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:
Implementation, supervision and monitoring of health and safety requirements and practices
Leadership skills and practices
Risk analysis and strategies in health and safety
Course Content
Satisfactory Completion
To satisfactorily complete New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:
All of the graduate profile outcomes showing competence to a minimum of 60 credits in accordance with the programme schedule for the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4)
Completed required practical and theoretical course work and assignments
The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4) part-time over 50 tutorial weeks
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this qualification will have the workplace health and safety knowledge and skills applicable to job roles such as health and safety coordinators.
Qualification Pathways
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.
Expected May 2025
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Start date
September 2025
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:
Literacy – 10 credits at Level 1 or above, made up of specified assessment standards – available through a range of subjects and English for Academic Purposes unit standards 22750 and 22751 (minimum total of 10 credits), or package of three literacy unit standards (26622, 26624, 26625 – all three required), and
Numeracy – 10 credits at Level 1 or above, made up of specified achievement standards through a range of subjects, or package of three numeracy unit standards (26623, 26626, 26627 – all three required)
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.
English Language Requirements
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
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.