Risk Management

Having completed the course, learners will work in collaboration with staff, colleagues, stakeholders, and other sector groups to proactively assess and control workplace risk and support optimal safety, health, and wellbeing as required by New Zealand Health and Safety regulations. Learners will contribute to building a strong and equitable health and safety culture within their workplace and as part of wider sector priorities.

What The Course Covers

This interactive, classroom-based course enables businesses to manage their health and safety risks as required by New Zealand Health and Safety Regulations.

Using ISO 31000 and New Zealand Health and Safety Legislation as a guide, learners consider the key principles of risk management practicing and applying Risk Management processes to their own workplace. Long term cultural and behavioural change theory is applied with learners examining the external and internal drivers of risk that impact on both their own and their company’s ability to meet objectives.

Learners learn how to access and apply the requirements of current New Zealand legislation and WorkSafe New Zealand guidelines, this includes both scenario-based learning and applying legislation to learner’s workplace experiences to create a formal risk management process that applies specifically to the business or workplace.

Learners will also review some of the common risk management methodologies in use to determine the best one to use for specific situations. Applying recognised risk management process to evaluate and identify opportunities to improve a company’s risk management framework, learners contribute to improving workers and contractor’s performance, increasing worker wellbeing and helping to build a strong and equitable health and safety culture within their workplace and as part of wider sector priorities.

What You'll Get At The End Of The Course

• A Site Safety Card/Passport (valid for two years)
• 8 Licensed Building Practitioner points
• 8 credits towards the Health and Safety in Construction Programme
• NZQA Unit Standard 30265 - Apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role - level 3, 8 NZQA credits
• A downloadable and printable E-certificate to celebrate your achievement