Engineering Trades: Websites/Legislation

A New Zealand leader in supplying state-of-the-art welding machinery and consumables to the New Zealand engineering industry.

miproducts gives architects, designers, specifiers and construction industry professionals instant access to a comprehensive online database of New Zealand building products.

Read the latest engineering news stories on welding, CNC, steel & metal fabrication plus high-tech engineering. Some stories you have to be a subscriber to access.

HERA was established in 1978 as an industry owned, non-profit research organisation dedicated to serving the needs of metal-based industries in New Zealand. While the emphasis of its activities is on heavy engineering, HERA also services wider metals industry interests such as light-gauge steel, stainless steels, light alloys and metals-based composites.

A downloadable poster on the most common injuries in the metal industry.

This website links to the Site Specific Safety (SSSP) which is an agreement between businesses working on a specific site that determines how health and safety will be managed. When used correctly, it ensures that everyone complys with New Zealand's Health and Safety at Work Act (2015).

WorkSafe New Zealand is the work health and safety regulator which provides guidance, monitors and enforces health and safety legislation. This website contains a huge variety of health and safety documents for all trades.

Information about some of the health risks associated with welding and controls that can be used to manage them.

Various documents and assessment tools in regards to health and safety in welding.

Raises awareness of the health risks from welding and some of the controls to manage them.

Covers local exhaust ventilation and respiratory protective equipment which are controls that can be used to protect workers health.