An induction or refresher pairing for New Zealand workplaces. One enrolment covers Introduction to Health and Safety and Workplace Manual Handling, both self-paced online, with a certificate at the end of each.
Who this is for
New starters at induction, and existing staff due a refresher. It suits warehousing, packhouses, yards, freight depots, retail and light manufacturing, and any site where people lift, carry and share a floor with moving plant.
It also suits someone getting themselves work ready without an employer behind them. These two courses come up in more New Zealand job adverts than any other training on this site.
What is included
Two courses, one enrolment
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What it covers, and what stays with you
Pick the situation you are in. The bundle covers the first three, and the last two stay on your site whatever training people have done.
- Start here
- Worth doing
- Later
- Not part of this
The two courses
- Introduction to Health and SafetyAn induction level module so everyone shares the same basic knowledge and can contribute to a safe workplace. Enrol now
- Workplace Manual HandlingSafe handling of goods at work: understanding risks, identifying and controlling hazards, and safe lifting with and without mechanical aids. Enrol now
Why these two together
Strains and sprains are among the leading causes of injury in New Zealand, and workplace injuries cost the ACC Scheme $815 million in 2025.
Most handling injuries build up quietly, from the same lift done the wrong way hundreds of times. Pairing manual handling with a general induction covers the specific task and the reason the site has rules about it.
Enrol in the WorkStart Bundle
$79 both courses, NZD
One enrolment, immediate access, self-paced lessons and saved progress. Use the code FOUNDATION15 at checkout for 15 percent off, which brings it to $67.15. Certificates download as PDFs once each course is finished.
Self-paced · works on any phone, tablet or laptop
Where this sits against your legal duties
The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 puts a primary duty of care on the business, not on the training provider. Online induction training is one control among several, and it does not on its own discharge that duty. What it does is give every worker the same baseline, and leave you with a record showing when they got it.
Manual handling is worth treating as a risk in its own right rather than folding it into a general induction. Training also sits below design in the hierarchy of controls, so the task, the racking, the trolley and the shift pattern get looked at first. A course teaching safe technique is doing its job once those have been dealt with.
Buying these for a team
For a handful of people, enrol them one at a time through the store. Past that, Capability Hub puts your whole business on one dashboard in your own branding, with unlimited enrolments, automatic refresher reminders and audit-ready reporting, from $160 plus GST per month.
If you are getting yourself work ready rather than a team, the Start your career page sets out the free courses worth doing first.
What the regulations ask of the training itself
The duty covering induction and manual handling training sits in the General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016, and WorkSafe states it in two parts. The first is a standard.
Under the Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016 (the GRWM Regulations), a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the information, training, instruction and supervision provided to workers is suitable and adequate.
WorkSafe, Providing information, training, instruction or supervision for workers.
The second is about the worker rather than the course. WorkSafe says you must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the training and information provided is readily understandable by any person it is provided to. On a floor with new starters, shift workers and people for whom English is a second language, that is a decision about who gets what, made site by site.
WorkSafe is blunt about the alternative.
Training should be tailored and fit for purpose – it should NOT be a tick in the box exercise.
WorkSafe, Providing information, training, instruction or supervision for workers.
The same guidance sets the supervision test. A worker either has adequate knowledge or experience of similar work so they are not likely to cause harm, or they are supervised by someone who has the relevant knowledge and experience. A completed course on its own does not answer that question for a person in their first week.
What the injuries cost
ACC's report Injuries in New Zealand: insights from 2025 puts workplace injuries at 4.7 million days of weekly compensation in 2025, costing the Scheme $815 million, and estimates a further $2 billion in lost productivity each year. It names strains and sprains, slips, trips and falls, and vehicle-related incidents as the leading causes of injury.
A strain rarely arrives as an incident anyone reports at the time. It shows up as a person moving slower, then a week off, then a claim, and the lift that caused it happened months earlier and hundreds of times.
Common questions
What does the WorkStart Bundle cost?
$79 for both courses in one enrolment, or $67.15 with the code FOUNDATION15 for 15 percent off. The price you see at checkout is the price on this page.
Can I buy just one of them?
Yes. Introduction to Health and Safety and manual handling are both available on their own.
How long do the two take?
Both are short and self-paced. Most people finish the pair inside a couple of hours, and progress is saved so it can be split across sittings.
Is there a certificate?
Yes, one for each course, downloadable as a PDF on completion.
Does this meet our induction requirement?
It covers the training part of an induction and leaves you a record of it. Site-specific hazards, emergency procedures and your own systems still need to be covered on site, because no online course can know your floor.
Does it carry NZQA credits?
No. These are induction and refresher level courses aligned to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, not unit standards.
Training more than a handful of people?
Capability Hub, your team's training in your brand
Rather than buying seats one at a time, put your whole business on Capability Hub. We build our courses in your logo and colours, hand you a dashboard to enrol staff and track progress, and keep your refresher records audit-ready. We set it up and host it, so there is nothing for your IT to run.
- More than 20 courses, branded to your business
- Unlimited staff enrolments, so a new hire costs nothing extra
- Custom courses for your own equipment or SOPs, built at no extra cost
- One dashboard for enrolments and progress at a glance
- Automatic refresher reminders before training lapses
- Audit-ready reporting and automatic completion certificates
From $160 + GST per month
Launch offer: 12 months, 3 months free
Book a 15-minute demo on the hub page, or email Gordon. Larger teams and multi-site businesses get a tailored quote.