This course teaches the legislative and organisational health and safety requirements for engaging contractors to perform work on site.
Overview
Key Learning Outcomes:
Identify the legislative and organisational health and safety requirements for engaging contractors to perform work on site
Explain contractor health and safety performance review requirements
Explain how to manage the use of contractors on site to ensure compliance with legislative and organisational health and safety requirements
Entry Criteria:
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.
Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this course.
Please bring along your ID - We need to verify the identity of students in attendance, please bring ID with you on the day of training.
NZQA Unit Standards Included
Unit Standards - CHSM
Unit
Level
Credit
Description
17595
4
Explain health and safety management requirements for contractors working on site
Contractor Health and Safety Management Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Contractor Health and Safety Management training in New Zealand.
Contractor Health and Safety Management training teaches organisations how to safely engage, monitor and manage contractors while meeting their legal responsibilities under New Zealand's Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. The course covers contractor selection, site induction, monitoring, performance reviews and ongoing compliance.
This course is ideal for business owners, managers, supervisors, project managers, procurement teams, contract managers, health and safety professionals and anyone responsible for engaging or managing contractors within their organisation.
Contractors often work in high-risk environments and may introduce additional workplace hazards. Effective contractor management helps businesses meet their legal obligations, reduce workplace risks, improve communication, ensure contractors work safely and protect workers, visitors and the public.
Participants learn how to identify legislative and organisational requirements for engaging contractors, explain contractor health and safety performance review processes, and manage contractors to ensure ongoing compliance with workplace health and safety requirements.
This course includes NZQA Unit Standard 17595 – Explain health and safety management requirements for contractors working on site (Level 4). This nationally recognised unit standard supports organisations in managing contractor health and safety responsibilities.
The course is delivered over one day and is available throughout New Zealand at Safety 'n Action training centres or as a company booking delivered at your workplace.
Yes. The course helps organisations understand their responsibilities when engaging contractors and provides practical guidance for managing contractor health and safety in accordance with New Zealand legislation and organisational requirements.
Yes. Safety 'n Action offers onsite company training throughout New Zealand, allowing businesses to train managers and supervisors together while discussing contractor management processes specific to their workplace and industry.
This training is valuable across construction, manufacturing, engineering, utilities, local government, logistics, transport, healthcare, facilities management, infrastructure, energy, forestry and any organisation that engages external contractors to perform work on site.
Safety 'n Action is one of New Zealand's leading workplace health and safety training providers. The course combines experienced trainers, practical workplace examples and nationally recognised NZQA learning outcomes to help organisations strengthen contractor management systems, improve compliance and reduce workplace risk.
