Have you thought about your learning pathway for 2025?

The Health and Safety in Construction Programme is designed to help advance skills and build health and safety capability in the construction industry - and if you’ve been attending our courses, you may already be on your way to earning an NZQA-approved New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3).​

You can follow our recommended pathway for your role, or let’s work together to build a custom learning journey for your needs.

It’s free to join the programme, just pay for each individual course. If you’re a Site Safe member, you can access member-only pricing. ​

If you need further advice, feel free to contact us: programme@sitesafe.org.nz

Learner pathways available

Worker/Leading Hand/Foreman Pathway

(Total 41 credits)

• Mental Health First Aid in Construction (2 credits)
• Safety Harness Systems (4 credits)
• Advanced Safety Harness Systems (8 credits)
• Site-Specific Safety Planning (7 credits)
• Health and Safety Representatives (9 credits)
• Risk Management (8 credits)

Supervisor Pathway 

(Total 43 credits)

• Mental Health First Aid in Construction (2 credits)
• Health and Safety in Contracting (7 credits)
• Site-Specific Safety Planning (7 credits)
• Health and Safety Representative (9 credits)
• Risk Management (8 credits)
• Supervisor (10 credits)

Manager Pathway 

(Total 43 or 40 credits )

• Mental Health First Aid in Construction (2 credits)
• First Aid Construction Safety (2 credits)
• Site-Specific Safety Planning (7 credits)
• Leadership in Safety (7 credits)
• Risk Management (8 credits)
• Health and Safety in Contracting (7 credits)
• Supervisor (10 credits) OR
• Training and Supervising Workers (7 credits)

Business Owner Pathway 

(Total 41 credits)

• Mental Health First Aid in Construction (2 credits)
• Health and Safety in Contracting (7 credits)
• Site-Specific Safety Planning (7 credits)
• Leadership in Safety (7 credits)
• Risk Management (8 credits)
• Supervisor (10 credits) ​

Health and Safety Representative Pathway 

(Total 44 credits)

• Mental Health First Aid in Construction (2 credits)
• Health and Safety Representative (9 credits)
• Risk Management (8 credits)
• Accident Investigation and Prevention (7 credits)
• Leadership in Safety (8 credits)
• Supervisor (10 credits)

Custom Pathway

Develop an individual training plan including two of the three courses (Site-Specific Safety Planning, Leadership in Safety, Risk Management).