Printable Joint Health And Safety Committee

OBJECTIVE:

To give managers, supervisors, joint health and safety committee members the training required to become "CERTIFIED MEMBERS" on the joint health and safety committee.

To give managers, supervisors, joint health and safety committee member’s basic and consistent training which will assist them in developing, implementing and maintaining an effective health and safety program.

SESSION ONE

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT
OBJECTIVE:

To teach a basic understanding of the duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

CONTENT:

Review the act, regulations, and indexes

Explain how to use and find specific sections

Definitions workshop

Duties and responsibilities;

A regulation workshop

Refusal to work workshop

Penalties and fines

SESSION TWO

JOINT HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
OBJECTIVE:

To give participants an understanding of how an effective joint health and safety committee functions by examining the roles, responsibilities, and rights of a committee under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

CONTENT:

Forming of a committee; when, who, how many

Assistance provided by employer

Rights, powers and functions of a committee

Access to information

Their role in accident investigation

Their role in workplace inspections

Recommendations from the committee

Certified members and their role and powers

A bilateral/unilateral work stoppage workshop

SESSION THREE

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION - DETAILS HERE!

SESSION FOUR

WORKPLACE INSPECTION - DETAILS HERE!

SESSION FIVE

RECOGNIZING HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS

OBJECTIVE:

To teach participants methods of recognizing health and safety hazards and tools available to assist them in this recognition.

CONTENT:

Health vs. safety hazards

The five types of health hazards

Define illness, disease, and injury

Five risk factors in identifying hazards

Six steps of analyzing hazards of a job

Tools available to assist identifying potential hazards

Five methods to control hazards

Source path worker model of control

Workshops on typical hazards and what controls are available

SESSION SIX

ERGONOMICS - DETAILS HERE!

Registration and Materials:

In order for participants to become CERTIFIED we must use their (Health and Safety Agency) materials and all participants must complete an evaluation (test min. score 65%). The fee for the materials, registration and evaluation is $50.00 per person and we can show you how this process works and what agency to order the materials from.

Course Length: Two (2) Days

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