Online Health and Safety Representative: Initial
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 access to complete your assessment.
Price (excl GST)
$330 Per Person
Empower your Health & Safety Representatives (HSRs) with effective training and support to fulfil their responsibilities and duties.
Do you have any questions about our Health and Safety Representative training? View our FAQ's here
This course will provide your Health & Safety Representatives (HSR’s) with the knowledge and skills to address issues raised by workers and manage them to the satisfaction of stakeholders. HSR’s will be updated on their responsibilities, functions and powers according to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its
regulations.
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:
- Explain and demonstrate the overall role, powers and functions of a Health and Safety Representative in a New Zealand workplace
- Explain the role, functions and powers of the Health and Safety Representative under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its Regulations
- Explain the role of a Health and Safety Representative as an advocate for workers
- Identify the obligations of a PCBU and WorkSafe New Zealand towards the Health and Safety Representative
- Describe the risk management process and the importance of communicating with workers and management
- Describe and demonstrate the powers and obligations that a health and safety representative has in terms of issuing a provisional improvement notice (PIN) and how and when to direct a worker to cease unsafe work
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.
Health and Safety Representative (HSR) Training Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Health and Safety Representative training in New Zealand.
- Worker representation and participation
- Risk management and hazard reporting
- Workplace communication
- Safety improvement processes
- HSR powers under New Zealand health and safety legislation
- Understand the role, functions and powers of an HSR
- Support workers with health and safety concerns
- Understand PCBU and WorkSafe responsibilities
- Participate in risk management processes
- Communicate safety information effectively
- Understand Provisional Improvement Notices (PINs) and when they may apply
- Representing workers on health and safety matters
- Raising safety issues with management
- Participating in workplace safety discussions and inspections
- Understanding when to issue a Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN)
- Understanding when directing unsafe work to stop may apply
Awesome technique of teaching and putting information across.
Student Feedback 15 June 2026
Knowledgeable, informative, entertaining, and thorough a great training experience!
Student Feedback 15 June 2026
The training was very insightful and empowering. Definitely feeling equipped for duty.
Student Feedback 5 June 2026