Health and Safety Representative: Initial
Key Information
Duration:1 Day (8 Hours)
Maximum Attendees: 12
Training available nationwide at one of our centres, or your own workplace
Price (excl GST)
$330 Per Person
Empower your Health & Safety Representatives (HSRs) with effective training and support to fulfil their responsibilities and duties.
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.
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.
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 Initial Training Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Health and Safety Representative Initial training in New Zealand.
- Understand the role, functions and powers of a Health and Safety Representative
- Apply the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 in the workplace
- Act as an advocate for workers
- Understand the obligations of PCBUs and WorkSafe New Zealand
- Explain workplace risk management processes
- Improve communication between workers and management
- Understand when and how to issue a Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN)
- Understand when unsafe work can be directed to stop
Awesome technique of teaching and putting information across.
Student Feedback 15 June 2026
The training was very insightful and empowering. Definitely feeling equipped for duty.
Student Feedback 5 June 2026
Knowledgeable, informative, entertaining, and thorough a great training experience!
Student Feedback 15 June 2026