Give your people a clearer understanding of electrical hazards and the decisions that help keep them safe. Critical Risk Management brings electricity network experience to powerline safety training, supported by independent safety consulting and ICAM investigations.
Real incident learnings
Working around electrical infrastructure requires people to recognise hazards, understand the controls and know how to respond when something goes wrong.
Critical Risk Management delivers practical training that connects these responsibilities to the work your people do. Led by Chris Trutwein, formerly a Senior Safety Specialist at Essential Energy, sessions draw on industry experience and real incident learnings to make electrical safety clear, relevant and memorable.
From civil construction and utilities to transport and agriculture, the focus is on helping people apply what they learn when they return to work.
Working Around Overhead Powerlines
Overhead powerlines can become part of the background on a familiar worksite.
When vehicles, machinery and changing work conditions are involved, recognising the risk needs to be an active part of planning the job.
Our working around overhead powerlines training helps participants understand electrical hazards, the importance of effective controls and the consequences of contact with the electricity network.
Chris explains the reasoning behind safe work practices, encourages questions and uses practical examples to connect the training to everyday tasks.
Independent support to help you understand critical risks and strengthen the way they are managed. We work with your organisation to identify concerns, review current practices and develop practical improvements that make sense for the work being done.
Understand what happened, what contributed and where improvements are needed. Our ICAM investigations examine the circumstances surrounding an incident to help your organisation learn from it and address the factors that could allow it to happen again.
Chris Trutwein founded Critical Risk Management after a career that included delivering electrical safety education through Essential Energy.
His experience includes engaging with council workforces, earthmoving contractors, transport operators, farming communities and emergency responders. That breadth helps him relate electrical risks to different roles, work environments and levels of experience.
Participants consistently describe his presentations as informative and engaging. He makes complex topics accessible, invites discussion and helps people understand why the safety message matters to them.
"Chris delivered an exceptionally engaging and informative presentation that was extremely well received by our senior community members. Attendees consistently commented on how much they learned and described it as one of the most interesting presentations they had attended. Chris has a remarkable ability to translate complex electrical safety topics into practical, easy-to-understand advice that people can apply in their everyday lives. The positive response was overwhelming, and participants immediately requested a return presentation the following year."
Posted Oct 2026
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From training your crews to investigating an incident, the right support starts with a conversation. Reach out with a few details and you’ll talk through what your organisation needs to keep its people safe.
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