Critical Risk Programme Governance

How do you know what to focus on to prevent your people from being seriously injured or killed? For many directors and executives, the honest answer is: it's not always clear. Boards receive health and safety reports, but without a real understanding of critical risks and how they're being managed, it's difficult to know whether oversight is making a genuine difference. This 2–4 hour workshop gives directors, executives, and operational leaders a clear picture of what critical risk governance involves — and what it looks like when it's working.

This isn't a death by PowerPoint session. Facilitated by senior health and safety professionals, the workshop uses discussion and group activities to help participants understand how critical risks and controls are identified, how verification works, and what to look for in the reporting that comes across their desk.

IMPAC's focus is on giving leaders the confidence to provide governance that makes a real difference. Participants leave knowing what a critical risk programme involves, what questions to ask, and how to tell whether their organisation is genuinely on top of its most serious risks — not just ticking the boxes.

Please email contactus@impac.co.nz to express your interest in an early 2027 course. 

IMPAC delivers Critical Risk Programme Governance as a focused, discussion-based workshop for people making decisions at governance level. Senior health and safety professionals facilitate structured conversation and group activities — rather than presenting through slides — helping participants build a working understanding of what good critical risk governance looks like in practice.

The session is designed around practical application. Participants work through real governance questions: how to read effectiveness reporting with confidence, how to tell whether a verification process is actually working, and what to ask to get beyond the numbers on a report. The workshop also looks at how governance oversight connects to contractor and supply chain management — because critical risk doesn't stop at the organisation's boundary. The workshop is compact by design, giving leaders the focused understanding they need without requiring them to become technical experts.

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 directors, executives, and operational leaders who want meaningful oversight of a critical risk programme. 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 Control Verification for a closer look at how verification works in the field.