| Qualification: | Certificate |
| Level: | 4 |
| Dates: | 2025 Intake 2: 09 June to 24 May - Applications have now closed as this Intake is full. |
| Duration: | 50 Weeks (Part Time) |
| Location: | |
| Credits: | 60 |
Develop the skills and knowledge needed to promote and monitor health and safety practices, procedures and culture in your workplace. The New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) is perfect for you, if you are going to or are already working in a workplace health and safety function as your primary role.
You will learn:
Note: The unit standards are delivered in a specific order. There’s a staggered roll out of course materials depending on when a specific unit standard is set to start within the 50-week intake.
19521 Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) (5 credits)
15189 Implement a health and safety plan for a workplace (4 credits)
5616 Develop and implement a hazard management system for a selected business operation (10 credits)
30267 Apply health and safety risk assessment to the supervision of a team (5 credits)
30270 Develop and implement a health and safety plan for a team (10 credits)
30271 Determine and co-ordinate health and safety training requirements for a team (5 credits)
30269 Develop a healthy and safe working culture for a team within an organisation (4 credits)
30268 Monitor the health and safety performance of a team within an organisation (5 credits)
5619 Conduct an occupational health and safety management systems audit for a selected business operation (15 credits)
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$12500
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Graduates of this qualification will have the workplace health and safety knowledge and skills applicable to job roles such as health and safety coordinators.
School Leavers
Applicants should be a minimum of 16 years of age, and have attained NCEA Level 2.
60 credits at Level 2 or above, plus 20 credits from any level, and Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy requirements:
Mature Applicants
Applicants over the age of 20 years at time of enrolment will be considered where they can demonstrate the ability to succeed in a programme. Examples of demonstration of ability to succeed are the provision of evidence of successful completion of a programme of study at Level 3 or above in a related discipline and/or employment in the related sector for one or more years. They may be admitted subject to programme regulations approved by the Head of Faculty in consultation with the Programme Manager as appropriate. Personal commitment and a belief in one’s own ability to succeed are important personal traits and will always be taken into consideration during the selection process.
English Language Requirements
Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following:
NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English, or
Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL), or
Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction, or
Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction, or
Successful completion of a Bachelors’ Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States, or
Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment:
IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 530 (with an essay score of 4.5 TWE)
TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)
Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2First for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill.
OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 3 (Academic) b) Level 3 (Applied)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36
Language Cert - B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than pass in any band
All SIT2LRN courses require you to have a computer and Internet access. ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ are required to use their SIT webmail only for all SIT2LRN communications. All course materials and information, including assessments and due dates, are located on the online Blackboard system.
Once you have been accepted into a programme you will receive an Important Information Booklet that includes information that you can use to familiarise yourself with our online Blackboard learning environment. From the intake start date you will have access to the online course materials to work through.
Facilitator Assistance: During the enrolled intake period, students have email access to Facilitators, who endeavour to respond to emails within 48 hours (week days only). All students are required, within the first two weeks of an intake, to send an email to their Facilitator confirming their start on the programme of study. ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ who have not emailed their facilitator or embarked upon their course of study by the end of the 2ndweek of an intake, will be Faculty Withdrawn from the programme. Such withdrawals may impact on future access to SIT Zero Fees Scheme and Student Direct Material Costs are still liable for payment.
All students will get an official academic transcript on successful completion of their programme of study which will be posted or given at Graduation. After each intake is finished, it is suggested that students check their results on .
We recommend students new to SIT2LRN read through the Frequently Asked Questions section of our website for further study and enrolment information.
Please use the following checklist to ensure that all relevant information and documentation has been included. Remember, your application will be assessed based on the information that you provide us with. Processing of your application will be delayed if we need to come back to you for missing information.
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What happens next?
To satisfactorily complete New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:
(Please note: students failing to engage in study as per programme requirements may forfeit zero fees entitlement).
This qualification builds on the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3) and graduates may choose to progress to higher level qualifications in Workplace Health and Safety Management.
The assessments for this course typically include observation of practical skills, written assessments and written portfolio of evidence on how to apply foundation health and safety skills and knowledge to meet workplace health and safety requirements.