Develop your Health and Safety superstars or upskill yourself, with these health and safety focused courses. From developing your health and safety workplace culture to understanding staff wellbeing and developing a drug and alcohol policy with appropriate drug and alcohol testing, there’s something for everyone in the health and safety space.
Health & Safety Rep Course
COURSE OVERVIEW
The true test of our leadership is: What happens when no one is watching? What do people choose to do when they are left to make their own decisions? These two days will provide your leaders with the skills to set the tone as a leader and will help create a safer and more productive worksite.
WHAT YOUR PEOPLE WILL GET
- How to lead a high-performance team – focussed on key results (incl. Safety)
- How to effectively communicate to people who are different from themselves
- How to get workers involved in solving problems and making good Safety decisions
- How to hold people accountable without bullying
- Learning to focus on learning from things going right, not waiting for things to go wrong
IDEAL FOR:
- Health and Safety representatives
- Health and Safety coordinators
COST
$1000 + GST per person
(Workshop Space: 12 – 50, discounted subsidy on application)
DURATION
2 full days
Oral Versus Urine
COURSE OVERVIEW
Saliva drug testing and urine drug testing at your workplace provide the ability to determine recent use or habitual use. Saliva testing is less invasive than urine testing and is preferred by employees and Unions whilst having many advantages for employers, the combination of these factors making good business sense to adopt saliva work place drug testing. Drugwise offers Education / Training services and can assist with the development of your workplace drug and alcohol policy and procedures.
WHAT YOUR PEOPLE WILL GET
- Understand the differences between oral and urine drug testing
- Weigh up the pros and cons of each including cost, recency, invasiveness, convenience and more
- Overview of the pending Joint New Zealand Australian Standards for Oral Fluid Testing
- Overview of drug and alcohol policy and what you need to know
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY
“Good course and great resources. Love your coaching style and appreciate your knowledge.” – Raewyn, Auckland
IDEAL FOR:
- Health and Safety representatives
- Health and Safety coordinators
COST
$500 + GST per person
(12 – 50 people, discounted 50%)
DURATION
½ day
PRESENTER
Ann-Louise Anderson, DrugWise
KYND - Healthy Thinking and Dr Tom
COURSE OVERVIEW
Dr Tom is on a mission to test and measure the wellness and risk of rural people throughout New Zealand, talking about health and wellbeing in communities and helping unlock the tools people need to get back on track.He is passionate about people measuring and managing their health. As a Forest Service trainee he then became an Emergency department doctor and Rural GP and founded the Thealthy Thinking Institute and KYND wellness Ltd.
KYND is a risk assessment tool app that measures employee health and wellbeing. It is constructed by a series of questions, that provides employees with scores for their physical (BODY), mental (MIND) and social (LIFE) health. KYND measures things such as blood pressure, fatigue, sleep, hearing, vision anxiety and stress levels.
KYND is a completely confidential app, with employers not having access to any individual data. Employers receive reports, with general, anonymised data about their employees in the form of graphs and conclusions.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY
“KYND was a game-changer for me. If we can contribute to our people’s mental health and happiness, which is part of being healthy, then we can get better safety outcomes for all. It’s all about getting home safely every day.” — Wayne Dempster, Rayonier
ADDITIONAL LINKS
IDEAL FOR:
- Contractors
- Business Owners
PRESENTER
Dr Tom Mullholland
Safety and Resiliency
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course provides an understanding of why we have trouble focusing across the workday.
Understanding how the brain processes and retrieves information provides us a greater ability to reduce over-thinking & worry, to reduce the impact of challenging events, and to self-motivate and stay alert.
Utilise techniques used by the elite sectors of police, prisons, emergency responders and the special forces to maintain a positive mindset and manage physical and psychological wellbeing. Teamwork, regular briefings, and continually resetting our thoughts keep us focused.
Understand how to effectively manage workplace and personal challenges to separate work from home, switch off at the end of a busy day, get to sleep within a few breathes and stay asleep all night.
WHAT YOUR PEOPLE WILL GET
Frontline staff will immediately notice a reduction in stressors and be better equipped to manage change, uncertainty, and adversity. They will have greater engagement and be far more resilient.
For supervisors and managers, we have longer courses covering topics such as contemporary communications, ways to quickly de-escalate and engage with those who might cry, become angry, or aggressive, how to identify when staff are struggling with their negative or suicidal thoughts and how to effectively manage anyone who needs support.
We also provide courses on personal safety for lone workers, managing workplace change, preparing and responding to emergencies, and how to lead & manage teams.
IDEAL FOR:
- Crews / Workers (12 – 50 people)
COST
$1,500.00 + GST per session, no limits on number attending (Discounted 50%)
DURATION
1.5-hours
PRESENTER
Lance Burdett – Founder & Director of WARN International Ltd
Forest Industry Contractors Association (FICA)
E: office@fica.org.nz
P: 0800 342 269
