Certified Handler Compliance Certificate

This is not an actual webinar or training course.  Due to system restrictions this is the only way we can advertise our Certified Handler Compliance Certifier services on this website.  Applicant intakes are taken in monthly blocks - however you can work at your own pace.

Once you have registered via this website you will receive an application form and an invoice.  Please complete and email IPM Services (info@ipmservices.co.nz) your your application form, only once your application fee has been paid will IPM Services send you information on what specific evidence we require from you to process your CH application. 

Be prepared and have all your evidence and documentation in order.  In the prerequisite section are some of the generic legal requirements for a Certified Handler.

 

Note this is not a course and does not cover your CH training only covers the application fee and compliance certifier assessment to become a certified handler. 

 

Any additional correspondence or compliance work outside of a normal CH application assessment will be charged at $150+ per hour.  So please make sure your application is complete, accurate and meets the requirements before you send it in.  

 

While not usually required, should a site visit be needed (usually less than 2 hours on-site) additional charges will apply depending on travel costs and compliance certifier availability.

 

By law some work with highly hazardous substances must be carried out by a certified handler (CH).

 

Certified handlers need to:

 

– meet certain competency requirements, and

 

– receive workplace-specific information, training and instruction by or on behalf of the business, and

 

– obtain your certified handler compliance certificate from a compliance certifier.

 

CERTIFIED HANDLER (CH) COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

To become a certified handler you need to meet the same general training requirements as all workers who handle hazardous substances. However, you also need the following specific knowledge about the substance(s) that you are going to use or handle:

– the hazard classifications (eg 6.1A) and properties (eg toxic) of the substance or substances that you are required to handle and how they can harm you and others

– what the Regulations say you must do when handling each of these substances – whether any SWI varies the way you need to comply with requirements in the Regulations, and if it does, how it varies these requirements

– any other requirements and controls for the substance(s) under HSNO – how to prevent the substance(s) from causing injury or illness to anyone at the workplace

– the procedures to respond to emergencies involving the substances. You also need to meet any conditions that the compliance certifier places on your compliance certificate.

You must also have (and be able to demonstrate to IPM) working knowledge of the procedures and equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), required to manage the substance(s) safely.

As well as having information, training and instruction specific knowledge above, you must receive workplace-specific information, training and instruction as each site workplace is different.

DOCUMENTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE

The IPM compliance certifier will need to see evidence of your competence. Performance standards for the IPM compliance certifiers will prescribe what this evidence needs to look like. If you received the knowledge and practical skills that you need to become a certified handler on a course, the record for this course will need to show all of the following:

– what knowledge was assessed (eg complying with prescribed controls, or what to do when pesticides are misapplied, lost, spilt or stolen)

– how this knowledge was tested or assessed

– your results in these tests or assessments.

The provider of the course will need to sign this record. If training was provided at work, the same information will be required, but your supervisor or manager will need to provide the signed written record.

In any case, the IPM compliance certifier needs to be assured of the quality of training.

The CH applicant must show that you have received information about:

– the operations involving hazardous substances in the area where you work

– where you can find information in your workplace about:

- the hazards of the substance(s)

- how to handle the substance(s) safely

- how to store the substance(s) safely.

This information includes, but is not limited to, the SDS.