Health & Safety Representative

Health and Safety Management in the Workplace

A comprehensive two day course designed for people in the workplace who have been selected as Health & safety Representatives under the Health & safety in Employment Act, or who are training to prepare for such a management role.

We have designed a Health & safety representative course that has been approved by the Ministry of Labour under Section 19G of the Health & Safety Act 1992.

Course Outline:

1. Brief History of Health & safety in New Zealand
2. Understanding the Health & Safety in Employment Act
3. Information, Training and Supervision requirements
4. Incident and Accident reporting
5. Planning for emergencies
6. Hazard Management
7. Health & safety Management systems
8. Employee participation systems
9. The function and roles of a Health & Safety representative

By attending the course, completing the off-job exercises throughout the course and demonstrating competency through the open book assessment exercises your staff becomes an Approved Health & Safety Representative for your organisation.

Course delivery:

The course is delivered over 2 days, in a classroom type venue.

Qualifications:

This health and safety management course can be upgraded to the registered unit standards with 20-25 hours of further training in the workplace. Under the health and safety in Employment Act it can then lead to a National Certificate in Occupational Health & safety.