This comprehensive two-day course is primarily designed for employees who have been elected as health and safety representatives under the Health and Safety in Employment Act, or who are training to prepare for such a role.
The course aims to provide health and safety representatives with the knowledge and skills needed to perform their functions under the HSE Act. The course covers the following elements:
- Brief history of Health and Safety in New Zealand
- Understanding the Health and Safety in Employment Act
- Objectives, Roles and Responsibilities
- Information, Training and Supervision requirements – Do you know enough?
- Incident and Accident Reporting – why investigate?
- Planning for Emergencies – who knows you're there?
- Hazard Management
- What is a hazard and how are they managed, hazard documentation
- Sourcing Information, how to use Codes of Practice and MSD sheets
- Health and Safety Management Systems
- Employee Participation Systems – how they work and design of systems
- The Function and Roles of a Health and Safety Representative
- Returning to Work, Good Faith Bargaining and Promoting Health and Safety in the Workplace
- Non compliance and Hazard Notices
Participants will have the opportunity to apply for NZQA unit standards on completion of the assessment documentation.
This course has been designed for the Contracting and associated Service Industries including building, construction, demolition, engineering, forestry, mechanical, roading, etc and it can also be tailored to meet the requirements of other industries or sectors.
Tutors will provide training either on site (for 10 or more participants) or an organised group at any location in the country. |
