Effective Joint Committees - Online Oct 1 - Oct 15

About this event

This course is for: Members who are requesting information from AUPE.

Effective Joint Health and Safety Committees online

Two-week course; complete at your own pace plus a zoom meeting

Calling all worker safety representatives and committee co-chairs! Are you looking for an overview of your role? This course explains Joint Health and Safety Committees (JHSCs). Join us to gain practical knowledge and tools that help make your committee work more effective. From worker rights to frequent committee activities, you’ll learn about hazard inspections, recommendation writing, incident investigations, and more.

Prerequisite: You are appointed or elected as worker representative or co-chair for a joint health and safety committee.

This course is for: Open to members currently elected or appointed as a worker representative for a Joint Health and Safety Committee, and members who have completed OHS for Union Activists.

Note: If you’re not currently a member of a Joint Health and Safety Committee, you can still learn about the topic using AUPE’s free Worker Representative and Co-Chair Handbook.

Also, this course is not a substitute for training that employers must provide members of JHSCs, as required in safety legislation.

This course utilizes:

· Videos
· Readings
· Short exercises
· One mandatory Zoom meeting. Consult the long description in the online registration system or your welcome letter for your upcoming meeting date and time to fulfill the Zoom meeting requirement.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
1. Distinguish the duties of worker representatives and committee co-chairs.
2. Participate in a worksite hazard inspection.
3. Research solutions to health and safety issues and write a recommendation.
4. Report incidents and near misses.
5. Evaluate your employer’s OHS program and consider options to recommend for improvement.
6. Access resources and tools that will help you participate actively in your joint committee, including further training to participate in incident investigations.