Health promoter, Kaiwhakatairanga hauora
Also known as
- Community health educator, public health adviser, community health worker, asthma educator, dental health adviser, first aid instructor, health coach
Health promoters support whānau and communities to have better health and wellbeing. They work with health agencies to develop and deliver programmes and policies.
Your pay could be
$50K
Lower
$60K to $98K
Most common
$124K
Upper
How does this pay compare?
Pay is before tax
Health promoters
- usually work regular business hours but may work extra hours
- usually work in offices, health centres and clinics and may travel locally
- need to be responsible, lead others and communicate well
Tasks
- plan programmes to improve community health
- develop educational policies
- present information and programmes to communities
- organise social and health programme activities
- develop tools to assess needs
- assess people’s social services needs
- collect community health information
- supervise workers
- maintain records
- work with health agencies
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Do the quizYou usually need a qualification to become a health promoter and experience may be useful.
You need
- to pass a police check
You may need
- a New Zealand Certificate of Achievement in Introduction to Health Promotion (Level 4)
- a New Zealand Certificate in Public Health and Health Promotion (Level 5) or similar
- a Bachelor of Health Science or similar
- experience in similar work
- to register with the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand
If you’re in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
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