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Facilities & Development Health & Safety Management System

Fire Extinguisher Training

Who is this for: Security staff who respond to incidents and carry a fire extinguisher and other staff who work in high risk areas.
Prerequisites: Mandatory Fire Safety course
Time: 1 hour online
Course contact: Derek Liefting (WDHB)
Method: eLearning 

Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is to ensure that staff, who will be undertaking the practical fire extinguisher training, understand the basics of fire science and how to select the right extinguishment method (and how to determine when it is safe to do so)

Safety and Wellbeing Directory Page

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Asbestos Awareness Course

Asbestos Awareness Course

  Intended audience: FSG workers - workers working in buildings in the Te Whatu Ora Health NZ Waitemata portfolio built on or before the year 2000.

Duration: 1 hour

    Method: e-learning

 About this course:

Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is to provide you with Asbestos Awareness Training. The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

From 1st September 2022 all contractors engaged by Facilities Services Group (FSG) who will be working in buildings (built pre the year 2000) will be required to provide evidence that they have undertaken Mandatory annual Asbestos Awareness Training. This evidence is required to be submitted and verified prior to undertaking any works/activities on all Te Whatu Ora Health NZ Waitemata sites. This will also include workers working externally in the grounds around the various sites.


Contractors who will require mandatory asbestos awareness training:

•   Contractors completing maintenance works.

•   Contractors completing refurbishment projects.

•   Managers or consultants who are managing contractors who are doing works as specified above.


This Asbestos Awareness Course must be completed annually to work on site at Te Whatu Ora Health NZ Waitemata sites. By the end of this course, you will be able to work on site in buildings built pre the year 2000. 


Leaders Check-Ins

As we all navigate these challenging times, checking in on our team’s wellbeing and resilience is crucial to ensuring our people are being and staying well at work. Bringing people together in this way is an opportunity to demonstrate support, strengthen the team and encourage healthy wellbeing and resilience practices.



Competency Register for Facilities & Development

WDHB CourseCompetency Register for Facilities and Development at Waitemata District Health Board.

If you are not part of this department, please do not enrol yourself in this course.

Workstation Self-Assessment for Waitematā

Workstation Assessment (self assessment and manager plan)

Who is this for?

  • Anyone who works from home for more than 4 hours a day or is planning to work from home
  • Anyone who experiences pain/discomfort at their workstation
  • Their manager

    Duration: 1 hour

    Course contact: Miguel Jose (Te Whatu Ora | Waitematā)

    About this course

    There is a brief eLearning module which goes through some basic Health and Safety tips for your workstation, and various movements and stretches that should be done if you are working for longer periods of time at a workstation.
    This is followed by a Workstation Self-Assessment Form that the employee can fill out, and if needed a Workstation Managers Plan in case any issues arise from the self-assessment form.