Empower your Health & Safety Representatives with effective training and support to demonstrate their responsibility in a New Zealand workplace effectively.

Health and Safety Representative Course - Stage 1

NZQA 29315 - Describe the role and functions of the Health and Safety Representative in a New Zealand workplace - Level 3, 2 Credits

NZQA 30264 - Describe duties, rights, representation and the regulator in terms of New Zealand Health and Safety legislation - Level 3, 3 Credits

Course overview:

Organisations need to ensure that their staff are compliant with and understand the Health and Safety requirements for the work they do.

This course will provide your Health and Safety Representatives with the knowledge and skills to address issues raised by works and manage them to the satisfaction of stakeholders.

This health and safety representatives course covers the basic requirements for all Health and Safety Representatives to enable them to work co-operatively with supervisors and managers.

Companies wishing to improve their overall workplace health and safety and to upskill their workforce use these health and safety and wellbeing courses as the foundation building blocks.

Key Learning Objectives:

  • Explain and demonstrate the overall role, powers and functions of a Health and Safety; Representative in a New Zealand workplace.

  • Explain the role, functions and powers of the Health and Safety Representative under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its Regulations;

  • Explain the role of a Health and Safety Representative as an advocate for workers;
  • Identify the obligations of a PCBU and WorkSafe New Zealand towards the Health and Safety Representative;

  • Describe the risk management process and the importance of communicating with workers and management; and

  • Describe and demonstrate the powers and obligations that a Health and Safety Representative has in terms of issuing a provisional improvement notice (PIN) and how and when to direct a worker to cease unsafe work.
  • Describe key
    health and safety legislation, documentation that supports
    health and safety at work and the role of the health and safety
    regulator.
  • Describe key duties and the application of those duties in the workplace in accordance health and safety legislation.
  • Describe key roles in terms of worker participation and engagement in relation to the HSWA.

Contact our office on 0800 270 959 for more information for onsite health and safety representative training options.

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Health and Safety Representative Course - Stage 1

NZQA 29315 - Describe the role and functions of the Health and Safety Representative in a New Zealand workplace - Level 3, 2 Credits

NZQA 30264 - Describe duties, rights, representation and the regulator in terms of New Zealand Health and Safety legislation - Level 3, 3 Credits

Course overview:

Organisations need to ensure that their staff are compliant with and understand the Health and Safety requirements for the work they do.

This course will provide your Health and Safety Representatives with the knowledge and skills to address issues raised by works and manage them to the satisfaction of stakeholders.

This health and safety representatives course covers the basic requirements for all Health and Safety Representatives to enable them to work co-operatively with supervisors and managers.

Companies wishing to improve their overall workplace health and safety and to upskill their workforce use these health and safety and wellbeing courses as the foundation building blocks.

Key Learning Objectives:

  • Explain and demonstrate the overall role, powers and functions of a Health and Safety; Representative in a New Zealand workplace.

  • Explain the role, functions and powers of the Health and Safety Representative under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its Regulations;

  • Explain the role of a Health and Safety Representative as an advocate for workers;
  • Identify the obligations of a PCBU and WorkSafe New Zealand towards the Health and Safety Representative;

  • Describe the risk management process and the importance of communicating with workers and management; and

  • Describe and demonstrate the powers and obligations that a Health and Safety Representative has in terms of issuing a provisional improvement notice (PIN) and how and when to direct a worker to cease unsafe work.
  • Describe key
    health and safety legislation, documentation that supports
    health and safety at work and the role of the health and safety
    regulator.
  • Describe key duties and the application of those duties in the workplace in accordance health and safety legislation.
  • Describe key roles in terms of worker participation and engagement in relation to the HSWA.

Contact our office on 0800 270 959 for more information for onsite health and safety representative training options.

Book Now

Upcoming Courses

Health & Safety Representative - Stage 1

Wednesday 10 Apr 2024
Thursday 11 Apr 2024

33a Springs Road, East Tamaki, Auckland

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Health & Safety Representative - Stage 1

Monday 29 Apr 2024
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Health & Safety Representative - Stage 1 - CC

Wednesday 1 May 2024
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20 Twigger Street, Christchurch

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Health & Safety Representative - Stage 1

Monday 13 May 2024
Tuesday 14 May 2024

33a Springs Road, East Tamaki, Auckland

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Health & Safety Representative - Stage 1

Monday 17 Jun 2024
Tuesday 18 Jun 2024

33a Springs Road, East Tamaki, Auckland

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Monday 22 Jul 2024
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33a Springs Road, East Tamaki, Auckland

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