HEALTH & SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES
Commonwealth

5 days

Comcare Accredited Course for Commonwealth HSRs

Course Aims

The primary objectives of this training course are to provide Health and Safety Representatives (of organisations under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth OHS Act 1991) with the knowledge and skills to be able to:

• understand the structure, purpose and provisions of the amended Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991;

•  know the role, functions and powers of a Health and Safety Representative for a designated work group;

• acquire the knowledge and skills to exercise the powers of a Health and Safety Representative for a DWG;

• develop strategies to implement the Act in the DWG

Practical skills to be developed include:

• identifying and controlling hazards

• knowing where and how to obtain assistance/resources

• incident investigations

• making the most of the OHS Act, Regulations, Codes of Practice, etc

• consulting and negotiating

• making the health and safety committee more effective

• learning how to distinguish between OHS and Industrial Relations (I.R.)

• understanding the role of health and safety in your workplace.

Managers and Supervisors

In addition, for those participants who are managers or supervisors (not elected HSRs), the course will allow managers and supervisors to:

• gain - and be able to apply - a basic knowledge and understanding of the Commonwealth's Comcare system, with particular emphasis on prevention

• understand - and be able to fulfil - the responsibilities of managers, supervisors  and employees as appropriate,  in implementing statutory and legislative requirements  for OHS

• understand the roles, rights and powers of health and safety representatives and the roles of supervisors  in dealing collaboratively with occupational health and safety matters

• be able to apply a process of hazard identification, risk assessment and control in their workplaces

• be able to conduct workplace inspections

• be able to participate effectively in the health and safety committee

• be able to place occupational health and safety in the overall  context of their organisation's current work, financial and human resources management issues, including quality and   productivity improvement processes

• understand the difference between OHS and industrial relations issues and deal with each  accordingly.

Who Should Attend

• health and safety representatives (and deputies) of commonwealth agencies, government business enterprises and other organisations subject to the OHS Act 1991

• other key personnel with an interest in – or responsibility for – OHS 

Duration

• 5 days (as per the terms of the Comcare accreditation - 5 days consecutive, or 3 + 2)

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