Refresher courses I am looking at NZQA courses that our staff are doing, and are utilising every week. I can prove my current competency from the work records.
The real kicker for me is that every one is quoting it as a worksafe requirement when it is not.
But below is the reply I got from Worksafe. It is the party line without any direction.
Under the Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016 (the GRWM Regulations), a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the information, training, instruction and supervision provided to workers is suitable and adequate.
• Providing information, training, instruction or supervision for workers | WorkSafe
There is nothing in the legislation that refers to refresher training times and training requirements. There are some types of training that are based on NZ or AS/NZ Standards, these may have recommended times for refresher training, these would usually be NZQA courses.
Refresher training can be recommended or required by unit standards, set out in regulations, Codes of Practice, Industry Guideline or Standard etc. It is not WorkSafe’s role to determine when refresher training would be required.