Online Hazard & Risk Management
Key Information
Duration:Self-Paced Learning
Online Learning, completed in your own time at a location of your choice.
Once you have signed up to your course, you have 60 days of accessibility to complete your assessment.
Price (excl GST)
$270 Per Person
Effective hazard and risk management reduces the chance of harm occurring, resulting in a safer and more productive workplace for you and your team
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This course will give you the knowledge and skills required to effectively assess the level of risk associated with workplace hazards, enabling you to identify and prevent potential illness, injury or incidents in your workplace.
This course is suitable for any person required to identify and manage risk within the workplace regardless of industry type.
In accordance with the requirements to maintain Consent to Assess for the unit standards taught on this course, Safety ‘n Action had this course pre moderated and approved by our standard-setting body, Industry Skills Boards (ISBs).
Students need to have 3 months of work experience in the industry prior to doing the course.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety according to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
- Explain the legislative requirements for risk management in the workplace
- Apply the risk management cycle within your workplace to: identify hazards, assess risks, control the risks, monitor controls and review for continuous improvement
- Complete any necessary documentation associated with managing risk in the workplace
- Describe methods used to determine the effectiveness of controls such as audits, statistical analysis, accident and incident registers
Entry Criteria:
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All students are required to have a level of written and oral English equivalent to NCEA level 1 (year 11) or IELTS 5.5 or higher, to be eligible to attend our courses. The person responsible for making bookings or authorising attendance on the course must agree to these Terms and Conditions prior to acceptance of their student(s) onto the course. Where a student does not meet our English language requirement a reader/writer must be supplied by the student or the person responsible for authorising the student’s attendance. The reader/writer cannot be another student attending the same course.
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Online Hazard and Risk Management Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about the Online Hazard and Risk Management course in New Zealand.
- Health and Safety Representatives
- Supervisors and Team Leaders
- Managers and Business Owners
- Site Managers and Safety Coordinators
- Workers in high-risk industries
- Anyone responsible for identifying or managing workplace risks
- Identify workplace hazards
- Assess and prioritise risks
- Apply the hierarchy of controls
- Conduct workplace risk assessments
- Implement effective risk controls
- Monitor and review risk management processes
- Meet workplace health and safety responsibilities
- Promote a proactive safety culture
- Elimination
- Substitution
- Isolation
- Engineering controls
- Administrative controls
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Construction and manufacturing
- Warehousing and transport
- Forestry and agriculture
- Utilities and healthcare
- Education and retail
- Hospitality and local government
Highly interactive trainer, exceptionally knowledgeable and easy ability to transfer knowledge. Just plain awesome.
Student Feedback 17 June 2026
Very supportive trainer and lots of knowledge! Learned heaps about laws, policies and they made sure we understand the importance of making a detailed and well-written JSA.
Student Feedback 15 June 2026
Fantastic course and wonderful instructor!
Student Feedback 17 June 2026