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Supervisor Gold Card

 

A unique two-day course that demonstrates the links between a safety culture and profitability.

Who should attend this course?

  • Supervisors

  • Foremen

  • Leading Hands

  • Those who need a more in-depth knowledge of construction health and safety.

Course Snapshot

Trainees work in teams and study real life examples from high-risk areas in the construction industry. The course looks closely at the supervisors role as a coach and leader focusing on how to influence, train and instruct staff. Trainees learn management techniques for developing a safety culture and how to establish procedures to ensure employees act safely.

The Supervisor Gold Card course targets supervisors and those who need a more in depth knowledge of construction health and safety. The programme is like nothing else - it has been specifically designed in collaboration with the industry and complements the Passport induction.

The course is broken up into eight interactive modules that demonstrate how a safety culture and profitability can co-exist. Trainees work in teams and study real life examples from high-risk areas in the construction industry. They learn management techniques for developing a safety culture and how to establish procedures to ensure employees act appropriately.

Key areas of the course include:

  • The effects that accidents have on overall costs and profits
  • How to identify and eliminate the risks associated with project hazards and unsafe behaviour
  • How to plan safety into projects by making safety convenient
  • How to improve employee actions by using techniques that encourage employee observation and inspection
  • How to take proactive steps to manage safety
  • The ability to investigate accidents

NZQA Standards

  • 20746 - Explain and implement health and safety plan procedures on site - level 4, 8 credits
  • 21970 - Improve building or construction site safety through changed work practices, actions and attitudes - level 4, 6 credits.

Improving and Updating Health & Safety Knowledge

To ensure Supervisors are kept up-to-date with best practice developments in health and safety, a refresher course every two years is required. The next logical step for many Trainees after this course will be to attend the Supervisor Gold Card Update course.