WorkSafe New Zealand requires holders of a Certificate of Competence (CoC) (including students preparing for renewal) to undertake and record Continuing Professional Development (CPD) if they intend to renew their CoC. These requirements are formal and must be met as part of the renewal process.

CPD - Continuing Professional Development

Key learning areas covered in the CPD course is:

Leadership

  • Managing errors.
  • Understand the concepts and principles of error.
  • Understand predisposing factors that can create unsafe acts and unsafe conditions.
  • Classify types of human error.
  • Reason Human Error theory
  • Workplace practices how human factors contributed to an incident.
  • How can we manage differently to reduce error.

Legislation

  • Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
  • Legislative framework
  • Key parts of the HSW Act 2015
  • Types of PCBU’s
  • Responsibilities of duty holders
  • PCBU Responsibilities
  • Your role
  • Worker responsibilities
  • Notifiable Events
  • Types of Notifiable Events
  • Reporting
  • Preserving scene

Safety Systems, Isolations Systems 

  • Legislation requirement pertaining to Isolation and Lockouts (LOTO)
  • The purpose of isolations.
  • The types of energy sources including stored energy.
  • Responsibilities of Lock-holder, Authorised Persons and Isolation Leaders.
  • How Responsibilities relate to the Permit To Work System
  • Equipment associated with isolations.
  • The Individual Isolation Procedure.
  • The Group Isolation Procedure.
  • The Authorised Removal of a Personal Padlock.
  • Isolation Breaches.

Emergency Management 

  • Understand the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS ) and the integration with site Emergency Plans
  • Legislation requirements in management of emergencies.
  • Types of site emergencies.
  • Emergency logistics and resources.
  • Tasks required to be carried out.
  • Review of duty cards to assist in dealing with emergencies.

Contact our office on 0800 270 959 for more information for onsite training options.

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CPD - Continuing Professional Development

Key learning areas covered in the CPD course is:

Leadership

  • Managing errors.
  • Understand the concepts and principles of error.
  • Understand predisposing factors that can create unsafe acts and unsafe conditions.
  • Classify types of human error.
  • Reason Human Error theory
  • Workplace practices how human factors contributed to an incident.
  • How can we manage differently to reduce error.

Legislation

  • Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
  • Legislative framework
  • Key parts of the HSW Act 2015
  • Types of PCBU’s
  • Responsibilities of duty holders
  • PCBU Responsibilities
  • Your role
  • Worker responsibilities
  • Notifiable Events
  • Types of Notifiable Events
  • Reporting
  • Preserving scene

Safety Systems, Isolations Systems 

  • Legislation requirement pertaining to Isolation and Lockouts (LOTO)
  • The purpose of isolations.
  • The types of energy sources including stored energy.
  • Responsibilities of Lock-holder, Authorised Persons and Isolation Leaders.
  • How Responsibilities relate to the Permit To Work System
  • Equipment associated with isolations.
  • The Individual Isolation Procedure.
  • The Group Isolation Procedure.
  • The Authorised Removal of a Personal Padlock.
  • Isolation Breaches.

Emergency Management 

  • Understand the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS ) and the integration with site Emergency Plans
  • Legislation requirements in management of emergencies.
  • Types of site emergencies.
  • Emergency logistics and resources.
  • Tasks required to be carried out.
  • Review of duty cards to assist in dealing with emergencies.

Contact our office on 0800 270 959 for more information for onsite training options.

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