Safety Representatives
Course Overview
Safety representatives play an important role in ensuring a safe and healthy work environment. They must be familiar with relevant OHS legislative provisions and assist with implementing the risk management process. Through open communication, negotiation and action planning, safety representatives make an important contribution to maintaining the health and safety of employees in the workplace.
This module outlines the provisions of OHS legislation that relate to 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 OHS representative in maintaining a safe work environment.
Key Content- Provisions of OHS legislation relating to OHS representatives.
- Duties, roles and powers of OHS 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 OHS representatives.
- Describe the roles, legal powers and entitlements of OHS representatives.
- Explain the role of OHS 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 OHS consultation, issue resolution and negotiation.