Health and Safety

Gain an awareness of what defines a confined space and hazardous atmosphere is. Learn how to identify hazards and minimise risk factors for safe work practices.

Learn what a dust explosion is, how they occur, and how to manage and prevent them from occurring through identifying hazards and minimising risk factors for safe work practices.

Learn how to provide a safe environment for employees and children/tamariki by gaining a general knowledge of hazards within the early childhood workplace and how to react in an emergency situation.

Learn how to provide a safe working environment, general knowledge of hazards and how to react in emergency situations when working in a health care facility or rest home.

For an Emergency Warden it is essential to have knowledge on the roles and responsibilities of undertaking various workplace emergencies as well as the coordination of successful, timely evacuations.

Understand the basics of a range of Fire Equipment and how to use them safely in your workplace to suppress the flames for different types of fires.

Understand the importance of risk management and hazard identification, different restraint and fall arrest systems, anchorage techniques plus everyone's responsibility when working with heights.

Gain an awareness around the dangers of completing hot works and identify an operator's safety gear that must be worn when completing hot works plus key tips on using a hot works instrument safely.

Learn what Melanoma NZ does, and what you can do to reduce the risk factors and detect melanoma early. Gain an appreciation of NZ's melanoma statistics plus an overview the five S’s of prevention.

Gain an awareness of the varieties of mobile elevated work platforms, the legal obligations/codes of practice and correct usage of an EWP. Also learn the safety responsibilities of everyone involved.

Gain awareness of the responsibilities of a permit receiver/issuer, how to get different types of permits, and why they are needed while remembering the importance of risk and hazard identification.

Identify risks early and make good decisions to manage your personal safety and conflict incidents in a way that optimises your own safety and that of others around you.

Understand the link between emotions, thoughts, and actions in high-risk situations and how to control your own stress response under pressure, reducing the risk of harm to yourself and others.

Gain an awareness of the importance of choosing a specific spill kit for your requirements, how to clean up a spill, what items to use, and the key points to remember in a spill situation.

Understand the role of employees in workplace regarding their Health and Safety duties and responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, plus what can be done to lessen the risk incidents.

Gain an overview of the Health and Safety at Work Act for business owners / management looking to get a broad understanding of the main concepts and compliance requirements under the HSW Act.

Learn how to set up your desks to prevent aches and pains, plus, gain an understanding around the consequences of not following healthy workstation practices.

Understand the importance of performing manual tasks safely for your health and wellbeing, plus learn efficient lifting techniques to prevent injury.