Foundation Passport - Horticulture (Online)

People who are about to enter, or are new to the New Zealand horticultural industry, or are unfamiliar with the basics of health and safety on a horticultural site including: 

• Young workers, apprentices or those undertaking a pre-trade or pre-employment course.
• Workers who have shifted careers to work in the horticultural industry.
• Migrant workers who may or may not have international horticultural experience.

The learning outcomes for this course are: 

• Describe why it is important to create a healthy and safe working environment in the horticulture industry.
• Describe what a healthy and safe working environment looks like.
• Describe what the workers responsibilities are to ensure that everyone stays safe and healthy at work.
• Describe what workers are legally entitled to expect, or ask for, from their employer to make sure that there is a compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) and that there is a positive attitude to safety in the workplace.
• Describe ways that workers can keep themselves physically and mentally healthy and safe.

You will need to complete a Review of Understanding at the end of the course.

• Why is health and safety important?
• Workers’ part in health and safety.
  • Getting ready to work.
  • What to expect on the first day of a new job.
  • The impact of unsafe working.
  • Workplace health and safety culture.
• How can you keep yourself safe.
  • Understanding the dangers.
  • Controlling the risks.
  • Pause – Think – Act.
  • Your personal protective equipment.
  • Identifying and controlling risks.
  • When controls don’t work.
• Looking after your mental wellbeing.
  • Managing mental health.
  • Maintaining mental wellbeing.
  • What to do when things aren’t as they should be.
• Are you doing everything to make sure you go home safe?

To complete this course successfully, learners must be able to read and understand conversational English. If you are not comfortable with English comprehension, please contact us if you need assistance in choosing the right course for you.  

Please use your own individual email address as our online learning platform can only register one person per email address. Sharing email addresses and login details will negatively impact your ability to complete course requirements and the administration of your course.  

For the optimum online learning experience, please use the Chrome web browser on the latest version of Windows 10 or Mac OS. Use of mobile phones is not recommended. We cannot guarantee you will receive the best performance if you use other browsers or mobile phones.

• A digital Site Safety Card/Passport (valid for two years). The Site Safety Card will include a green 'Horticulture' indicator so anyone can see that foundational level training has been completed.