Safety Representatives
Course Overview
Health and safety representatives play an important role in ensuring a safe and healthy work environment. They must be familiar with relevant WHS legislative provisions and assist with implementing the risk management process. Through open communication, negotiation and action planning, health and safety representatives make an important contribution to maintaining the health and safety of workers in the workplace.
This module outlines the provisions of WHS legislation that relate to health and safety representatives and describes their roles, responsibilities and powers. The risk management process is discussed in accordance with activities of workplace inspections, communication and negotiation. The learner is given the skills and knowledge to enable them to fulfil the role of an HS representative in maintaining a safe work environment.
Key Content- Provisions of WHS legislation relating to HS representatives.
- Duties, roles and powers of HS representatives.
- Risk management process:
- Hazard identification.
- Risk assessment.
- Implementation of control measures.
- Workplace inspections and investigations.
- Communication and negotiation.
- Accessing information and basic record keeping.
- Committees and action planning.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, learners should be able to:- Identify the legal framework for HS representatives.
- Describe the roles, legal powers and entitlements of HS representatives.
- Explain the role of HS representatives in implementing the risk management process in the workplace.
- Identify the need for investigations and discuss how to conduct workplace inspections.
- Discuss the skills and processes related to WHS consultation, issue resolution and negotiation.