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First Aid and Other Training

First Aid

Public and private first aid training is available to workplaces to ensure first aid training and certificates are maintained.

If you have 10 or more people we will come to your workplace at a time to suit you. Otherwise we offer these courses at our premises on a monthly basis.

We provide comprehensive workplace first aid courses suitable for all new trainees, refresher courses. CPR training is also available. NZQA unit standards (6400, 6401 and 6402) are available on all courses, although extra charges apply to complete the NZQA documentation.

Our public and private training courses are open to both workplaces and the community.

All WOHC staff are trained First Aid instructors and have certificates in adult teaching. They have a variety of teaching skills and nursing backgrounds with many years experience and knowledge to share with you.

Hearing Conservation Course

WOHC is currently offering this Occupational Hearing Conservation Course – for Registered Nurses only. The content of this course meets the requirements of NZQA 17-594.

After attending this course you will be able to independently perform audiometry and identify abnormalities or trends requiring referral and/or further action.

Some of the topics covered are:

  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear
  • Physiology of Sound
  • Wax Management
  • Simple Ear Canal and Middle ear conditions
  • Otoscopy
  • Audiometry
  • Audiogram Interpretations
  • Noise Induced Hearing Loss
  • Notifiable Occupational Disease reporting for Noise Induced Hearing Loss
  • Code of practice for the Measurement of Noise in the Workplace
  • Noise measurement
  • OSH and ACC perspective

This course is facilitated by Julia Crosby, Director of Waikato Occupational Health Consultancy. A specialist speaker is Dr Dave Prestage, Occupational Medicine Specialist, District Medical Officer of Department of Labour .

Date: May 2012 (Date yet to be confirmed) Venue: TBC, Hamilton Price: Yet to be confirmed

Please contact us for more information or an enrolment form

Manual Handling

Injuries at work from lifting, pushing, and pulling and other activities can be a serious lost for your business. WOHC can run training for your employees to help them recognise manual handling hazards, teach a range of techniques to improve personal safety, and identify better methods of handling materials and products.

These courses are taught in small groups of up to 10 trainees, either onsite or in WOHC’s premises. It is a cost-effective way of reducing the risk of a workplace injury to your staff.

WOHC trainers will assist people to learn the semi-squat technique, the recognised safe way to physically lift, move and handle items. The classes use a variety of theoretical and practical assessments which are adjusted to suit your company’s type of work.