Mental Health First Aid in Construction
This course, in partnership with St John, is designed to raise awareness of mental health issues that workers are faced with in the construction and wider industries.
Non-member price$321.00
Course formats available
Classroom
This course is for you if you:
- manage staff, or
- interact with the public, or
- want to improve your knowledge around mental health.
If you are renewing your Site Safety Card and have done this course in the past, you don't need to complete this course again. Expand your skills by choosing a different course instead.
You will learn how to:
- build mental fitness as well as provide help to others in constriction-specific situtions.
St John session
The St John section focuses on general mental health and the factors that affect our mental health. It shows how to recognise signs of someone experiencing poor mental health and covers topics such as depression, anxiety, addiction, self-harm and suicide.
A key aspect of the course is to learn how to respond to someone experiencing mental health concerns using the Listen to your HEAD action plan.
Site Safe session
The Site Safe section focuses on how the construction industry views mental health, the importance of promoting awareness of mental health and ways to support workers at work.
Some of the questions that will be asked are:
- Do we treat mental health as important as physical health at work?
- Have we stigmatised people suffering from poor mental health?
- Do we still believe in the “harden up” or “take a concrete pill” mentality in construction sites?
- What are we doing at work that positively or negatively impacts workers’ mental health?
- What are the benefits of promoting positive mental health?
- How do we support positive mental health and wellbeing?
- What are companies doing to build workers’ good mental health?
- What are we, as individuals, doing to build our own mental health and to support others?
- How can you make a difference?
The course is delivered through interactive group workshops, discussions and videos. You will look at construction-specific scenarios to discuss the Listen to your HEAD action plan.
You are expected to actively participate during the workshops and discussions.
A Site Safety Card, valid for 2 years. Most major New Zealand contractors require workers to have a valid Site Safety Card before entering a construction site.
You'll get 8 Licensed Building Practitioner points.
You'll also get 2 credits towards our Health and Safety in Construction certificate programme.
St John Mental Health First Aid certificate and workbook.
You'll need to complete another Site Safe course every 2 years to keep your Site Safety Card current.
Cancellations, refunds and frequently asked questions
To complete this course, you need to be able to read and understand English.
Other courses, languages and regions are available on request – or we may be able to provide you an interpreter or allow you to bring your own interpreter.
If you don't attend a course you're signed up for, we will notify the person who purchased the course. They will not be entitled to a refund.
You can cancel or change a booking up to 5 working days before the start of the course. If you cancel more than 5 days before the start of the course, you will receive a credit on your account to be used within 12 months, or you (or your employer, if they paid for the course) can request a refund by:
- completing the Refund Request Form
- emailing it to us at accountspayable@sitesafe.org.nz.
Refunds are usually processed in 7 to 14 days.
Within 5 working days of the course starting, you can transfer your seat to another person from the same company. If you cancel, you or your employer will not get a refund.
Changes and cancellations can be made through your account, or through your employer if they booked you on the course.
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Apply for a scholarship for our Health and Safety in Construction certificate programme. Applications open each year in September.