The purpose of this course is to provide essential information about workplace health and safety practices, reporting and documentation requirements, communication processes and workplace health and safety culture.

On completion of this eLearning course trainees will be able to:

• Describe healthy and safe practices in a workplace.
• Describe reporting and documentation requirements in terms of workplace health and safety.
• Describe the communication process in terms of health and safety practices in a workplace setting.
• Describe workplace health and safety culture.

Delivery via eLearning with support from an experienced trainer.

For the best eLearning experience, we recommend using a laptop or tablet with a strong internet connection. While smartphones can be used, please note that the course content and assessment format may work optimally on larger screens. 

This unit standard is foundational to an understanding of workplace health and safety in New Zealand. Anyone wanting to develop their health and safety knowledge should complete this course.

This course provides compulsory credits toward VHNZ’s New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety (Level 3).