Site Supervisor Training

This is a two-day course and will run from 7:30am - 5:00pm on the 15th August and 16th August. 

Please note: You need to bring with you a form of identification that can be verified (travel passport, birth certificate or residency certificate). This is required by NZQA and the Tertiary Education Commission.

 The Site Safe Supervisor course provides learners with tools to promote safety performance through improved worker behaviour, better job planning, co-operation and improved safety activities.

Target Audience: This course is suitable for all site leaders including supervisors, foremen, leading hands as well as new or soon-to-be supervisors of a construction site.

Learning outcomes:

• Describe how your role influences workers to behave safely
• Describe how to have positive conversations with workers
• Identify and meet your legal duties as a supervisor
• Describe how applying the principles of adult learning help effectively train others to become safe and competent workers
• Plan jobs so that safety is convenient and natural for workers to do
• Explain the importance of investigating accidents and finding out the root causes of accidents
• Demonstrate understanding of the emergency planning process

How you will be assessed: You will need to complete and submit a take home assignment within 3 months of attending the course.

What the course covers:

• How to promote a good health and safety culture and influence good safe behaviour in your team.
• How to communicate effectively not just with your workers but with everyone in the work site.  We will cover the benefits and ways that you can have positive conversations.
• Your responsibilities under health and safety legislation and regulations. How to ensure your team has the right combination of knowledge, skills and experience to do the job right and safely. We will look at how to train and evaluate competence of your team and how you can supervise them effectively.
• How to plan a job and develop a thorough and well–thought out analysis of a specific task.
• The importance of finding out the underlying causes of the accident. We will show you ways to get to the bottom of the problem and help you analyse the root cause objectively while avoiding laying blame on those involved.
• How to manage any untoward incident that may occur while performing the job. You must know what the emergency plan is so you can prepare appropriately and address the issue promptly and safely.

What you will get at the end of the course:

• A Site Safety Card (Passport) valid for two years
• 16 Licensed Building Practitioner points
• 10 credits towards the Health and Safety in Construction Programme
• NZQA Unit Standard 21970- Improve building or construction site safety through changed work practices, actions and attitudes - level 4, 6 NZQA credits
• A downloadable and printable E-certificate to celebrate your achievement

The Site Safe Supervisor course is facilitated by Site Safe.

*Please note that there is a maximum of four registrations per business.