November 2025
Tue 4 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM (3 hours 30 minutes)
If you’re an HR or ER practitioner responsible for managing union relationships, this practical course is for you. This intermediate level course will prepare you with the tools and techniques to negotiate collective agreements, from initiating bargaining to the bargaining process agreement and terms of settlement.
5 - 6 Nov 2025
2 days, Wed & Thurs 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Become a proficient investigator of events and near misses using ICAM methodology. A must for all your staff involved in the incident investigation process. This two-day course is aimed at those who will be conducting investigations into significant events and near misses.
5 - 6 Nov 2025
2 days
Your success depends on the performance of others. This popular programme supports your transition from being part of the team to running it with a clear understanding of your unique leadership style.
Mon 10 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
Learn to create, analyse, and evaluate a sound health and safety management system that gets organisational buy-in. This course has also proven helpful when undertaking a WorkSafeNZ duty-holder review.
10 - 11 Nov 2025
2 days, Mon & Tue 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
This intensive two-day course lays the groundwork for those new to management, or looking towards their first management position in the near future, or in charge of a team without formal management training. This course offers insights into the foundation blocks of good management and will empower you to get the best out of your people.
Tue 11 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
You will learn about the human response to change from early adopters to laggards and resisters. If you aspire to be the driving force behind change, whether as a catalyst, promoter, or change leader, this program is your key to mastering the art of inspiring others to embrace innovative approaches to work.
Wed 12 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
Great leadership isn't just about technical proficiency or exercising authority, it's about having influence and the ability to persuade people not under your authority. If your role relies on building strong collaborative relationships with colleagues and other stakeholders, this workshop will prove invaluable. Suitable for people at all organisational levels, it will improve your ability to influence a wide variety of people, right to the very top of an organisation.
Thu 13 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
This course is essential for anyone overseeing the resolution of employment relationship problems and/or working on complex workplace change. It is particularly suited to employers, managers and supervisors.
Thu 13 Nov 2025
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (1 hour 30 minutes)
We're delighted to launch our next Member Briefings kicking off in October, with our Advocacy and Legal teams joining you from Taupō to Kerikeri.
17 - 18 Nov 2025
2 days, Mon & Tue 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Become an effective workplace health and safety Representative. This is essential training for any Health and Safety Representative, and extremely valuable for any health and safety committee member, or any worker or officer wishing to better comprehend the Health and Safety at Work (HSW) Act and associated regulations, or those who require a refresher of the HSW Act. This course leads to the Certificate in Health and Safety Representation (Training Scheme) (Level 3).
Wed 19 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
Risk management is essential to business. While some risk is inevitable, your ability to identify and mitigate it can benefit your organisation. It is the cornerstone to health and safety. It allows organizations’ to perform its primary duty of care, as far as reasonably practicable, to its workers and others.
Wed 19 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
There’s a skill to motivating others and it starts with you. Once you’ve realised how to motivate yourself, you can work on your team and ultimately create a culture geared towards high performance. This one-day workshop covers self-motivation and the skills you need to inspire and activate motivation in others. You’ll gain a deep understanding of what motivation truly is and how it works within a business context.
Thu 20 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
Reduce your risk of personal grievance claims by knowing how to approach complex workplace disciplinary situations with a clear overview of procedural requirements, fact-gathering and fairness.
20 - 21 Nov 2025
2 days, Thu & Fri 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
If your role requires you to confidently deliver and review training sessions for adults, this two-day course is for you. It will give you the knowledge, skills and assuredness you need to deliver high-impact training sessions.
25 - 26 Nov 2025
2 days, Tue & Wed 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
If you’re looking to minimise conflict in your life, this two-day course is for you. It is ideal for anyone facing conflict at work with colleagues, suppliers or clients, as well as those facing it at home.
Tue 25 Nov 2025
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (1 hour 30 minutes)
Members are invited to the Annual General Meeting of the EMPLOYERS & MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (NORTHERN) INC
Wed 26 Nov 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)
This course is relevant for anyone appointed to or dealing with a workplace Health and Safety committee: new or existing members, a subject matter expert, someone coopted onto the committee on an ad-hoc basis, or a manager/officer responsible for overseeing and implementing the committee’s recommendations.