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101 Safety Committee Instructional time: 6.5 hours

Target Audience

This course is ideal for Joint Health and Safety committee members, worker health and safety representatives and corporate safety coordinators.

Learning Objective

The aim of this program is to help participants to:

• Identify and interpret joint health & safety committee members functions & duties
• Carry out their responsibility to promote workplace health and safety.

Learning Outcome

• Enable participants to use the OH&S regulation to find requirements in the WC Act and the OHS regulation
• Explain the requirement for the joint committee and workers health & safety representatives and their responsibilities and entitlements
• Establish a foundation to develop skills in:

• Promoting workplace health and safety
• Assisting in having all required OHS Program elements in place
• Applying the process of safety inspections and accident investigations
• Conducting and participating in constructive committee meetings
• Working cooperatively to address worker’s health and safety concerns

Delivery Method

The Safety Committee class is divided into three parts:

• Theory
• Table top exercise &
• Practical inspection

Participants will participate in inspecting their workplace to demonstrate knowledge and skills

Topics

• Use of OHS Regulation
• Joint H&S Committee and Workers Representatives
• OHS Program
• Safety Inspection
• Accident Investigations and Reports
• Refusal of Unsafe Work

Number of spots per class

Maximum 12 Students.