Workplace Health and Safety

Become a leader in the growing Workplace Health and Safety sector by undertaking a specialist qualification at Victoria University of Wellington.

This Workplace Health and Safety Workplace Health and Safety programme at  Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington is internationally benchmarked to the International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO) curriculum. 

Key facts

• The INSHPO is the global voice for the occupational safety and health profession and acts as a forum for international collaboration among professional organisations to improve safety and health at work.

Courses include

• By choosing the only university in New Zealand offering comprehensive, specialised postgraduate study in Workplace Health and Safety, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills you need to put you at the forefront of this international field.

• Develop the skills to advise and support all levels of an organisation in the overall task of preventing, mitigating, monitoring and responding to health and safety risks, in order to reduce work-related fatalities, injuries or illness.

• You’ll be able to integrate the management of workplace health and safety risk into wider risk management and sustainable business practice at all levels of an organisation, including senior management and governance.