Health & Safety Essentials for Small Business

Presenter: Adrienne Pryde, Business Central

The purpose of this one-day course is to give you the oversight you need to ensure your business health and safety systems and processes reflect a best-practice approach. Each session comes with practical templates for you to use in your business to comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015. It also supports your understanding of the core elements of a health and safety system.

The service description:

This course is suitable for people who own a small business and want to ensure they comply with health and safety best practice requirements. It is also good for those businesses without a health and safety committee and anyone who is required to be involved in health and safety in a small business.

Learning outcomes

• Understand the core elements of a health and safety system.
• Understand the key duty holders and their respective duties under the Act.
• Understand essential health and safety components and how they relate to your legal duties.
• Understand practical ways to increase the effectiveness of your health and safety system.

Bio - Adrienne Pryde 
Adrienne has been an OHS professional for over 25 years and has comprehensive experience across numerous sectors. Adrienne is a registered HASANZ specialist; accredited SafePlus assessor and has successfully completed a Lead OHS Auditor Course, making her eligible for certification through Exemplar Global.

Cost Support

The Business Growth - Planning and Strategy Course is registered with the Regional Business Partnership Network (RBPN) and participants may therefore qualify for support for this programme.
For more information, please contact Sandra Crone sandra@commerce.org.nz prior to Thursday 27 March.

Eligibility criteria:

To attend/be eligible for co-funding the customer must meet the following eligibility criteria:

● Has less than 50 full time employees

● Have an NZBN

● Must be the business owner or person in a key management role, i.e senior managers, in the business.

● Must register on the RBP Platform and have a discovery meeting with the region’s Growth Advisor

 

 

 

 

Standard cancellation policy applies to paid events/workshops/courses (unless otherwise stated on event listing). Cancellations must be received 7 working days prior to the event. Cancellations after this time and ‘no shows’ on the day will be charged the full invoice amount. Substitutions are permitted if you can no longer attend.