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Module One: Introduction, course overview and objectives

What, why and how|Course overview|How to use this manual| What do you know and what are your objectives?

What, why and how

What

  • introductions
  • overview of course content
  • establishing your level of knowledge about the HFSP as a planning tool for activities involving hazardous substances under the RMA
  • areas you particularly want to focus on
  • your objectives for the training course

Why

  • to ensure that this training course meets your professional needs

How

  • group discussion and report in

Education is not as sudden as massacre, but it is more deadly in the long run

Mark Twain.

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Course overview

Purpose of training workshop

“To promote a full understanding of the Hazardous Facility Screening Procedure, and its use as a planning tool for hazardous facilities under the Resource Management Act 1991”.

Note: for this training workshop, we will refer to the Resource Management Act 1991 as “RMA”, to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 as “the HSNO Act” and to the “Hazardous Facility Screening Procedure” as the HFSP.

Our focus in this training workshop will be on managing hazardous substances in the context of the RMA, with specific focus on the HFSP and linkages to the HSNO Act.  We will provide a detailed background on the HFSP, how it works, and practice its use and implementation based on practical examples. 

We will also focus on what happens if a resource consent is required for a hazardous facility, and a more detailed assessment of the environmental effects and risks needs to be carried out.

Overview of workshop content

For an overview of the course content, refer to the front of this manual.

Format of workshop

This workshop will be carried out in an interactive manner, with plenty of group exercises and discussions.

We encourage you to:

  • ask lots of questions (there are only important ones)
  • participate actively in group exercises
  • take on leadership
  • comment as you go along
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How to use this manual

There are a number of different activities throughout this manual. These are designed to solidify what you’ve learnt. The titles and descriptions of the activities are outlined below.

Key application

What we’d like you to do here is to identify a key application of the information you’ve learnt in your day-to-day working environment.

Exercise

Exercises to work on and associated instructions.

Discussion

This symbol highlights a groups discussion that you are asked to do and associated instructions.

Explanation

This symbol highlights a key or an explanation to a concepts outlined in this manual

How to find out more

This symbol points you to more relevant references, websites, people to contact, or further training available.

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What do you know and what are your objectives?

Exercise

How would you describe your existing knowledge of the HFSP or similar planning tools for hazardous substances under the RMA?

What are the parts of the workshop content you particularly
want to focus on?

What are your objectives for this workshop?

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