Passport Plus - Height

Who should attend

You should attend this course if you are a:

• Worker, contractor or manager who needs to be aware of the risks of working at height.
• New to working a height.

You must have completed a Foundation course before booking this Passport Plus course.

There are no Unit Standards attached to the Plus - Height course. The course renews your Site Safety Card but does not renew safety harness systems training.

Renew your Site Safety Card

What you'll learn

You will learn how to:

• Keep yourself and others safe onsite.
• Develop an understanding of their health and safety responsibilities.

Part one (Behavioural safety):

• Identify the reasons to be safe.
• Recognise how role models influence the actions of other workers.
• Make health and safety positive through your conversations.
• Understand how health and safety culture and mindset is shaped by role models and conversations.
• Take action to improve your health and safety.

Part Two (Height safety):

• Review the risk assessment processes and hierarchy of controls
• Identify the hazards and safe use of:
  • mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs).
  • scaffolds and edge protection.
  • safety nets and safety mesh.
• Identify the types and safe use of safety harness systems.
• Identify how to select, set up and use a ladder safely.

At the end of the course, you'll complete a Review of Understanding. This is a set of multiple-choice questions that check your understanding of the key concepts learned during the course.

If you pass, you will be issued a digital Site Safety Card, valid for 2 years.

What you'll get

On completion of the course requirements, you’ll receive:

• A Site Safety Card, valid for 2 years. Most major New Zealand contractors require workers to have a valid Site Safety Card before entering a construction site.
• 4 Licensed Building Practitioner points.
• 3 credits towards our Health and Safety in Construction certificate programme.

Next learning steps

Completing a Plus - Height course means you'll gain site access for the next 2 years.

If you are renewing your Site Safety Card and have done this course in the past, you don't need to complete this course again.

Renew your Site Safety Card

Interested in enrolling into the Health & Safety in Construction Programme?

Health and Safety in Construction certificate programme

Cancellations, refunds and frequently asked questions

If English is your second language

To complete this course, you need to be able to read and understand English.

Other courses, languages and regions are available on request – or we may be able to provide you an interpreter or allow you to bring your own interpreter.

Contact us to find out more

If you miss the course

If you would like to know more about refunds when a course is missed, refer to our Terms and Conditions.

Cancellations and refunds

You can cancel or change a booking up to 5 working days before the start of the course. If you cancel more than 5 days before the start of the course, you will receive a credit on your account to be used within 12 months, or you (or your employer, if they paid for the course) can request a refund by:

• completing the Refund Request Form
• emailing it to us at accountspayable@sitesafe.org.nz.

Refunds are usually processed in 7 to 14 days.

Within 5 working days of the course starting, you can transfer your seat to another person from the same company. If you cancel, you or your employer will not get a refund.

Changes and cancellations can be made through your account, or through your employer if they booked you on the course.

View our Frequently Asked Questions.