Construction sector plan

Our priority plan for the construction sector covers the residential, civil, and commercial sub-sectors, specialist trades, and the full construction life cycle including excavation, building, maintenance, and demolition.

Titles of advice to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

We are proactively releasing the titles of briefing, reports, and aides-memoire sent to the office of the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety.

Mobile elevating work platforms

This good practice guideline outlines requirements when working with mobile elevating work platforms.

Consultations

Whether you‘re a representative from a large organisation, a self-employed contractor or an interested member of the public, your views are important to us and we encourage you to have your say.

Construction

Information around site safety, working at height, noise, scaffolding, and essential toolkits.

Managing asbestos in your building or workplace – for PCBUs

Guidance for businesses, commercial and residential landlords, body corporates, and information on asbestos management plans.

Protective clothing and equipment for working with or near asbestos

This guidance provides information about personal protective equipment (PPE) for working with or near asbestos.

Asbestos in the home

This information provides advice about what homeowners or residential tenants should do if they think there could be asbestos in their home or on their property.

News and media

We produce a range of information to keep you informed about our work. Here you can access our latest media releases, newsletters, bulletins and safety alerts.

Training for asbestos workers

Training is an important part of the asbestos licensing system. In order to hold the right licence, workers in Class A and B, Supervisors and Assessors need to receive relevant training.

Safe work with precast concrete

These guidelines offer advice on the safe handling, transportation and erection of precast concrete elements.

Introduction to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 – special guide

A guide to New Zealand’s key work health and safety law and its regulator.

What residential landlords need to do to manage asbestos

This policy clarification sets out when residential landlords have a duty to identify asbestos and prepare an asbestos management plan.

Publications and resources

We produce a range of publications and resources to help you understand and manage the risks associated with your business. You can browse by topic, industry and type of resource

Upstream duties

Businesses who are in the supply chain have a duty to ensure that the work they do or the things they provide to other workplaces don't create health and safety risks.

Asbestos certified safety management system FAQs

Answers to questions about obtaining a certified safety management system under the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016

Safe use of containers at worksites

This guide offers practical advice on how you can manage the risks associated with using shipping containers at work sites.

Dusty work and use of controls among construction workers

This study reports the results of a survey of construction workers in Waikato, who were asked about their use of dust control practices and their consideration of the risks from construction dusts.

Testing and tagging electrical appliances

Testing and tagging electrical appliances is one useful way to check electrical equipment is safe.

Safe work with lifts, escalators and moving walkways

Good practice for work involving lifts, escalators or moving walkways.

Hand-arm vibration – information for businesses

This guide is for businesses that carry out work involving hand-held power tools and machines. It explains how to identify and manage the risks from hand-arm vibration (HAV).

Using quick hitches safely

This fact sheet provides practical guidance for the safe use of quick hitches

Management and removal of asbestos

This Approved Code of Practice sets out WorkSafe New Zealand’s (WorkSafe) expectations about how to comply with asbestos health and safety law, including the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016.

Working at height in New Zealand

Good practice guide providing practical guidance to employers, contractors, workers and all others engaged in work associated with working at height

Working on roofs - good practice guidelines

This good practice guide will provide practical guidance to employers, contractors, employees and all others engaged in work associated with working on roofs.

2.0 Health and safety management systems

Bullying at work: Advice for small businesses

This quick guide outlines what you could do to minimise the likelihood of bullying at your workplace and the harm arising from it if bullying does occur.

Bullying at work: Advice for workers

This is a quick guide with advice for workers about what bullying at work can look like, and what they can do if they think they are being bullied, or are accused of being a bully.