Training & Supervising Workers

Who should attend

This course is for you if you are:

• An entry level foreperson, onsite supervisor or operations manager in the construction industry.
• An experienced foreperson, onsite supervisor or operations manager who has learnt on the job and would benefit from having a framework put around your knowledge, skill and experience.
• A construction worker who has formal or informal responsibilities for training, supervision and monitoring of workers (E.g., mentoring, facilitating toolbox talks, etc.), competence assessments, SSSP/risk management documentation, and developing training policies, procedures and programmes.

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. Expand your skills by choosing a different course instead.

Renew your Site Safety Card

What you'll learn

You will learn how to:

• Develop 3 core principles for describing the role of training and supervision in health and safety.
• Develop sound training and supervision oversight and management based on:
  • the impact of worker ‘gaps in competence’ and lack of training and supervision on:
    • Worker H&S in terms of fatalities.
    • Individuals and PCBUs (introduction of term ‘competence management’) as victims and through enforcement of HSWA 2015.
  • Wider benefits (beyond physical H&S) to workers and to businesses, particularly in regard to levels of stress, workload and profitability.
• Risk management-based principles for managing competence and providing training and supervision.
• Demonstrate and practice activities based on the key principles of risk management:
  • Identifying and assessing risk by identifying training and supervision needs.
  • Controlling risk by providing training and supervision.
  • Monitoring and reviewing the provision of training and supervision.
• Learner reflection on course content in light of their own personal and company contexts.

At the end of the course, you'll need to complete and submit a take home assignment within 3 months of attending the course.

If you pass, you will be issued a digital Site Safety Card with the green foundation indicator, valid for 2 years.

What you'll get

On successful 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.
• 8 Licensed Building Practitioner points.
• 7 credits towards our Health and Safety in Construction certificate programme.
• A downloadable and printable e-certificate.

Next learning steps

You'll need to complete another Site Safe course every 2 years to keep your Site Safety Card current.

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.