Workplace

H&S Culture

Workplace Health & Safety Culture Training

Build the knowledge and understanding needed to contribute to a positive health and safety culture and support safe practices in the workplace.

This course is designed for workers, supervisors and others involved in workplace health and safety and provides practical understanding of health and safety culture and practices in line with NZQA Unit Standard 30266.

This unit standard has been developed to support programmes leading towards the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3)

About the Course

This training explores what a positive health and safety culture looks like in practice and how everyone in a workplace can contribute to creating and maintaining a healthy and safe working environment.

Attendees will learn about common workplace health and safety practices, reporting and documentation requirements, effective health and safety communication, and the behaviours and attitudes that contribute to a positive safety culture.

The course helps attendees understand how everyday actions, communication and participation can influence health and safety outcomes across an organisation.

What You Will Learn

  • What healthy and safe workplace practices look like

  • The purpose of workplace health and safety procedures and practices

  • When different health and safety practices should be used

  • How workplace hazards, incidents and health and safety concerns are reported

  • Health and safety documentation and record-keeping requirements

  • The importance of accurate and timely health and safety reporting

  • How health and safety information is communicated within a workplace

  • Different methods of communicating health and safety information

  • The importance of worker engagement and participation

  • What workplace health and safety culture means

  • The characteristics of a positive health and safety culture

  • How attitudes, behaviours and workplace practices influence safety culture

  • How workers and management can contribute to improving health and safety culture

  • How effective communication and reporting support continuous health and safety improvement

Course Details

  • Duration: 8 hours

  • Location: Unit 36, 159 Gorge Road

  • Price: $300 + GST per person

  • Includes: Morning tea and lunch. Please advise any dietary requirements before the course.

  • Delivery: Face-to-face training

  • Private Courses: Available on request

This course is run periodically. Contact us to find the next available date or to book a private session.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for:

  • Workers wanting to strengthen their understanding of workplace health and safety

  • Health and Safety Representatives

  • Health and Safety Committee members

  • Supervisors and team leaders

  • Managers with workplace health and safety responsibilities

  • Workers taking on additional health and safety responsibilities

  • Businesses wanting to strengthen their health and safety culture

  • Organisations wanting to encourage greater worker participation in health and safety

Safety Observer full program: HERE

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