Tauranga Business Awards 2021
On Friday 12th November, VHNZ had the privilege of presenting the Workplace Safety Award at the annual Tauranga Business Awards, hosted at Farmer Autovillage Mt Maunganui. As part of the judging panel for this category of the competition, VH’s Keith Barnett (Health, Safety and Training Advisor) got to delve deep into each of the entrants workplace safety practices and procedures. […]
Primary ITO Micro-Credentials – Tractor
The Free Primary ITO Micro-Credential courses are fast becoming popular with a large number of trainees signing up during the past month. These rural based courses are available throughout all regions of NZ, and are a great way to focus on skill development opportunities not currently catered for in the regulated tertiary education system. VHNZ’s Mark Wills […]
Working at Height PPE Requirements
VH Technical Authority/Trainer Steve Tilling has written an excellent article regarding PPE Requirements for Working at Height. This is a great read for those that “need to brush up on their PPE Management Systems, or are confused by what is actually required. It is split into 4 parts covering the LAW in part one, the […]
EER 2021
Vertical Horizonz is incredibly proud to announce that once again, we have achieved a Category One rating from our July 2021 External Evaluation and Review, undertaken by NZQA. Through the EER process, NZQA checks and reports on the quality of education delivered by non-university tertiary education organisations (TEOs). EER provides an independent judgement on the […]
Jump Master Assessments
As part of VH’s ongoing reach we continue to provide smart bespoke solutions to ensure that all organisations meet their ongoing training and assessment requirements for all staff. Recently, North Island Regional Manager Andrew Sykes headed down to Queenstown to assist AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand with their ongoing Jump Master assessments to ensure that their staff […]
VHNZ acquire Fire and Emergency Training Solutions (FETS)
Vertical Horizonz New Zealand (VHNZ), specialists in practical, health and safety training have acquired Fire and Emergency Training Solutions (FETS), a nationwide provider of emergency preparedness, emergency response and maritime training. The acquisition stems from a shared desire to provide high quality training that saves and changes lives, and will combine the specialisms and reach […]
Confined Space Practical
VH Confined Space Trainer Ben Searle, ran some trainees through the practical segment of his course at this exceptional staging area last week… The trainees conducted their entries on an 11 barrel culvert under the new Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway (A huge project carried out by NZTA)! We love seeing what practical environments our […]
Hazardous Substance Classification Code Changes
CHANGES TO NEW ZEALAND’S HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CLASSIFICATION CODES On 30 April 2021, New Zealand updated its classification system for hazardous substances to one based on the seventh revised edition of the Globally Harmonised System (GHS 7). The GHS 7 is an international hazard classification system for chemicals created by the United Nations. It is used […]
Fonterra Product Innovation Award
We are proud to announce that VH have been awarded the Fonterra (Farm Source) product ‘Innovation Award’ at this years Farm Source vendor conference! The award recognises the design and delivery of a specific farmers chemical safety course, which broke down the barriers that Covid created and allowed for the course to be delivered as […]
VH programmes inspire to achieve!
Our Maori/Pasifika Programmes inspire to achieve! Whenua Ruwhiu signed up to the Vertical Horizonz MSD Train to Work programme having left high school (Kura) and unsure of his employment pathway. Originally interested in working within an IT space he began looking at the requirements, however realised that some solid trade qualifications could help him out […]