Our story
For more than 30 years, our expert team has worked with some of the world’s busiest airports and airport safety teams, as well as with airlines, regulators, and pilots. We are also involved with numerous national and international wildlife management committees, including ICAO’s wildlife management expert group, the Australian (AAWHG) and North American bird strike committees.
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Phil Shaw, our founder and director, is a wildlife biologist, with more than 30 years’ experience partnering with clients around the world to provide them with practical solutions for managing the hazards safely, reducing the ever-present risk of wildlife strikes, which can result in aircraft damage, and potentially, loss of human life.
It was a costly $8 million ibis strike on a Qantas A300 at Gold Coast Airport in December 1995, that led to Avisure’s founding. Phil was asked to develop a plan to manage the ibis population, particularly around the Gold Coast Airport, and went on to undertake assessments of other Australian airports. The disbanding of the Civil Aviation Authority’s Bird Hazard Investigation Unit in 1991 had left a gap in expertise, and ‘slowly and surely’, Phil says, ‘we became the “go-to” for wildlife hazard management in Australia’.
Success in Australia with Avisure’s wildlife hazard management approach led to growing global demand for their expertise with projects in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the Pacific and North America. We employ a growing team of wildlife hazard management experts who also have deep understanding of aviation operations.
Phil is passionate about the need for industry to take an integrated approach to wildlife hazard management. ‘Obviously, airports are a major player in managing habitat around take-off and landing areas, but the approach now is too airport centric. ATC, pilots, regulators, plus those responsible for land use in the vicinity of the airport — they’re all part of the puzzle. Change is happening, but it’s not integrated systematically. We also need to embrace technologies and AI that allows us to detect, classify, track and predict wildlife movements, so that we can have operational responses from the control tower, the cockpit and from the ground-based teams that manage wildlife.’
Team
We bring together smart, talented people to find ways to be the difference in creating sustainable wildlife risk mitigation solutions.
Careers
We want to attract, employ and develop people with exceptional skills, people who share our values and want to make a difference.
Values
Optimism
we know we can make a positive difference
Leadership
we take pride in being at the edge of our industry
Passion
we love what we do
Teamwork
clients, stakeholders and staff all working together
Ethical
we will always act with integrity
Responsive
we listen and act diligently
ISO Certification Policies
Avisure’s Integrated Management System (IMS) streamlines our business operations to guarantee customer satisfaction, increased staff safety and lower our environmental impact. Our Australian operation is certified against ISO standards: 14001 (environmental impact), ISO 9001 (quality assurance) and ISO 45001:2018 (occupational health and safety).
Quality Policy
Our small and highly experienced team are world-renowned for delivering exceptional consulting services that consistently meet client expectations and regulatory requirements. We uphold the highest standards of quality in every project, applying our expertise to provide reliable, innovative, and sustainable solutions while continually improving our processes and ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction.
To continue to achieve this result we will:
- communicate our commitment to our team, stakeholders and the public
- adequately resource implementation
- clearly establish responsibilities and authorities
- document, implement, maintain and communicate our system
- conduct comprehensive risk and opportunity analyses
- establish measurable objectives and goals
- comply with relevant legislation, client and other requirements, and where possible influence improvement in these
- exceed customer expectations
- monitor established performance indicators
- continually improve.
This policy applies to all employees, suppliers, and subcontractors associated with Avisure activities.
Environmental Policy
Responsible environmental management is at the very core of Avisure. We are not only committed to environmental stewardship; we strive to embody it in everything we do. It underpins our thinking, decision-making, and actions across all aspects of our business. Avisure aims to set the benchmark for environmental performance, both in the environmental advice and solutions we provide to clients and in the way we deliver our services.
To achieve our commitment, we will:
- minimise our overall environmental footprint, including reducing waste, energy consumption, fuel use, carbon emissions, and paper usage where practicable
- protecting the environment and preventing pollution
- empowering our employees through the bid-no-bid process to decide whether a project, client, panel or tender we commit to will have a better overall environmental outcome if we are the successful proponent
- working with the communities and regional areas where we work
- continually improving the system to enhance environmental performance.
- adopt Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle philosophy to our life-cycle management
- pro-actively seek to identify and control hazards to prevent environmental harm
- ensure open communication, encourage and respect all contributions by employees towards the improvement of our environmental management system
- ensure all employees are competent to provide sound environmental advice
- comply with relevant environmental legislation and other requirements
- set environmental objectives and plan to achieve them in consultation with employees and managers.
This policy applies to all employees, suppliers, subcontractors, and visitors associated with Avisure activities.
Occupational Health and Safety Management Policy
Avisure is committed to providing a safe, happy and healthy workplace for employees, subcontractors, clients and visitors, achieved through working together with a goal of zero harm. We believe that all tasks can be performed safely and without injury, that harm is preventable, and that physical and mental safety is everyone’s responsibility.
To achieve our commitment, we will:
- place the safety of our employees, subcontractors, clients and visitors above all else
- empower all employees to participate and take responsibility for the safety of themselves and others by identifying OHS hazards, understanding risks, and stopping any task which they feel is unsafe
- learn from what we have done well and celebrate our success; leaders positively reinforce personal contribution and accountability
- pro-actively seek to identify and eliminate hazards and control risks to prevent injury or illness
- consult with workers and other stakeholders regarding their OHS
- comply with Workplace Health & Safety legislation and other requirements
- establish measurable objectives and targets to promote improved safety performance in consultation with employees and managers
- continually improve the system.
Safety is everyone’s responsibility; therefore Avisure requires our employees, suppliers, subcontractors and visitors to:
- follow all safe work practices, procedures and instructions
- encourage other employees to work in a safe manner
- make use of their rest days and report to work in a fit condition
- participate in training
- speak up, report and actively participate in identifying OHS hazards and controlling risks.
This policy applies to all employees, suppliers, subcontractors, and visitors associated with Avisure activities.