Health and safety management
Find out about property and vehicle related health and safety management.
Roles and responsibilities
Health and Safety is everyone’s responsibility.
The Health and Safety at Work Act introduced a new approach to workplace health and safety by adopting broad coverage and involving all types of modern business and working relationships.
The Act requires Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) such as the Ministry of Education, Boards of Trustees, Contractors and Consultants, to consult, cooperate and coordinate activities with other PCBUs who share health and safety duties on the same matter.
Consulting with PCBUs Factsheet [PDF, 363 KB]
Multiple PCBU’s - Upstreaming Businesses — YouTube (external link)
Overlapping Duties under the HSWA — YouTube (external link)
Health and safety management
Find health and safety guidance specific to school property, traffic and school transport.
Managing contractors
Recommencing and operating school construction projects safely after COVID-19 Alert Level 4
Property projects: Managing contractor health and safety
Role of the board during a school property project
Role of the project manager during property projects
Police vetting for school property contractors
Keeping safe on a construction site — YouTube (external link)
Worker participation: If it doesn’t look right call it — YouTube (external link)
Critical risk activities
Planning entry and working safely in a confined space — WorkSafe website (external link)
Electical equipment testing in schools
Particular hazardous work (Notifiable works) — WorkSafe website (external link)
Urgent work
Hazardous materials and substances
Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated timber in schools
Hazardous substances on school sites
Managing your lab's hazardous substances — WorkSafe website (external link)
Facilities and fixtures
Cellphone towers on school sites
Joinery and hardware installed in schools
Drinking water
Weathertightness
Fire
Fire safety design requirements (including developing evacuation procedures)
Fire safety for school sleepovers
Fireworks and pyrotechnics at schools
'Specified systems and features'
Building warrants of fitness for school facilities
Vehicles
Accidents and incidents on school transport
School transport - Safety and behaviour
Health and safety responsibilities
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 — NZ Legislation website (external link)
The following guide is a supplementary resource to support people involved in governance and leadership at schools/kura to develop a clear understanding of what the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 means for them.
Health and safety: practical guide for boards of trustees and school leaders
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