Course Category: ConstructSafe

The online Foundation Toolbox is a flexible, self-paced version of our CHASNZ/ConstructSafe-aligned course. Designed to provide essential health and safety knowledge, it supports learners preparing for work in the New Zealand construction environment — anytime, anywhere.

Why Complete the Foundation Toolbox?
This course helps construction businesses and workers meet the recommended Site Access Requirements Guidelines, which outline how to manage site access and ensure all workers possess a foundational level of health and safety knowledge.
Workers who are new to the New Zealand construction sector or who haven’t received structured training are strongly advised to complete a recognised foundation course. Site managers and employers are expected to confirm that workers have received appropriate training.
The Foundation Toolbox course is one of the endorsed options for meeting this requirement.

Site_Access_Requirements_A4_V2.0.pdf

What You’ll Learn:

• Key concepts in health and safety foundations (Parts 1 & 2)

• Safe practices for working at height, mobile plant, site traffic, and utilities

• Managing chemicals and hazardous substances

• Emergency procedures and response

• Confined and restricted space awareness

• Engaging videos, knowledge checkpoints, and interactive exercises guided by ‘Rawhiti’

Course Delivery:

• Format: 100% online through Besafe’s eLearning platform

• Duration: Approx. 4 hours (self-paced – complete in your own time)

• Requirements: Access to a device with internet; learning can be paused and resumed at your convenience

Considering online training but still not sure that it will work for you?

• Check out this short demo video to see how easy it is – Demo Video
• Dedicated tutor support available via email and phone
• Courses developed to ensure learners are successful with their assessment – 99% success rate
• Sign in and out of the course as it suits you – your course on your schedule
• No time-limit to complete the course
• Every course has a ‘Nuts and Bolts’ page with guidance on how to use the course

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We are so confident that you will be satisfied with your online BeSafe course that we will happily refund 100% of the course fee if you are not satisfied. See T’s & C’s

The Foundation Toolbox is a CHASNZ/ConstructSafe-aligned in-person course of nine interactive modules. It’s designed to introduce new and experienced site workers to essential health and safety principles in the New Zealand construction environment.

Why Complete the Foundation Toolbox?
This course helps construction businesses and workers meet the recommended Site Access Requirements Guidelines, which outline how to manage site access and ensure all workers possess a foundational level of health and safety knowledge.
Workers who are new to the New Zealand construction sector or who haven’t received structured training are strongly advised to complete a recognised foundation course. Site managers and employers are expected to confirm that workers have received appropriate training.
The Foundation Toolbox course is one of the endorsed options for meeting this requirement.

Site_Access_Requirements_A4_V2.0.pdf

What You’ll Learn:

• Fundamentals of general health and safety (Parts 1 & 2)

• Safe work practices for working at height, mobile plant, site traffic, and utilities

• Managing chemicals and hazardous substances

• Emergency preparedness and response

• Confined and restricted space awareness

• Includes interactive exercises and knowledge checkpoints supported by ‘Rawhiti’

Course Delivery:

• Format: In-person classroom session

The Tier 1 Foundation Health & Safety Construct Safe assessment is delivered as an online test and consists of 50 questions that relate to basic health and safety and is designed for everyone working on a construction site.

Questions are either ‘multi-choice’ or ‘point and click’ and have audio to eliminate language barriers.

Assessments are conducted in accredited test centres by accredited testing supervisors.

Book your Construct Safe Tier 1 assessment now.

This is not just another safety course! To change the safety performance across the sector we need highly capable leaders delivering great work outcomes and, as a result, great safety outcomes each and every day.

LeadSafe Supervisors takes participants on a learning journey that looks at safety differently – safety is not a “tick the box” exercise. We are challenging participants to shift your thinking from policy and compliance to effectively leading a culture of safety on site.

This means “walking the talk”, taking ownership and commitment to the next level to proactively lead safe on site – everyday.

What will you learn?

Safety leadership is about “what goes on when no one is watching”. The aim of this programme is to enable leaders to embrace a safety culture and what they do on site everyday to get great work outcomes and take the lead to ensure everyone on site is safe.

The two days gives supervisors skills to set the tone as a leader and to:

• Walk the talk and have skills for role modelling the desired skills, safe attitudes and behaviours required on site – including with sub-contractors.
• Develop good communication skills delivering effective and meaningful safety conversations.
• Positively influence and rectify inappropriate behaviour.
• Proactively assess “safety” risks and to drive safe attitudes and working methods in the workplace.
• Effectively utilise the safety tools and systems (hazard management, risk identification and assessment, incident investigation) to get better work outcomes.
• Clearly know their roles and responsibilities as a safety leader and be proactively involved in the management of safe on site, every day.

An assessment aligned to the industry H&S standard for coal face leaders (e.g.leading hands, foremen). Specifically aimed at site based leaders of small teams of construction workers.

CHASNZ require workers attempting this level of assessment to have undertaken training in line with the LeadSafe Supervisors 2 day course or others as per 1.2 of the Constructsafe Health and Safety Competency – Supervisors Framework

If you do not hold the required training, find out more about the Leadsafe Supervisors course

ConstructSafe Managers Health and Safety Competency