Commercial safety

To all fishing operators and skippers, Maritime NZ is encouraging you to have your crew sign up and do the free, online training with MarineSAFE. Please share this information with them.

The training is funded by an ACC workplace injury prevention grant and sponsored by NZ Fish Fed (New Zealand Federation of Commercial Fishermen).

For crew: Learning anytime, anywhere, on your device

For crew, MarineSAFE provides simple, easy to understand, online training videos that you can do anytime, anywhere, on your phone or device. They will help you understand the hazards on-board a vessel and assist you with your learning in the maritime industry. For every module you complete, you get a certificate to add to your training profile and are able to download other useful health and safety material. The MarineSAFE resources will teach you about staying healthy and safe onboard.

For skippers: Refreshers and crew training

MarineSAFE provides skippers with refresher training and useful, practical, induction resources to help with your crew training requirements. You and your crew can download completion certificates after each module and you have access to various free templates.

For operators and owners: On-board safety

MarineSAFE will support your vessels’ on-board health and safety. It will help you, and your skippers, comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Maritime Transport Act, and will be noted positively during Maritime NZ’s Maritime Operator Safety System (MOSS) audits.

For all: Safe Crews Fish More!

Every injury has a personal, financial and social cost and comes with a risk of an investigation. MarineSAFE can help crew and skippers reduce these risks, which helps them and their families, and has an economic benefit for everyone.