Work Should Not Hurt

The Work Should Not Hurt programme is an initiative by Construction Health and Safety New Zealand (CHASNZ) with the support of ACC. The programme aims to ensure tradespeople can enjoy long, pain-free careers and retire when they want to and not when forced to due to injury. Everybody knows a tradie with a sore back, injured shoulder, or crook knees. Many simply accept that working through sprains and strains comes with the territory. While soldiering on may seem like the best thing for the job, such injuries can have a significant impact on the construction industry if not taken seriously. We work alongside tradies and technical experts to identify practical solutions to reduce risks such as overhead reaching, back strain, lifting heavy loads and weights, and working at ground level. We want people to work smarter not harder and have created a toolbox of free resources to our tradespeople.