Welcome
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 these are now targeted to 7 core industries. This means that there have been considerable changes to how we deliver training.
Our contract with ACC means that the main focus will be to train H & S Reps from the seven industry sectors listed below:
Agriculture
Construction - with an emphasis on civil construction
Forestry
Meat processing
Metal manufacturing
Road freight transport
Public Health - with an emphasis on residential care
This means that not everyone that wants to come to our training will be invited to a course unless you are in one of these seven industry sector or unless your employer is prepared to pay. If you are in one of the core industries make sure you make that clear on application! We can train some people outside these industries so keep a check on the status of our training by going to our websites www.union.org.nz or www.worksafereps.org.nz, where we will provide updates on our training and availability. We would like to thank you for your ongoing role as a health and safety representative. I can assure you that we remain committed to training as many representatives as possible in the circumstances
Training coordinators:Pat Bolster - Auckland, Northland and Waikato regions. Phone: 04 385 1334 x821
Helen Mulholland - Rotorua, Taranaki, Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, South Canterbury, Christchurch, Dunedin. Phone: 04 385 1334 x826
For further queries contact our Health and Safety Team Manager, Monica O'Connell
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.
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.
This fact sheet has been prepared to provide some answers to questions being asked about the current polit
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