Health and Safety
Training and Consultancy

 Your Safety Is Our Business Too 

ABOUT US

 

Founded in 2017 by Karl Matthews from March, Cambridgeshire, Nova Vita Health and Safety Training and Consultancy's purpose is to provide comprehensive Health & Safety support to anyone looking for technical but practical, detailed and cost-effective solutions and guidance on the actual issues and to fill the gap of Health and Safety with technical expertise.

We are practising Health and Safety consultants, members of IOSH and trained to NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health level with an electrical engineering and management background.

With both Safety and Health Management and an Engineering Management expertise, having first-hand experience of implementing H&S and managing facilities such as LEV and cooling towers and an extensive experience working in a number of environments including construction and manufacturing, we use logical approach to problems and find the most practical solution to issues presented to us, not just quoting the regulations (but we will quote them too).

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Health and safety advice you can trust

You can count on our health and safety consultants for fast, professional and competent health and safety support. Whether you need advice on compliance with health and safety law, help with various H&S risk assessments such as DSEAR Assessment or Fire Risk Assessment, or somebody with experience in mediating with HSE to provide solutions, satisfactory to all parties, we are here to help. 

Our health and safety consultants have extensive experience in a variety of industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, education, health and social care services, construction, biotechnology, and more. You can be confident that you will receive practical and effective H&S advice that is tailored to your specific needs and objectives and ultimately helps you to keep your workplace compliant with regulations and best practices and people safe at work. 

Technical and practical guidance

When you need guidance on technical aspects of Health & Safety such as DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations), Process Safety, Ammonia Risk Assessment, HAZOP, COSHH or PUWER, you can rely on us to provide specific, precise and practical advice, based on best practice and processes of your industry and realistic implementation of controls in an easy to understand language.

Safety training for your business

We are happy to assist you with health and safety training needs you may have, both at our training venues or at your workplace.

Nova Vita's Health and Safety Services

Health and Safety Support

Working with you to set up Health and Safety Policy tailored for your specific needs. Conducting various Risk Assessments and workplace inspections. List of our services including but not limited to:
  • Competent Person
  • Health and Safety Gap Analyses
  • Health and Safety Policy
  • Accident investigation
  • RIDDOR reporting
  • Dealing with authorities, e.g. HSE
  • Help with documentation to meet the requirements of CHAS & Safe Contractor
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DSEAR 

We assess the risks of fire and explosions that may be caused by dangerous substances in your workplace.  Our DSEAR services include but not limited to:
  • DSEAR Risk Assessments
  • Full Site DSEAR Audits
  • Hazardous Area Classification
  • Ignition Hazard Assessments
  • Static Electricity compliance and advice




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Health and Safety Training

In-house and classroom safety courses to cover your Health and Safety training requirements, including, but not limited to :

 

  •  IOSH Managing Safely
  • Managing DSEAR 
  • PUWER Assessor
  • Asbestos Awareness and more.

 








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CDM

We can support you with meeting your duties under CDM either as Client, Principal Designer or Principal Contractor. We will help you prepare, keep live and relevant Pre-Construction Information (PCI) and Construction Phase Plan (CPP) throughout the life of the project. We will also help you manage the construction phase to keep your site safe and workforce healthy.

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Fire Safety

Whether conducting the Fire Risk Assessment for the first time or completing the yearly review, we will provide a detailed assessment of your site and organisation to identify the fire hazards, people at risk and practical and easy to follow guidance on how to reduce and control the risks.


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Machinery Safety

Helping you with all your machinery safety requirements. From providing detailed PUWER assessments to assisting you with Design Risk Assessments and CE / UKCA marking of new build or modification of equipment and production lines.



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Dealing with HSE Notices

27 January 2026
What do HSE Improvement and Prohibition Notices mean, when they’re issued, and how competent professional support can help prevent escalation.

Taking on the Principal Contractor Role for the First Time: Why Early CDM Support Matters

22 January 2026
Taking on the Principal Contractor role for the first time? Learn what CDM 2015 requires, common challenges, and how to manage duties effectively.

PUWER Assessor Training: Building Competence in Work Equipment Assessment

21 January 2026
PUWER assessor training delivered in real working environments, supporting competent, suitable and sufficient work equipment risk assessments
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What our customers say about us:

Plaspertex Paint Company Ltd.

After a visit from HSE we soon realised we needed some professional help and guidance through different DSEAR issues raised by HSE.

Karl from Nova Vita was a recommendation from a friend of a friend, we literally didn’t know where to start looking for a suitable DSEAR adviser.

Karl was very quick to put minds at rest and superb at explaining situations/procedures in layman’s terms.

Hire him without hesitation!  Karl’s calm and effective way of dealing with whatever we threw at him gave us so much reassurance at quite frankly a stressful time.  Any questions we had, Karl was just a phone call away, if we left a message Karl would very quickly return our calls

I can quite honestly say that Karl is one of the most genuine/nicest/sincere guys we have ever had the pleasure to work with at Plaspertex.

Without question, having Karl on board will certainly pave the way for a smooth path to achieving your goals."

IOSH Managing Safely Student

Fantastic course and a fantastic trainer in Karl!
Karl's enthusiasm for the subject, also the workbook and presentation were very well put together

Managing DSEAR Student, Greencore

Very useful information given at the right level. Questions answered that I had and will look into other areas of concern.

PUWER Assessor Student, John Cotton

Fantastic course, a great mix between theory and practical.  Very knowledgeable trainer  
Thanks Karl.
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+44 (0)7515 342442