Accident Reporting & Investigation

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Learn how to report incidents correctly and investigate causes to prevent recurrence and improve workplace safety.

This course extends the skills of the health and safety representative to an advanced level which allows you to develop the skills and tools you need to promote an even safer, healthier workplace. There is often a significant direct and/or indirect cost to injuries and poor risk management in your workplace. Skilled health and safety representatives can engage workers, managers, and others to make a lasting difference.

Course details

Course costs:

Member: $670 (+GST)
Non-member: $850 (+GST)

Course details:

Duration: One day, in person or online.
Time: 9am-4pm
NZQA Unit Standard: 17601 (Assessment costs additional)

Course includes:

Workbook, arrival tea or coffee, morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea.

Key audience

This course is suitable for people who have completed the Stage 1 course and are interested in taking their skills to the next level. It would also be useful for managers or leaders who would like to be across this level of information for their organisations, and those employees who are responsible for accident reporting and investigation.

Learning outcomes

Understand the importance of reporting and investigating workplace accidents and incidents.
Learn how to recognise and overcome barriers to accident and incident reporting.
Develop models for investigating accidents including multiple causation and root cause analysis.
Improve your ability to write a compliant report that recommends preventive actions.
Understand an accident often has more than one causal factor.