ShopCare HSR Development Day 2025 - in partnership with HSE Global

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 and confidence.

ShopCare’s HSR Development Day (in partnership with HSE Global) 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 decisions in your business.

What to expect

The day is built around the 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

· The role of HSR’s and understanding work as done versus work as imagined

· Hazard and risk management

· Monitoring, evaluating and validating controls

· The importance of culture

· Engagement, participation and communication

· Practical tools and techniques to take back to the workplace

Our speakers

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

· Phil Parkes – Ex-CEO, WorkSafe

· Helen Sadgrove – MD, HSE Global NZ

· Brent Sutton – Author, 4Ds the HOP and Learning Teams

· Vance Walker – ShopCare Cultural Programme Manager

· Brent Armitage – Ex-WorkSafe HSR Development Lead

· Selena Armstrong – CEO, ShopCare Charitable Trust

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.

Parking and transport

Eden Park is centrally located with on-site car parking and ample street parking, and is a short walk from Kingsland train station and bus services. Find out more about Eden Park here.

Queries? Please email info@shopcare.org.nz

See you there!