Contractor Management
This course looks at the requirements for PCBUs (persons conducting a business or undertaking) who are sharing a workplace with other businesses or are working as part of a contracting chain.
- How do you meet your duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act?
- What are your contractual obligations when working with other PCBUs?
- You must consult, cooperate and coordinate with other PCBUs when working in a shared workplace or as part of a contracting chain.
- You can’t contract out of health and safety duties.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the key components of contractor management under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- Recognise Health and Safety obligations PCBU's have when contracting out services.
- Grasp considerations a PCBU must take when engaging and managing contractors.
- Prepare a contract that includes Health and Safety considerations.
- Conduct a review of a contractor's Health and Safety performance.
Presenter: Helen Mason, Health and Safety Consultant, Coolspring Consulting
Helen has extensive health and safety experience, including over 20 years as a health and safety consultant, as well as significant in-house experience within both the public and private sector.
Helen is skilled at being able to provide support to organisations at any stage of their health and safety journey – from systems audits, legislation updates and documentation right through to customised in-house training, staff inductions and on-call support.
With a focus on long-term partnerships, Helen regularly works with a wide range of clients from across a variety of sectors throughout New Zealand, including SMEs, large multinational corporates and not-for-profits, to help organisations more effectively manage health and safety in the workplace.
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