Meet Andy Corson: Tourism Health and Safety Expert.

With over 35 years in the tourism industry and a raft of qualifications and accreditations, Andy is New Zealand's leading Tourism health and safety expert.

Global experience:

Andy has a wealth of experience in the tourism industry, with a career that spans three decades across the globe. His journey began in New Zealand managing one of the country’s busiest inbound travel agencies. This early success paved the way for international opportunities. Andy headed across the ditch to Australia, where he worked with tour companies and inbound travel agencies. He later moved to the UK, where he managed a tour company office and guided tours across Europe.

Qualified in Adult teaching:

Upon returning to New Zealand in the early 2000s, Andy established a chain of industry leading inbound travel agencies. Growing tired of being asked what time the 3 o'clock bus left, he transitioned to tourism training. Recognizing the need for more effective, on-the-job coaching, Andy became qualified in adult learning and teaching. In the late 2000's he wrote the resources for the National Certificate in Tour Leadership. Alongside this he developed and ran an online learning platform for ATTTO (Now Service IQ). From 2008 to 2020, facilitated the ADS tour guiding program for Service IQ and Tourism New Zealand.

Travel writing and marketing

During this time, Andy also authored a number of travel guides for New Zealand and Fiji. Falling in love with Fiji and the Fijian people led to the creation of a marketing business for Fijian accommodation, transport, and activity providers—a venture he successfully ran until 2020.

H&S Qualifications

In 2015, driven by a desire to enhance health and safety standards within the tourism industry, Andy pursued a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety from Massey University, completing his studies in 2017. Today, he is a HASANZ accredited health and safety practitioner, a professional member of the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM), and a Certified member of IOSH.

Qualmark

In 2019 Andy joined Qualmark as a contracted Tourism Business Advisor. In this role, he conducted business evaluations and offered expert guidance to tourism operators. Before leaving in 2023 to focus on his health and safety business he led the re-writing of Qualmark’s health and safety criteria as the organization aligned with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s standards.

And for Fun

Outside of his professional endeavours, Andy is an avid outdoors-man. He enjoys fishing, diving, boating, and hunting, and has recently taken on a volunteer role with the Paihia Volunteer Fire Brigade.

If you'd like a free, no obligation chat with Andy, feel free to contact him or connect with him on LinkedIn