Health & Safety Leadership for SME executive and governance
This course, taught by senior +IMPAC trainers and consultants, is tailored to meet the needs of SME Officers tasked with effective governance and leadership of health and safety within their business.
- Duration
- 1/2 day
- Topic
- Leadership
At a glance
Course details
Duration: 1/2 day
Overview
Health & Safety Leadership for SME executive and governance course overview
Curriculum
What you'll cover
- Managing directors, business owners, directors, and trustees responsible for governance oversight.
- Senior managers who influence organisational decision-making and health and safety performance.
- Anyone providing governance to a business and expected to understand their responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
Our approach
+IMPAC's Health & Safety Leadership for SME executive and governance training approach
IMPAC delivers this Health & Safety Leadership for SME Executives and Governance course as a practical workshop for leaders who need to understand what good governance looks like in real workplaces. Rather than staying at policy level, facilitators work through the questions directors and senior leaders need to ask about risk, incident causation, critical controls, and performance indicators.
Participants learn through guided discussion, worked examples, and realistic SME scenarios that reflect the decisions leaders face when balancing oversight with day-to-day operational pressures. The focus stays on practical governance decision-making, including how to challenge weak controls, ask better questions, and understand how leadership influences health and safety performance without adding unnecessary complexity.
Format
Course format and duration
Upcoming sessions
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There are no public sessions scheduled at this time. Please contact us to arrange in-house training or to be notified when new dates are available.
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Frequently asked questions
This course is intended for directors, managing directors, owners, senior managers, trustees, and others providing governance within an SME. It is aimed at people who influence strategy, resourcing, and oversight rather than frontline workers needing technical task training. That makes it a good fit for leadership teams wanting a clearer view of officer duties, risk governance, and health and safety performance.
Directors, business owners, and senior leaders need to understand how health and safety risks are governed and managed within the business. While New Zealand law does not prescribe one specific board health and safety course, officers still need to exercise due diligence and understand how risks are being managed in practice. Training helps leaders ask better questions, make informed decisions, and provide effective oversight of workplace health and safety.
No prior health and safety training is required for this course. It is designed for SME leaders who are building or refreshing their understanding of governance responsibilities and practical health and safety decision-making.
The course runs for half a day, allowing boards and senior leaders to work through governance responsibilities, risk management concepts, and practical leadership approaches linked to workplace health and safety performance.
The course covers officer duties, health and safety culture, hazard and risk management concepts, incident causation, and the use of performance indicators to support effective health and safety leadership. Participants work through what good governance oversight looks like, how to recognise weak signals, and how to support safer decision-making at leadership level. The course is designed to help SME leaders connect legal duties with practical governance behaviours.
Yes, this course is available for in-house delivery. In-house training can help boards, business owners, and senior leaders develop a more consistent understanding of governance responsibilities, risk oversight, and health and safety leadership expectations.
Pricing is available on application. Costs vary depending on factors such as delivery requirements, location, and the number of learners.
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