Working Safely
with MPI

The essential Health & Safety guide for Transitional Facility staff. Get across the everyday controls and the shared duty of care that protect your people and New Zealand's biosecurity.

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Your Learning Pathway

This comprehensive programme is structured into five core modules, designed to build your competence and confidence in managing TF specific hazards.

01

LEGAL FOUNDATIONS

Understanding your duties under the HSWA 2015 and the critical TFGEN HSW Guidance.

02

MPI INDUCTIONS

Navigating mandatory site inductions and ensuring all personnel are aware of biosecurity protocols.

03

RISK MANAGEMENT

Identifying and controlling the critical risks found in TFs, from heavy machinery to hazardous substances.

04

INTEROPERABILITY

Managing the safe interaction between your staff, contractors, and visiting MPI Inspectors.

05

EXTERNAL RISKS

Understanding the risks associated with third-party activities like ventilation and fumigation.

Critical Risk Context

Critical Risk Controls

Safety in a Transitional Facility is a joint responsibility. We focus on the high-consequence risks where failures can lead to serious harm.

BIOSECURITY & SAFETY SYNERGY Health & Safety and Biosecurity standards work together to ensure a secure work environment for everyone.

ACTIVE RISK CONTROLS Identifying and mitigating hazards like heavy machinery, hazardous substances, and complex site layouts.

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Where this helps

Most TF sites have someone carrying health and safety, often on top of another job. This course is for them, and for anyone working around the facility. It walks through the operational risks and what the TFGEN HSW guidance suggests for your team, in plain language. The aim is simple. When MPI is on site, your people know what they are doing and why, and the day runs safely.

Need MPI Accredited Persons training?

An Accredited Person inspects containers and supervises devanning at a Transitional Facility. QCONZ delivers the MPI-approved AP training online: the Sea Container Course if you are becoming an AP, or the Refresher Course if you already are one.

This course draws on the Ministry for Primary Industries guidance document HSW Guidance Document to the Standard for Transitional Facilities for General Uncleared Risk Goods (TFGEN-GD-HSW, 2 October 2025). Crown copyright ©, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence. The material has been adapted and reworded by Capability Solutions. The Ministry for Primary Industries does not endorse this course.

Transitional Facility Health & Safety: Working Safely with MPI

Free online health and safety training for Transitional Facility staff, built around MPI's TFGEN guidance.

This free course helps Transitional Facility (TF) staff work safely when MPI is on site. It covers the health and safety practices covered in the TFGEN guidance, site inductions, safe systems of work, and the critical risks involved in handling imported goods and sea containers. You will learn how to identify site-specific hazards, apply practical controls, and play your part in the shared duty of care that protects both your people and New Zealand's biosecurity. The course is mobile-friendly and built for real operational environments in freight, logistics, and warehousing. Ideal for TF operators, site managers, and any staff working at or around a Transitional Facility. The TFGEN health and safety material is guidance published by MPI rather than a rule you are certified against, so this course is built to help you apply it on your own site. It is awareness training and does not carry an MPI accreditation. No cost, fully online, complete at your own pace.