This course will provide deemed HSRs with additional information and skills required for HSRs under the new WHS legislation including:

• An understanding of the new Work Health and Safety legislation
• An understanding of how it applies to their role as elected Health and Safety Representatives (HSR); and
• The additional knowledge and skills necessary to use their powers under the new WHS legislation in issuing Provisional Improvement Notices and directing unsafe work to cease.

Course Topics

• WHS Framework, WHS Terminology and Duties
• Consultation, Participation and Representation
• Consultation and Issue Resolution as a HSR and HSC member
• Monitoring Health and Safety Risks and Notifiable Incidents
• Provisional Improvement Notices (PINs) and Ceasing Unsafe Work

Course Outcome

The outcome of the course is to provide deemed HSRs with information and knowledge on:

• The WHS legislative framework and key changes;
• Key changes in WHS terminology;
• Changes in the duties in relation to work health and safety;
• Requirements for consultation, representation and participation on work health and safety mattes in the workplace;
• The role of Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs), Health and Safety Committee (HSCs);
• HSR’s additional powers including the issuing of Provisional Improvement Notices (PINs) and directing the ceasing of unsafe work;
• Enforcement measures available for breaches of WHS legislation; and
• The roles of unions and WHS entry permit holders under the WHS Act