Passport - Building Construction
This entry level course is designed to help anyone new to the construction industry understand their health and safety responsibilities.
Non-member price$184.00
Course formats available
Classroom
Online
VR
This course is for you if you:
- are new to the New Zealand construction industry, or
- are unfamiliar with the basics of health and safety on a construction site.
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 Foundation Plus course instead.
You will learn how to:
- keep yourself healthy and safe onsite
- identify and apply controls for hazards and risks
- understand your legal responsibilities
- promote good mental health.
At the end of the course, you'll complete a Review of Understanding. This is a set of multiple-choice questions that check your understanding of the key concepts learned during the course.
If you pass, you will be issued a digital Site Safety Card with the green foundation indicator, valid for 2 years.
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 4 Licensed Building Practitioner points.
You'll also get 2 credits towards our Health and Safety in Construction certificate programme.
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.
If you cannot, we regularly deliver this course in these languages:
- Thai
- Cantonese
- Vietnamese
- Samoan
- Tongan
- Mandarin
- Korean
- Portugese
- Niuean
- Tokelauan
- Filipino
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.