IPM has created a practical Employee Safety Rep. training course; delivered in 4 days. The emphasis of this course is to enable Safety Reps to understand and to meet their role under the Workplace Health & Safety Act 1995 and Regulations 1998. The training involves discussion of "real world" safety issues with practical exercises and anecdotes from experienced OH&S Consultants and trainers, Martyn Bradfield, Michael Roberts and Paula Rose.
Who Should Attend?
Elected Employees' Safety Representatives and appointed workplace Safety Representatives.
Course Overview
The course follows the Workplace Standards Tasmania (WST) required 4 day curriculum, with abundant industry anecdotes to illustrate the issues in discussion. We focus on a safety reps role, responsibilities and limits. It provides a broad introduction to the requirements of relevant legislation and how to apply this in the role of being an Employees' Safety Representative (ESR). The course meets legislative requirements and has been approved by WST.
The Curriculum
The Workplace Health & Safety Act 1995 and Regulations 1998 including: Duty of Care, Responsible Officer/Employee Responsibilities, Employer Responsibilities, the role of Workplace Standards Tasmania, the functions of an OH&S Committee, the role & functions of ESR's, Hazard Identification, Workplace Inspection, Risk Assessment, Risk Control, Incident Investigation, Consultation, Issue Resolution and the overall role of the Employee Safety Representative.
Who is IPM?
Injury Prevention & Management is a Tasmanian owned and operated company that provides a comprehensive Occupational Health & Safety consultancy service to local, national and international organisations. We are committed to improving workplace health and safety and to providing a quality service to assist organisations to integrate safety into normal management functions.
Certificates
We issue numbered certificates to all successful participants in the ESR course. These certificates enable your organisation to demonstrate that you have met your training obligation to ESR's under the Workplace Health & Safety Act 1995.
Duration
Four days (9.00 AM to 4.30 PM)
More Information
For more information please contact Michelle London at IPM: phone: 03 6278 7831 fax: 03 6278 7122
