Initial HSR Training
(in person training – minimums apply)
Kia ora and welcome to the Initial Health & Safety Representative Training course.
If your organisation has 8 or more people requiring HSR training we can offer an in-person training option.
Please fill out the contact form below and one of our trainers will be in direct contact with you.
Course Outline
This course equips HSRs with the skills to promote a safer and healthier place of work and also covers Unit Standard 29315 “Describe the role and functions of the Health and Safety Representative in a NZ workplace”. Successful completion of US 29315 (via the assessed quiz and fillable PIN) allows an HSR to exercise their powers to issue provisional improvement notices (PINs) and direct unsafe work to cease.
Under the Health and Safety at Work Regulation’s 2016 learners are entitled to two (2) days paid leave to complete the training.
This initial training course is for Health and Safety Representatives. The content covers Unit Standard 29315 ‘Describe the role and functions of the Health and Safety Representative in a NZ workplace’, and it also equips the Health and Safety Representative with the skills to promote a safer and healthier place of work.
Session 1: Overview of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Session 2: Duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Session 3: Worker Engagement, Participation and Representation
Session 4: The Role and Functions of WorkSafe NZ as they Apply to the Role of the Health and Safety Representative
Session 5: Risk Management
Session 6: PINS and Cease Work