Workplace Health & Safety Representative (Five day approved course, corporate groups on site)

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Duration
Five Days, request a quote for on site delivery.

Objective
To provide in depth skill and knowledge development to function as a Workplace Health and Safety Representative, issue "PINS" and issue "cease work" orders under the Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Act. Topics covered in the learning program include:

  • Detailed review of relevent sections of the Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Act, regulations, codes of practice, advisory standards and australian standards.
  • Responsibilities of management, workers, representatives and committees.
  • The risk management approach to OH&S management.
  • Conducting workplace inspections
  • Hazard recognition and assessment for a range of workplace hazards
  • Use of safety professionals
  • The technically correct use of risk assessment tools.
  • Incident investigation - evidence gathering (processing a scene, interviewing witnesses), ICAM analysis, reporting.
  • The efficient operation of an OH&S Committee.
  • How and when to issue PINS
  • How and when to stop work

Delivery
Corporate groups by arrangement. Class room based delivery at our venue, or delivered specifically for clients at their venue and contextualised to the client’s specific systems.

Accreditation
Participants in this learning program will be issued with a Statement of Attendance.

NOTE: This is the five day course that makes participants elligible to issue PINS and orders to cease work.

 

Background

NOST offers a variety of training programs suitable for H & S Representatives varying in duration from 4 hours up to 5 days (WHS Queensland approved course).

The new, harmonised WHS Act makes provision for H & S Representatives in the workplace. H & S Representatives are elected by their co-workers to represent them on WHS issues. H & S Reps:

  • can carry out inspections and review the circumstances of workplace incidents.
  • can participate in the workplace health and safety committee.
  • do not need any experience or special qualification but are entitled to paid training, if requested.

The Queensland WHS Act promotes consultation between H & S Representatives and management about the training that should be undertaken by the H & S Representatives. If no agreement can be reached, the H & S Reps are entitled to attend the approved 5 day H & S Representative training program.
National On Site Training offers a variety of fully customisable training programs for H & S Representatives with durations ranging from 4 hours up to the approved 5 day program. The content, emphasis and documents used during all these programs will be fully customised to your workplace.

Other H & S Representative training courses include: