About Our Chain of Responsibility Program

MAEZ helps Australian companies, leaders, and safety departments fix on-road risks by offering training, audits, policies, and programs that add value to lean businesses.

This program is designed for everyone who influences a heavy vehicle transport task, including:

• Owner-operators and transport managers
• Executives and safety managers
• Consignors, consignees, and loaders
• Schedulers and contractors

Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), the principle of shared responsibility means every party in the supply chain holds a duty to ensure safety. MAEZ helps you understand and meet these obligations. Learn more on our About Chain of Responsibility page.

CoRGuard is a flexible SaaS Safety Management System platform built with compliance and operational knowledge at its core. It has the scope to manage large and small operations, handling multiple types of vendors and transport suppliers.

Licence and endorsement tracking

CoRGuard tracks your team's licences and endorsements and keeps records safely in the cloud. Teams can upload documents easily through a secure system.

Document control

The software ensures your policies, risk assessments, and site access maps are reviewed at timely intervals. You can share compliance documents at the click of a button, and the system will not allow your key business rules to pass their use-by date.

Due diligence means knowing whether your safety system is actually working. CoRGuard takes the worry out of wondering where your vendors stand regarding their hazards, injuries, and non-conformances.

• Gain visibility: Eliminate ambiguity around the risks a vendor brings when partnering with your business.
• Track issues: CoRGuard tracks vendor-specific hazards and non-conformances, ensuring your vendors implement strategies to protect your supply chain.
• Simplify oversight: Executive controls are made easy, removing the need to physically check in at every moment to ensure your business is protected against legislation.

Voluntary safety audits are a business's first line of defence. Conducting a voluntary Chain of Responsibility audit sends a strong signal that your business is ready to take action and improve safety.

Beyond demonstrating that you take your legal liability seriously, voluntary audits have proven to assist in defence during past Chain of Responsibility prosecutions. They show regulators and auditors that your business is proactive about transport compliance.

To get started, explore our Chain of Responsibility Consulting services for a practical risk review.

MAEZ helps Australian transport and supply-chain businesses turn Chain of Responsibility, HVNL, WHS, and chartered risk obligations into practical advisory, audit, and implementation pathways. We help you identify gaps and turn them into actionable controls and evidence.

Our approach helps you:

• Get your Safety Management System (SMS) in order
• Protect your NHVAS accreditation
• Reduce fine exposure
• Connect training and evidence workflows where software is needed

For practical training pathways, visit our Chain of Responsibility Training hub. If you need to prepare for upcoming regulatory shifts, read our guide to HVNL 2026 Changes and Chain of Responsibility Training Readiness. When you are ready for a practical review of your SMS gaps, contact MAEZ for expert advice.