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NZ Certificate in Workplace Health & Safety Practice
Level 4

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16 weeks 

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Delivery Method

Distance / On-job learning

Learners are required to:

  • Complete online self-study tasks.

  • Complete on-job learning tasks based in their workplace.

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Commitment to study

Learners are expected to spend:

  • 20 hours per week engaged in direct learning - ie. online self study tasks and on-job learning

  • 17.5 hours per week engaged in completing self-study tasks.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): Students enrolled in this programme must bring their own device (laptop or tablet). 
For more details and specifications on the model, click here.

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Fees: $2400 + GST per person

CREDITS - 60

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

  • This programme is designed for people who have or are intending to have a workplace health and safety function as part of their primary job role. Learners’ work environment must provide them with the opportunity to produce the evidence required for achieving the unit standards and learning outcomes, and subsequently the graduate profile outcomes.

  • Learners must demonstrate sufficient literacy and numeracy skills or have suitable industry experience; or have achieved the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3) [Ref: 3533].

Overview

Content
The programme comprises 4 modules which are:

Health and safety regulations
Hazard management system and risk assessment
Health and safety planning and risk assessment
Occupational health & safety management system auditing
These modules cover a range of different topics such as health and safety standards and practices, workplace inspections, reviewing policies and procedures and auditing health and safety management system, hazard or risk assessments, accident or incident investigations, etc.

 

Outcome
The objectives of the programme are that learners can learn and apply:

  • Safety management knowledge/skills and regulations

  • Safety leadership

  • Operational safety processes

  • Technical skill and knowledge, with a focus on communication skills

 

Upon successfully completing the programme, learners will be able to:

  • Apply knowledge of workplace health and safety standards and requirements relevant to their role in their respective industry

  • Execute and implement occupational health and safety audit system

  • Communicate and implement a health and safety plan to their team

  • Identify hazards in workplaces, assess their risks, determine control measures to eliminate or minimise the level of the risks and monitor and review the effectiveness of control measures.

 

Our graduates can work in any sector and are able to perform their OHS roles/responsibilities. Upon completing this programme, graduates will be awarded the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) [Ref: 3534].

Modules
Included

H&S 400 Health and Safety regulations.

H&S 401  Health and safety planning and risk assessment.

H&S 402 Hazard management system and risk assessment.

H&S 403 Occupational health & safety management system auditing.

COMPULSORY

Unit Standard
Title
Version
Level
Credits
19521
Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA)
6
4
5
30271
Determine and co-ordinate health and safety training requirements for a team
2
4
5
30270
Develop and implement a health and safety plan for a team
2
4
10
5619
Conduct an occupational health and safety management systems audit for a selected business operation
10
4
15
5616
Develop and implement a hazard management system for a selected business operation
9
4
10

ELECTIVE (15 Credits from the following)

Unit Standard
Title
Version
Level
Credits
17601
Produce an occupational health and safety incident investigation
6
4
6
15189
Implement a health and safety plan for a workplace
6
4
4
30269
Develop a healthy and safe working culture for a team within an organisation
2
4
4
30268
Monitor the health and safety performance of a team within an organisation
2
4
5
30267
Apply health and safety risk assessment to the supervision of a team
2
4
5

FEE PROTECTION

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Section 236A of the Education Act 1989 requires student fees (over $500 in total) to be placed in an approved trust account to provide security for the repayment of prepaid fees in the event programmes are terminated early.  Accordingly, student fees paid in advance are held in the SRA Public Trust account. Fees are drawn down after commencement in stages as the course is completed.
In the event a programme is terminated and alternative tuition services are not provided, the student is entitled to a refund of prepaid student fees pro rata for the balance of the course based upon the number of full weeks required to complete the programme. This arrangement has been accepted by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority as meeting the requirements of the Education and Training Act 2020 and the Student Fee Protection Rules 2025

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