Training for workplace health and safety representatives
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions knows that high quality, worker-centric health and safety representative
training programmes are a key to safer work under the new Health and Safety at Work Act. The new Act comes into force
today and heralds some significant improvements in the health and safety space – including new powers for Health and
Safety Reps (HSRs).
The CTU’s WorksafeReps HSR programme is the largest representative training provider in the country – having trained
more than 30,000 HSRs since 2003. “Under the new law it’s vital that HSRs get the right training that will give them the
skills, knowledge and confidence to be effective at work,” says Sam Huggard, CTU Secretary.
“The WorksafeReps programme is proven to be high-quality and worker-centric. It gives the representatives confidence to
be able to create systems that result in safer workplaces, Huggard said.
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