Health and Safety Representative

This course is designed to provide students with foundation information that will develop and enhance skills and knowledge as a Health and Safety Representative in the workplace.

Course Content

The course focuses on:

• The functions of a HSR under the HSWA 2015
• Understanding health and safety legislation as it relates to HSR.
• Health and safety management system standards.
• Risk management processes including controls.
• Provisional Improvement Notices.
• Incident reporting and investigation.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the role and functions of the Health and Safety Representative (HSR) under the Heath and Safety at Work Act 2915 and its Regulations
• Explain the role of a HSR and as an advocate for workers.
• Identify the obligations of a PCBU and WorkSafe NZ towards the HSR.
• Describe the risk management process and the importance of communicating with workers and management.
• Describe and demonstrate the powers and obligations that a HSR has in terms of issuing a provisional improvement notice (PIN) and how and when to direct a worker to cease unsafe work.

Course structure

The course is a theoretical session. Students are assessed continuously during the course.