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In this edition of Unions Talking Health and Safety: the campaign against methyl bromide in the timber industry, nurses help to stub out smoking, and a profile of this year's Safeguard Most Influential Employee award winner.
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi is the leading provider of Health and Safety Representative training in New Zealand. NZ Council of Trade Unions has a long history of working on economic, social development and health and safety issues. We have been delivering health and safety representative training since 2003, and are currently the largest providers of this training in New Zealand. We have developed health and safety representative course materials for stages 1, 2 and 3. These courses have been approved under part 19G (1) and 46A of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992. Our reach extends to employers and workers across New Zealand and in a wide range of industries, through our existing membership base; training is offered in both metropolitan and provincial centres. We offer the following advantages:
- A network of professional trainers across New Zealand;
- Proven experience in achieving good outcomes through training and training across all three levels of training;
- The ability to consolidate learning through workplace union networks and onsite support;
- Existing close working relationship with the ACC and the Department of Labour, as the prime government agencies working in this area;
- An understanding of the importance of excellence in health and safety practices at workplaces in the context of the need to build modern competitive workplace organisations based on a commitment to workplace and workforce development.
Please note that there are strict criteria around eligibility for this funding which is only available for active health and safety representatives (not managers). Priority will be given to H&S reps who work in ACC’s key industry sectors: Agriculture, Construction, Forestry, Residential Care, Manufacturing (all areas) and Road Freight Transport.
For a list of the qualifying classification codes (PCU) please click here. A small number of funded places are also available for other sectors but the allocation is strictly limited. As well as ACC funded courses we provide in house training and user pays courses. For information about registering for free courses and in house/user pays courses, please contact our Regional Health and Safety Training Coordinators:
Pat Bolster patb@nzctu.org.nz - Auckland, Northland and Waikato regions. Phone: 04 385 1334 x821.
Helen Mulholland helenm@nzctu.org.nz - Rotorua, Taranaki, Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, South Canterbury, Christchurch, Dunedin. Phone: 04 385 1334 x826
If you require additional information about our training, you can download a brochure (PDF 441kb) with information about the programme and how to participate. Course outlines are available for download:
- Stage One (PDF doc 79kb)
- Stage Two (PDF doc 28kb)
- Stage Three (PDF doc 29kb)
In this issue of Unions Talking Health and Safety (pdf 600kb) we provide an update on the CTU's Health and Safety representative training. Also featured is a brief interview with Mark Hammond of Christchurch Prison, news on methyl bromide, upcoming Workers Memorial Day, and information on the 2010 Safeguard Awards.
WANTING TO ATTEND A HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE TRAINING COURSE?
You will need to fill out the Expression of Interest form for Health and Safety Training - please click here.
The information that we will require to process your registration is as follows: Name, Address, Date of Birth, Contact Details, Employer Name, Employers ACC number, Employers CU Code (Classification Unit Number), Employer Contact Details.
EOI form sample
Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. This will assist our Training Co-ordinators to schedule courses and ensure that Health and Safety Representatives are trained in a timely manner. Although our focus is the 7 key industries, we are working with Unions and Employers to ensure that we can continue to offer training to all Health and Safety Representatives.
As you may have heard this year’s contract between ACC and the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) Health & Safety Representative training funds us for 2000 training places and 60% of the
This fact sheet has been prepared to provide some answers to questions being asked about the current polit
Three aspects of how ACC manages vocational rehabilitation have changed following the introduction of phase two of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2008, which came into force on 1 October 2008. Providers have been briefed on the changes. The following is a summary of the key provisions of the Amendment Act in relation to vocational rehabilitation.
