Why choose our training

We are NZQA approved. This means you can be assured of ongoing quality assurance, expert trainers, and industry moderation mean our courses are of the highest standard. Learners receive quality training and employers get value for their training investment.

We are a Category 1 NZQA approved Registered Private Training Establishment (PTE) and is regularly audited by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

Many of our courses provide NZQA Unit Standards to help towards your continued professional development.

Every course you do counts towards the Health and Safety in Construction Programme, all you need is 40 credits to graduate.

View our Site Safe Unit Standards and CPD Matrix, which includes a list of all the Unit Standards we cover.

The Construction industry maintains an on-going and vital stake in ensuring the continued improvement of our training courses.

Because our training is designed specifically for the construction workforce, we engage industry experts in the development of each training module.

Ongoing quality assurance is maintained through:

• Course evaluation form review and feedback
• Regular evaluations and appraisals of trainers
• Analysis of assignment pass rates and moderation of assignment markers for consistency in assessment
• Engaging with industry individuals once a year to moderate course assessment material
• Engaging with ITOs to moderate and assess unit standard performance against specific performance criteria.

When bringing new trainers on board they are assessed on:

• Their training and facilitation skills
• Construction and health and safety expertise
• Industry background
• Their health and safety qualifications and accreditations

Every trainer follows a thorough induction programme prior to delivering their first course.

The Site Safety Card is awarded to people who have successfully complete one of our approved training courses and provides site access to many construction sites in New Zealand.

Adopting the Site Safety Card as a site requirement is an effective way an employer, main contractor or client can help meet their legal responsibility to ensure that employees and contractors are not harmed while carrying out their work.

New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM)

• Completing our training is professional development and can be included as part of your NZISM CPD Reflective Learning Record.

Health and Safety Association of New Zealand (HASANZ) 

• Completing our training can be used as evidence for your HASANZ application against relevant areas of competency, along with details of your relevant experience.
• Independent health and safety consultants and in-house professionals who are members of and meet the required competency standards of a HASANZ member association can list on the Register.

Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP)

• Register your learning to maintain your LBP Skills Maintenance points. One hour of learning = one point.
• Further information on is available on our Site Safe Credits and CPD matrix page.

As the Construction industry is made up of many ethnic cultures, we deliver training in a range of languages to promote and advance a culture of safety.

Our most popular foreign language course is the four-hour Passport - Building Construction, which is regularly delivered in the following languages:

• Thai
• Filipino
• Mandarin
• Cantonese
• Vietnamese
• Korean
• Samoan
• Tongan
• Niuean
• Tokelauan
• Portuguese

Other courses, languages, and regions are available on request.

We have a strategic partnership with Vertical Horizonz New Zealand (VHNZ) to help deliver the best possible long-term benefits for our members and the construction workforce.

Together we will improve your access to health and safety resources, training and qualifications.

The partnering includes recognising and cross crediting learning and VHNZ delivering the Site Safe Foundation Passport – Building Construction. These options are the first of many initiatives we will deliver with VHNZ to provide you with the best advantages for your health and safety.

VHNZ is a nationwide organisation and specialise in delivering practical workplace safety training. In addition to selecting any Site Safe course of your choice with us, you can now renew your Site Safety Card with these options:

1)    Attend one of three VHNZ courses
Renew your Site Safety Card and earn up to ten Health and Safety in Construction programme credits when you complete any one of these VHNZ courses:

• Confined Space & Gas Testing (2-day)
• Low Level Scaffolding (2-day)
• Mobile Elevated Working Platform (MEWP) (1-day)

Please note this does not currently apply to the ‘refresher’ variants of these three VHNZ courses.

2)    Attend a Site Safe course at a VHNZ training venue
VHNZ trainers are able to deliver the Foundation Passport – Building Construction course. You can book, pay and attend this course via VHNZ.

To find out more, please contact us.