Date and time
Location
Virtual event
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About this event
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.
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. For the meeting date and time, consult the long description in the online registration system or your welcome letter.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Distinguish the duties of worker representatives and committee co-chairs.
- Report incidents and near misses.
- Participate in a worksite hazard inspection.
- Research solutions to health and safety issues and write a recommendation.
- Evaluate your employer’s OHS program and consider options to recommend for improvement.
- Access resources and tools that will help you participate actively in your joint committee, including further training to participate in incident investigations.