Skills Consulting Group

Terms of Use

Skills Consulting Group (we, us, our) is a proud provider of Hazardous Substances Professional Specialist Modules. Please take a moment to read our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy which will apply to your use of our website and our products and services.

Terms of Use

By using and accessing our website, modules, products, and services, you confirm that you have read and agree to the following terms of use. 

2. Your Obligations

2.1   You must:

• comply with these terms and conditions at all times;
• must provide true, current, and complete information in your dealings with us, and must promptly update that information as required so that the information remains true, current, and complete; and
• ensure that any user name, password login or other secure access information to our website, products, and services as we may supply to you, is kept strictly confidential at all times, and is used:
  • only by you;
  • only for the purpose it is provided; and
  • in accordance with any instruction supplied by us.

2.2   You agree that each purchase of a module from us confers on you a licence to connect a single computer to that module for viewing for one user. Please note, however, that sharing the secure access information that we provide you with others so as to enable access to our modules across more than one computer is prohibited.

2.3 You must not:

• disclose, share, transfer, publish or otherwise deal any user name, password login or other secure access information to any of our modules, products, or services with or to any other person;
• disclose, transfer, publish or otherwise share with any of our modules, products, or services, or make such available for download on any website, software application or similar service;
• edit, amend, or otherwise modify any of our modules, products, or services, or any of their content;
• sell, sublicense, or otherwise deal in or commercialise any of our modules, products, or services;
• use our website or any of our products or services, or any of their content:
  • to damage or disrupt our website, its content, or any of the products or services offered by us or any third party through us; or
  • to intercept or in any other way deal with email or other communications which are not intended by the sender to be received by you.

2.4 You acknowledge that failure to comply strictly with these terms will cause us loss, including loss by way of irreparable harm for which damages would be an inadequate remedy.

3. Links 

3.1 Our website, modules, products, and services may contain links to third party websites.  Any such link does not imply any endorsement, approval, or recommendation of, or responsibility for, those sites or their contents, operations, products, or operators.  You acknowledge that you enter any third party websites at your own risk.

4. Fees

4.1 Fees for your right to use our products or services are displayed on our website. You agree to pay all such fees to us before you purchase the relevant product or service.  All fees displayed by us on our website are GST exclusive.

5. Intellectual property

5.1 We and our licensors own all proprietary and intellectual property rights in our website, modules, products, and services.

5.2 You are permitted to view only the material on our website or in our modules, products, and services, and you must not copy or use such material, other than as promoted or provided by us.  

5.3 You must not make any use of any trademarks displayed on our website without our prior written consent. You agree to keep intact and not interfere with all copyright and proprietary notices on or in our website, modules, products, and services.

6. Your privacy

6.1 We will require personal information from you in order to make our products and services available to you.  When you provide personal information to us, we will comply with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and our Privacy Policy (displayed separately on our website).

7. Limitations

7.1 To the maximum extent permitted by law, we and our licensors have no liability or responsibility to you or any other person for any loss in connection with:

• any information or content contained on our website or in our modules, products, and services, including any error or omission, or information or content that is out-of-date; and
• any exposure to viruses or other forms of interference which may damage your computer system or expose you to fraud when you access or use our website, modules, products, or services.

7.2 Any opinion or view that may be stated or expressed in our modules, products, or services, is 

• from the person or organisation making it (and not necessarily from us); and
• intended for general information and training purposes and not to be used as legal advice.

8. Liability

8.1 To the maximum extent permitted by law: 

• you access and use our website, modules, products, or services at your own risk; 
• any implied conditions or warranties are excluded and, to the extent that they cannot be excluded, liability for them is limited to NZD100; and
• we and our licensors are not liable or responsible to you or any other person in any way:
  • for any indirect or consequential loss, or for any loss of profit, revenue, or data, including (without limitation) any such loss incurred in connection with:
    • any information or content contained on in our modules, products, and services, including any error or omission, or information or content that is out-of-date; and
    • any exposure to viruses or other forms of interference which may damage your computer system or expose you to fraud when you access or use our website, modules, products, or services.

• for any loss under or in connection with these terms, our website, modules, products or services, or your access and use of (or inability to access or use) our website, modules, products, or services.
• for any indirect or consequential loss, or for any loss of profit, revenue, or data; or
• to the extent that such liability arises cause which is beyond our reasonable control;

8.2 The exclusions in clause 8.1 apply regardless of whether the liability or responsibility arises in contract, tort (including negligence), equity, breach of statutory duty, or otherwise.

8.3 Where legislation or rule of law implies a condition or warranty that cannot be excluded or modified by contract, the condition or warranty is deemed to be included in these terms. However, our liability for any breach of that condition or warranty is limited, at our option, to: 

• supplying the relevant or similar product or service again; or 
• NZD100. 

8.4 You agree to fully indemnify us (including our officers, employees, and agents) and hold us harmless against all loss, damage, cost, or expense we may suffer or incur as a result of: 

• your failure to comply with these terms; and
• your use of our website, modules, products, and services.

9. Warranty

Skills Consulting Group makes no warranty or representation, express or implied, as to continuity of service. It reserves the right to suspend, terminate or otherwise alter access to some or all of the site’s services at any time and without notice.

10. General 

10.1 These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of our website, modules, products, and services.

10.2 If any provision of these terms is or becomes illegal, unenforceable, or invalid, that part or provision is deemed to be modified to the extent required to remedy the illegality, unenforceability, or invalidity. If a modification is not possible, the part or provision must be treated for all purposes as severed from these Terms. The remainder of these terms will be binding on you.

10.3 These terms, and any dispute relating to these terms, are governed by, and must be interpreted in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. Each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New Zealand in relation to any dispute connected with these terms.

10.4 We may change these terms from time to time by uploading revised terms on to our website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised terms.

10.5 If you wish to cancel, you must give us notice in writing by email to [email protected] prior to accessing the module. We will give you a full refund provided our records show that you have not accessed the module. If you have already accessed the module, no refund will be given.

10.6 You must complete the modules within 12 months of initial payment. Failure to complete within this timeframe will result in ineligibility to receive the digital badge.

10.7 Each course package includes one re-assessment. Additional fees may incur if more than two assessments are required to pass.

These terms were last updated 27 June 2024.