New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4)
Programme Overview
Programme number
126921
Title
Type
Certificate
Owner
Level
Total credits
Total learning hours
600
Duration
16 weeks
Cost
$2,400 + GST per person
Delivery Method
Face-to-Face & Blended
Face to face and on-job learning
Learners get in-class lectures (workshops), online self-study and hands on experience on workplace (site) to give them practical knowledge
Assessment Method
Practical (onsite) tasks, observations, theory questions
Aim
The aim of this programme is to enable learners to develop knowledge in and skills in recognising a variety of workplace hazards and their control, promoting and monitoring health and safety practices and procedures that protect workers and enable them to go home safely. An important aspect of the programme is developing learners’ communication skills to enable them to investigate and solve problems related to health and safety issues in workplaces.
Learners will be able to work with Juniors, apprentices, and even executives in the workplace and help them understand their health and safety responsibility. CC Training Health and Safety programme prepares learners for on-site, real world situations that they face in their everyday tasks.
This programme is suitable for people who have or are intending to have a workplace health and safety function as part of their primary job role.
Content
The programme comprises 4 modules which are:
- Health and safety regulations
- Hazard management system and risk assessment
- Health and safety planning and risk assessment
- Occupational health & safety management system auditing
These modules cover a range of different topics such as health and safety standards and practices, workplace inspections, reviewing policies and procedures and auditing health and safety management system, hazard or risk assessments, accident or incident investigations, etc.
Outcome
The objectives of the programme are that learners can learn and apply:
- Safety management knowledge/skills and regulations
- Safety leadership
- Operational safety processes
- Technical skill and knowledge, with a focus on communication skills
Upon successfully completing the programme, learners will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of workplace health and safety standards and requirements relevant to their role in their respective industry
- Execute and implement occupational health and safety audit system
- Communicate and implement a health and safety plan to their team
- Identify hazards in workplaces, assess their risks, determine control measures to eliminate or minimise the level of the risks and monitor and review the effectiveness of control measures.
Our graduates can work in any sector and are able to perform their OHS roles/responsibilities. Upon completing this programme, graduates will be awarded the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) [Ref: 3534].
Entry requirement
This programme is designed for people who have or are intending to have a workplace health and safety function as part of their primary job role. Learners’ work environment must provide them with the opportunity to produce the evidence required for achieving the unit standards and learning outcomes, and subsequently the graduate profile outcomes.
CCTA will discuss with the learner and their employer the requirements and regulations of the programme and the likelihood of learner’s success before enrolment.
Learners must demonstrate sufficient literacy and numeracy skills or have suitable industry experience; or have achieved the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3) [Ref: 3533].
Standards
The standards assessed in this programme are:
Number
Title
Version
Level
Credits
5616
9
4
10
5619
10
4
15
15189
6
4
4
17601
6
4
6
19521
6
4
5
30267
2
4
5
30268
2
4
5
30269
2
4
4
30270
Develop and implement a health and safety plan for a team
2
4
10
2
4
5
Total Credits
69
Qualifications
Number
Title
Level
Credits
3534
New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) – The Skills Organisation
4
60
Fees-free is available for eligible learners. Find more info via this link.