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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes in human resource management practice
Level / 4 / Credits / 4
Purpose / This unit standard is intended as an overview of how workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes operate in organisations. It includes underpinning knowledge relevant to unit standards 25689 and 25690. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of workforce health, safety, and wellness programmesin human resource management practice
Classification / Business Operations and Development > Human Resource Management
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1A programme for workforce health, safety, and wellness includes initiatives for mutual benefit of the individual, the organisation, and its stakeholders, from these three categories:
- address relevant compliance needs
- improve the workplace environment
- enhance the individual’s
- experience at work and/or
- work and life balance and/or
- personal health, safety, and wellbeing.
Evidence is required for five initiatives, including at least one from each of the three categories.
2The organisation’s direction is the nature of the organisation and how it is funded, the growth mode, impact of external factors, and if the direction is national or international.
3Ethical standards and norms of professional behaviour are those included in the Human Resource Institute of New Zealand’s (HRINZ) Code of Professional and Ethical Behaviour and/or an equivalent code relevant to the candidate’s workplace.
4Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes:
- Employment Relations Act 2000
- Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
- Human Rights Act 1993
- Privacy Act 1993
- Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
- Holidays Act 2003
and any other legislation relevant to the context.
5Interested parties include individuals in the organisation and the organisation itself, and may include but are not limited to – individuals’ whanau/families, representative groups, clients/customers, users.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of workforce health, safety, and wellness programmesin human resource management practice.
Evidence requirements
1.1Legislative, legal and contractual requirements of workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes are identified.
1.2The relevance of ethical standards and norms of professional behaviour to workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes is established.
1.3Rights and responsibilities of interested parties are identified for workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes.
1.4Potential impact on and benefits for interested parties are identified for workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes.
1.5Communication and consultation requirements of the system are defined for workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes.
1.6Evaluation criteria for the quality of the workforce health, safety, and wellness programmes are defined.
Rangequality may include but is not limited to – effectiveness, efficiency, staff participation, alignment with organisation’s direction, stakeholder satisfaction, fitness for purpose.
Planned review date / 31 December 2019Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 19 June 2009 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 2 / 18 April 2013 / 31 December 2018
Rollover / 3 / 16 April 2015 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0113
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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NZQA National Qualifications ServicesSSB Code 130301 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018