Working Effectively with Your HSRs Course
Why do this course?
Consultation on health and safety matters is mandatory for all businesses. Directors (as officers of the PCBU) have an assurance role. They must ensure the business consults and meets its legal obligations under WHS law.
The WHS Act clearly describes how WHS consultation must occur and describes how to establish work groups for the purpose of consultation and elect health and safety representatives (HSRs) to represent the people in those work groups. HSRs relay information to and from management and gather information, and feedback from the people in their work groups on WHS matters that the business needs to make decisions on.
If there are breakdowns between management and HSRs in your workplace, then this course may help clear up the roles of HSRs and their obligation to the PCBU's duty to consult workers and staff on WHS matters.
In extreme cases, this course maybe useful for workplaces where there are ongoing clashes, conflicts, misunderstandings, or issues between management and HSRs in regards to PCBU consultation with the workforce on WHS matters.
NOTE. If your company has not already established work groups and HSRs for WHS consultation but is considering formalising or modifying consultation procedures you may be interested in the Courtenell Consultation Compliance in NSW course to help the business make decisions in this regard.
Course Aims
To inform, clarify, or refresh course participants as to the the purpose, role, and value of health and safety representatives and consultation work groups, and to clarify what HSRs can and cannot do as HSRs. The course aims to clarify the role of persons, managers, and supervisors acting as "representatives of the PCBU" for the purposes of WHS consultation, and what they can and cannot do when facilitating the consultation process.
Who Should Do the Course?
All members of the leadership team including any person or persons acting as "representatives of the PCBU" for the purpose of WHS consultation and whom interact with HSRs during the consultation process at the workplace.
Duration
3.5 Hours
Delivery Locations
This course is available for delivery at your site and is ideally conducted in the actual workplace of participants