ShopCare HSR development day

Giving HSRs the skills, knowledge, and confidence to lead.

Date: Wednesday 29th July
Time: 9am – 4pm
Location: Te Manawa NorthWest, 11 Kohuhu Lane, Westgate, Auckland
Who should attend? H&S Representatives, H&S Champions, frontline workers looking to build their health, safety and wellbeing capability, Union representatives, H&S professionals interested in Worker Engagement, Participation and Representation (WEPR), people leaders and line managers wanting to strengthen worker involvement in health and safety and committee members.
Cost: $195 incl GST. Purchase 10 or more tickets and save!

About the event

Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) play a crucial role in workplace safety. They’re the bridge between frontline workers and decision-makers – raising concerns, influencing change, and helping to create safer workplaces. But to do this effectively, they need the right knowledge, skills and confidence.

Our ShopCare HSR Development Day is designed to give your HSRs the practical skills they need to fulfil their role to its potential. This is a day focused on more than compliance – it’s about building capability and confidence so they can engage their teams and help shape better health, safety and wellbeing outcomes in your business.

What to expect

The day is built around the NZISM HSR Knowledge Wheel, a competency framework that covers the key skills every HSR needs. Attendees will learn from leading experts in workplace health and safety, with a mix of practical sessions, discussions, and real-world insights.

What the day will cover

• Using the NZISM HSR Knowledge Wheel to build your knowledge and grow your capability
• The Law and Lore, what you need to know
• Having better conversations focused on mental health harm in the workplace
• Lessons from the frontline

About our speakers

We have a line-up of experienced voices in workplace health and safety, including:

	Mel Brown – Executive member of TRMA Te Rōpū Marutau Aotearoa (The Maori Health and Safety Association of NZ) Mel Brown brings nearly three decades of frontline experience in the meat industry and has been a long-standing Health and Safety Representative. He was part of the first committee elected as national health and safety delegates for AsureQuality and was a finalist in the New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards in 2019. Mel is a strong advocate for Worker Engagement, Participation and Representation (WEPR). He shares practical lessons from the frontline and supports kaimahi/workers and HSRs to play an active role in strengthening workplace safety systems. His focus is on making sure the worker voice is part of how safety decisions are made.
	Afele Paea – Te Roopu Taurima Wintec – Waikato Institute of Technology Afele is an experienced health, safety and wellbeing professional with over eleven years in the field. He began his career as a Health and Safety Inspector in South Auckland and has since held Health and Safety Manager roles across a range of organisations. Afele now focuses on strengthening cultural understanding and engagement in the workplace. His work centres on supporting kaimahi/workers and developing people leaders through practical, culturally intelligent approaches to health, safety and wellbeing.
	Brent Sutton – Author, 4Ds the HOP and Learning Teams Brent is the founder of Learning Teams Inc and advocates for doing safety differently by treating workers as the knowledge holders and the experts in work. Rather than waiting for work to go wrong, we can find opportunities to improve work by understanding why work goes well. Workers are the solution and not the problem when it comes to safety. Shifting the lens from doing safety to and for people to doing safety with people is essential to improving safety outcomes. HSRs as “Advocates” play an essential role in changing this view. Brent is the author of the best selling books on Learning Teams, Learning From Everyday Work, The 4Ds for HOP and Learning Teams, The HOP Beginner Guide Series and host of the podcast show “HOP Into Action”.
	Selena Armstrong – CEO, ShopCare Charitable Trust Selena is an experienced executive leader, with a demonstrated history of leading transformational change in non-profit organisations. In her previous role as CEO of The New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM), she led the transformation of New Zealand’s largest professional membership body for the health and safety profession. Prior to this, she was General Manager of the Goodfellow Unit at the University of Auckland. Selena has previously held positions on the Women in Safety Excellence (WISE NZ) Governance Group and the Health and Safety Association of New Zealand (HASANZ) Governance Group.

Parking and transport

The most reliable option is paid parking at the Wilson Parking 1-5 Fernhill Dr facility. Casual parking there starts at $5.00. Street parking in surrounding areas, such as Lazurite Drive, may offer free options, but is often limited.

Queries?

Please email [email protected].

See you there!