Harris Training Services About Us

Shane Harris, owner and operator of Harris Training Services Ltd.

Hi, my name is Shane, and I’m the owner and operator of Harris Training Services Ltd. 

My focus is on delivering quality training and assessment to our clients/trainees, while my wife Kylie deals with the general running of our business, coordinating courses and being the person to call on for advice. 

Some of my qualifications are:

Registered Trainer & Assessor for Competenz

Registration Number: 6744

Registered Trainer & Assessor for Connexis

Registration Number: 649

Registered Growsafe Trainer & Assessor

Registration Number: T1221

Accredited Worksafe Compliance Certifier

Registration number: TST 10008

National Certificates in:

Forestry Operations Management

Forestry Ground Based Harvesting-Extraction

Tree Felling

Agrichemical Application

Harris Training Services Ltd was established in 2005. Harris Training Services Ltd coordinates and facilitates training and assessment requirements, for various organizations and Industry ITOs. 

Our short courses are provided through agreements with Turanga Ararau and National Trade Academy . Both are New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) registered Private Training Establishment (PTE). 

Growsafe certification is offered through the New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust, a nonprofit organization trust.

We have a commitment to ongoing quality training in contributing towards a safer more productive workforce in the public and private sectors of forestry, infrastructure, conservation, agriculture, horticulture and viticulture industries. 

Harris Training Services Ltd can offer a variety of training and assessment by being a self-supporting, mobile on-site trainer/assessor with great equipment and up to date training resources, ensuring familiarity with NZ Regulations, NZ Standards, Industry Best Practice Guidelines, having a proven ability to diversify to suit our clients’ needs.

We service the multicultural diversity of today’s society by working with clients’ needs and obligations under the NZ Health and Safety act 2015, providing the latest up to date information, electronic results and certificates of achievement and attendance. 

Training is tailored to suit industry needs with the flexibility to schedule training at off peak times to minimize production and staff losses.

Harris Training services the Top of the South (Nelson/Marlborough), West Coast and Canterbury regions. We are able to service further afield with a minimum group booking (additional travel charges apply).

Harris Training Services Ltd holds Public Liability, Professional Indemnity and Statutory Liability Insurance cover and operates under an active Health and Safety policy.