Work Health and Safety Committee Training Brisbane, Australia

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Work Health and Safety Committee Training

Work Health and Committees (WHSC) is an integral part of a business’s health and safety system and facilitate meaningful and constructive communication between employees and management.

The aim of the WHS Committees is to ensure that workers point of views on health and safety matters are heard provides a forum for management and workers together to find and resolve health and safety issues, and to develop and monitor safe systems and procedure.

There is no specific course of training for Health and Safety Committee members, however to comply with the consultation process the employer would need ensure their Committee members were suitably trained to perform their functions.

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Face-to-face or online training for 1 day

The aim of the WHS Committees is to ensure that workers point of views on health and safety matters are heard provides a forum for management and workers together to find and resolve health and safety issues, and to develop and monitor safe systems and procedure.

The Health and Safety committee training includes:

  • WHS framework
  • Roles and responsibilities of the employer, workers, officers and others,
  • WHS Committees roles and functions,
  • Employer’s obligations and how to hold Committee Meetings,
  • Communication and Negotiations
  • Effective Team Building
  • WHS Minute and Agenda writing, roles and responsibilities
  • Course Manual
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Key Legislation changes and statistics

The cost of the training is – $ 315+GST. 

Health and Safety Committees (WHSC): What do they do?

In order to help make a workplace a safe and healthy place to work, a Health and Safety Committee is made up of both workers and managers to provide a forum for consultation on matters related to health and safety in their workplace. This is done to make a safe and healthy environment in the workplace.

In what ways does a Health and Safety Committee function?

In an effort to ensure compliance with the WHS legal requirements and facilitate a safe and healthy work environment, managers and supervisors play a very important role in helping to achieve compliance with these requirements.

There is a key component of this role that involves the aspect of involving workers and others in your workplace in the process of WHS consultation. Consultation is a very worthwhile and satisfying part of this role. Managers and Supervisors are responsible for facilitating a two-way dialogue between themselves and the workers that they are responsible for, as well as anyone else who could be affected by the activities that are taking place within their area of responsibility.

The goal of a Health and Safety Committee is to ensure that those safety measures that they agree upon are implemented and approved by management in a way that:

  • Encourage co-operation between those conducting an enterprise or business and their workers to devise, develop, and enforce health and safety measures designed to ensure the health and safety of workers, and
  • It is important for the management to be involved in the development of standards, rules, and procedures relating to health and safety that are to be followed or complied with in the workplace and
  • Performing any other functions that may be prescribed by the regulations or agreed between the person conducting the business or undertaking and the Health and Safety Committee from time to time.

Why is it beneficial to have a Health and Safety Committee?

There are several benefits to having a Health and Safety Committee, including:

  • Assuring that health and safety issues are regularly discussed in a planned, structured manner.
  • Enhancing safety and health in the workplace through a co-operative approach.
  • Participating in collaborative discussions between workers and management on improving workplace safety and health systems.
  • Enhancing corporate knowledge in matters concerning health and safety at work through the development and retention of corporate knowledge.

Why to Train WHSC?

The WHSC training course will provide members of the Safety Committee with the knowledge and skills they need to identify and implement the legislative functions of the Committee, as well as the skills and understanding necessary to contribute to the improvement of health and safety performance in their workplace through effective Committee participation.

I = Increase your and workforce’s knowledge

L = Lead by example

E = Engage with the workforce

A = Allocate resources

D = Drive safety culture