Critical Control Verification
Participants leave with the confidence to carry out verifications that give their organisation an accurate picture of whether critical controls are genuinely protecting people.
- Duration
- 1 Day
- Topic
- Critical Risk Management
- Next session
- 26 Jan 2027
At a glance
Course details
Duration: 1 day
Overview
Critical Control Verification course overview
Critical control verification isn't a paperwork exercise to rush through. It's one of the most important things your organisation does to make sure the controls protecting your people from serious harm are in place every time — because when they're not, the risk of serious injury is real. But verification only delivers that protection when the people carrying it out know what they're looking for and why it matters. This one-day workshop is designed for health and safety teams, operational leaders, subject matter experts, and workers who want to carry out verifications that genuinely do the job.
We don't do death by PowerPoint lectures. Our experienced health and safety professionals get participants into the substance of what effective critical control verification actually looks like — diving into a range of common critical risks and the controls that matter most. While the session doesn't cover every critical risk, participants build a solid understanding of what good looks like across the controls they're most likely to encounter, what warning signs to watch for, and what to do when a control isn't in place.
IMPAC's focus is on building real verification capability. Participants leave with the confidence to carry out verifications that give their organisation an accurate picture of whether critical controls are genuinely protecting people — not just recorded as complete.
Please email contactus@impac.co.nz to express your interest in an early 2027 course.
Curriculum
What you'll cover
This workshop is designed for:
- Health and safety teams and advisors responsible for supporting or coordinating critical control verification.
- Operational leaders and supervisors who carry out or oversee critical control verifications as part of their role.
- Subject matter experts and workers involved in verifying critical controls for the tasks and equipment they know best.
Our approach
+IMPAC's Critical Control Verification training approach
IMPAC delivers Critical Control Verification as a practical, activity-based workshop. Rather than working through verification as a process to follow, the day is built around developing the ability to read a situation — starting with the foundations of critical risk management before moving into the core of the workshop: working through a range of common critical risks and their controls using worked examples and facilitated discussion drawn from New Zealand industries.
Participants practise spotting what good looks like, identifying warning signs, and working out what to do when a control isn't in place. The session also steps back to look at how effectiveness reporting connects to the verifications participants carry out, and helps them understand their role in the broader critical risk programme — not as people completing a form, but as people whose observations directly inform whether critical controls are genuinely protecting people.
Format
Course format and duration
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Frequently asked questions
Critical Control Verification is confirming that individual critical controls are in place and working (effective) in practice. It's the practical check that stands behind a critical risk management programme — making sure the barriers designed to prevent catastrophic or life-changing harm are actually performing as intended, not just documented on paper.
This course is aimed at health and safety teams and advisors, operational leaders and supervisors, and subject matter experts and workers who carry out, oversee, or support critical control verification. It's especially useful for anyone directly responsible for checking that critical controls are working in the field — not just reviewing documentation, but verifying the controls for the tasks and equipment they know best.
Critical Control Verification training helps health and safety teams, supervisors, and workers check that critical controls are actually working before something goes wrong, rather than relying on paperwork alone. While there's no requirement for every worker to complete this specific course, workplaces still need people who can carry out verifications and confirm controls are effective — and that responsibility is becoming more clearly defined, with the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Act 2026 requiring businesses to monitor, review, and revise controls for their critical risks more rigorously from 1 April 2027. Many organisations, particularly those managing high-consequence hazards, already expect their teams to understand critical control verification as part of normal safety practice.
IMPAC recommends refresher training at least every two years to maintain practical competence in critical control verification. Conditions, hazards, and equipment change over time, so regular refreshers help ensure your team's verification skills and assessments stay current and reliable.
The course runs for 1 day, allowing learners to work through critical control identification, verification techniques, effectiveness reporting, and practical verification activities that can be applied back on site.
Yes, this course is available for both public and in-house delivery. In-house training can help organisations build a more consistent understanding of critical control verification and risk management processes across teams.
For public face-to-face courses, morning tea and lunch are provided. If you have specific dietary requirements such as allergies, vegan, or gluten-free needs, please contact IMPAC at training@impac.co.nz at least two working days before training. Please note that dietary preferences cannot be accommodated.
Pricing depends on the delivery method.
In-house: $5450 + GST for up to 12 persons, with additional persons charged at $349 + GST each (maximum of 16).
Public (face-to-face): $795 + GST per person.
Continue learning
Further study options
If you’re continuing your learning journey in health and safety, you can progress to the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety. This globally recognised qualification provides a strong foundation in health and safety management and is relevant across a wide range of industries.
This course builds on your existing knowledge and supports the development of practical skills in risk management, workplace safety systems, and international best practice, while remaining applicable within the New Zealand context. View NEBOSH International General Certificate course details and enrol.
The NEBOSH International General Certificate is awarded by the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), an internationally recognised awarding body for health, safety, and environmental qualifications.
What's next
Next steps
To get started, you can book now.
To explore more courses in this area, see the Critical Risk Management category.
This course is a strong fit for organisations that want frontline verifiers and operational leaders equipped to check critical controls with real understanding of what they're looking for. It can also sit alongside Critical Risk Management Fundamentals for a grounding in how critical risks and controls are identified in the first place, or Critical Risk Programme Governance for a leadership-level view of how verification results feed into programme oversight.
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