New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3)

Get the health and safety skills and knowledge to meet workplace health and safety requirements. You will gain enhanced knowledge of the health and safety requirements and responsibilities associated with your workplace.

Our Workplace Health and Safety pathway includes:

• New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3) - An entry point into workplace health and safety

• New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) - Practical management of workplace Health and Safety

This qualification is intended for people who are intending to work, or working within a New Zealand workplace.

What you will learn

• Apply knowledge of legislative requirements, and workplace health and safety practices to the general workplace environment.

• Apply the requirements for workplace health and safety communication to a job role.

• Apply the principles of health and safety risk assessment to a job role.

• Demonstrate awareness of the benefits of good workplace health and safety practices on themselves, their families, their place of work and wider community.

Study and Career Opportunities

This qualification can serve as an entry point into a career specific to workplace health and safety and may also provide an entry point into other occupations or sectors.

• Health and Safety Representative

• Safety Officer

• Company Heath and Safety Officer

• Occupational Health and Safety consultant.

This qualification leads to the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4).

Entry Requirements

You must hold a current First Aid Certificate that includes Unit Standards 6400, 6401 and 6402.

All applicants must:

• Be at least 17 years old at the time the programme commences

• Be able to read, write, and communicate in English at a basic level

• Be physically able to complete the programme specific outcomes

English language requirement
All applicants must have a level of English sufficient to be able to study at this level. Applicants for whom English is not a first language, must have an IELTS score of 5 with no band score lower than 5 or an accepted international equivalence.

Courses in this programme

The New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3) is awarded when students have achieved 40 credits offered in the programme of study.

Qualification

New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3)