Our Story
We started Life Care Consultants for one simple reason: to make a difference where it really matters–to people’s lives. We started out almost 30 years ago offering First Aid training to companies big and small, all around New Zealand.
And we did make a difference. Our team’s pioneering spirit motivated us to go further, think harder and get closer to our customers than ever before. It meant we could do in a day what others took two to deliver, and the results spoke for themselves. Workers loved attending our courses, bosses loved the efficiency, and everyone told us it’s the best training they’ve ever had.
It wasn’t long before we saw the opportunity to add another important dimension: looking after the overall wellbeing of Kiwi workers. After all, while it’s good to empower people to cope with injuries and health emergencies at work, there are greater benefits to be had by tending to the bigger picture. From nutrition and managing injuries to mental health and fitness, there are endless benefits if you know what to do right. (And we do.)
What we didn’t want to change was what got us into business and made such a difference in the first place: our spirit. Even back in the 1990s we saw how easy it was to turn the whole thing into a box-ticking exercise. But dishing out compliance certificates has never been what Life Care Consultants is about. Instead, we continue to go further, think harder and care deeply about the people we educate and the organisations we serve.
With one simple purpose: to improve Kiwis’ wellbeing, safety, and health, in every way we can.
Life Care Consultants
Empowering Kiwis to live well and save lives
Better Value, Better Education
Business took off quickly. The increased value, cost savings, and lower staff downtime meant our clients’ staff were better educated and away from their jobs for less time, bringing a measurable benefit to our clients’ businesses. Twenty-three years later and Life Care Consultants has grown both in staff numbers and in the services offered. We now employ over 60 staff, including health consultants, occupational therapists, registered nurses and health care educators. Life Care Consultants has grown its service offering from providing high-quality First Aid Courses to include additional training services such as drug testing training, health and safety training, and fire safety training.
Comprehensive Business Services
Spring forward to today and we now include divisions in our company focused on employee health and wellness (Life Care Health Services, Life Care Nutrition), injury management (Life Care Injury Management) and health, first aid and fire training in schools (Life Care Schools). With a comprehensive set of courses, training programs and management programs we are well on our way to achieving our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of as many New Zealanders as possible. And we are proud to do so.
The Life Care Consultants Timeline
August 1994
September 1994
June 1995
April 1996
January 1997
March 1997
September 1997
July 1998
July 1998
January 1999
June 1999
2001
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2009
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2012
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2014
Celebrated 20 Years in business.
2015
2016
Nicola Hunt received her 10 year long service award in 2016.
2017
- Repeated the excellent outcome for the External Evaluation and Review by NZQA
- Employed a company accountant and a total of 63 staff
- New Service Divisions
2018
- Established a Dunedin satellite office for training and pre-employment assessments
- Established a New Plymouth satellite office for training and pre-employment assessments
2019
Opened our Napier office for training and pre-employments. Employ 70 staff from Whangarei to Invercargill.
2020
Managed the first lockdown with an increase to our staff engagement survey results. Updated our training materials for Schools to be more engaging for our learners, this included 7 courses – fantastic feedback.
2021
Repeated our excellent result for NZQA’s External Evaluation with Highly Confident in Learner Outcomes and Highly Confident in Self-Assessment (business systems). Grew by 18% in spite of the 4-month lockdown in Auckland and the 2-month lockdown for our Waikato based staff.
From First Aid Trainer to Leading New Zealand
Health & Training Provider