, risk assessments, safety systems audits, and more.
2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
NHVAS AUDITING and SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Bruce Gunter will lead a deep dive into records, auditable processes, SOPs and SWMS, as well as licensing issues and the Transport for NSW Driver Program. He’ll be joined by NHVAS Auditors Kerry Renkema (Modal Logistics) and Brenton Anderson (Transport Compliance Training Solutions) to the stage. The panel will explore: • What regulators expect in compliance systems and record keeping • Auditing processes, including the pros and cons of NHVAS accreditation • The role of TruckSafe and the advantages it offers industry operators