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Online PCBU Health & Safety Awareness

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Duration:Online

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)

$130 Per Person

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The PCBU has legal responsibilities to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of workers, as well as others who may be affected by the work, such as visitors or the general public.

Everyone has a role in workplace safety. Our Online PCBU Health and Safety Awareness course ensures that everyone in your organisation understands their responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Promote a culture of safety and compliance.

This interactive eLearning online training will provide you with clarity and an in-depth understanding of the duties and responsibilities of the Board and Management teams in relation to the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) 2015.

The goal of the training is to provide clear and comprehensive knowledge about the subject matter, which is the HSWA 2015. This implies that participants will not only learn about the HSWA 2015 but also understand its intricacies and implications thoroughly.

Key Learning Outcomes:

  1. Health & Safety in the Workplace
  2. Who or what is a PCBU?
  3. Who are the PCBUs Officers?
  4. PCBU: Overlapping Duties & Upstream Activities
  5. PCBU: HSWA 2015 – Fines, Penalties & Undertakings
  6. Health & Safety Procedures: Report Notifiable Events to
    WorkSafe
  7. Health & Safety Procedures: Identify and Manage Hazards
    & Risks
  8. Health & Safety Procedures: Near Miss

Entry Criteria:

  1. 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.

Course Outline

Online PCBU Health & Safety Awareness Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the Online PCBU Health & Safety Awareness course in New Zealand.

The Online PCBU Health & Safety Awareness course provides a practical understanding of the legal duties and responsibilities of a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) under New Zealand's Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA). The self-paced online course helps business owners, directors, managers and leaders understand how to meet their health and safety obligations and create safer workplaces.
PCBU stands for Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, a PCBU has the primary duty of care to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers and anyone else who may be affected by the work carried out by the business.
This course is ideal for business owners, company directors, officers, managers, supervisors, team leaders and anyone responsible for workplace health and safety. It is also valuable for organisations wanting management teams to understand their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
Participants learn about:
  • The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA)
  • The role and responsibilities of a PCBU
  • Duties of officers and directors
  • Overlapping PCBU duties and upstream responsibilities
  • Hazard and risk management
  • Reporting notifiable events to WorkSafe New Zealand
  • Near miss reporting
  • Health and safety penalties, fines and enforceable undertakings
The course is completed online at your own pace. Once enrolled, learners have 60 days to complete all learning modules and assessments, making it easy to fit training around work commitments.
Understanding PCBU responsibilities helps businesses meet their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, reduce workplace risks, improve safety culture, support effective governance and minimise the likelihood of incidents, enforcement action and financial penalties.
Yes. The course explains the duties of PCBUs, officers, directors and senior management, including due diligence responsibilities and how leadership decisions influence workplace health and safety performance under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
Yes. Participants should have written and spoken English equivalent to NCEA Level 1 or IELTS 5.5. Where this requirement is not met, a reader or writer must be provided in accordance with Safety 'n Action's enrolment requirements.
Yes. Organisations can enrol directors, managers, supervisors and leadership teams through Safety 'n Action's online learning platform. Online delivery provides a flexible and consistent way to improve legal awareness and strengthen workplace health and safety governance across the organisation.
Safety 'n Action is one of New Zealand's leading workplace health and safety training providers. This online course combines practical guidance with a clear explanation of PCBU responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, helping organisations strengthen compliance, improve leadership capability and build a positive health and safety culture.

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