Health and Safety Representative

Your training program will include the following:

• Layout of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations

• Legal Structures of the Occupational Health and Safety Act

• Duties and responsibilities of employers, employees and other persons 

• Health and safety representative and committees (including COVID-19 involvement) 

• Practical health and safety prescriptions 

• Performing health and safety activities 

• Performing basic risk assessments

The qualifying learner will be capable of:

• Explaining the specified requirements to conduct safety, health and environmental representation activities at a working place

• Describing the legislative framework of workplace health and safety legislation, legislation pertaining to health and safety representatives and committees, and the effect on the duties of health and safety representatives of health and safety legislation pertaining to the employers and employees (including contractors)

• Participating in the actions to address safety, health and environmental related issues.

• Participating in activities within safety, health and environmental structures