QLD Health & Safety Representative Refresher Training

Why Choose This Course

The purpose of this course is to revitalise the knowledge and skills attained during the QLD HSR initial 5 day course enabling you to continue to exercise your powers for the purpose of promoting and ensuring the health and safety at work of members of your work group.

Designed for:

This course is for all elected Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) and Deputy HSR’s under the WHS Act 2011 who have completed the initial QLD HSR 5 day course (or the Bridging course as the transitional provision of the WHS Regulation). This course is also available to workers who have been elected as HSRs within two years prior to the commencement of the WHS legislation on 1 January 2012 for their workplace who have previously completed the Course 30630QLD – Functioning as a Workplace HSR and who wish to continue performing in a HSR role under the new Act.

Note: section 72 of the WHS Act 2011 entitles a HSR to attend a course of training in work health and safety after being elected. The HSR in consultation with their employer also has the right to choose the regulator approved course of training they attend.

Pre-Requisites:

Participants are to provide evidence of completing the QLD 5 day initial or Refresher training course within the last 3 years.

As per the WHSQ Conditions of Approval for HSR Training Providers (Section 4:34) we are required to sight and verify Evidence of Identity (EOI) for each student on commencement of training. EOI documents must be made up of 3 matching original EOI documents. FSA is required to retain a copy on each students file.
One Category A two Category B or Two Category A one Category B (At least one Category A document must be photographic and show a full name and date of birth)

Category A documents
Status = Current
• Australian birth certificate – full (not an extract or a commemorative certificate)
• Bicentennial birth certificate (born in 1988)
• Australian citizenship certificate/naturalisation certificate
• Department of immigration and border protection (DIBP)
– Certificate of evidence of resident status
– Visa evidence card (with PLO56 visa)
• Queensland or federal police officer photo identity card.
• Queensland high risk work licence (photographic)

Status = Current or expired less than two years
• Australian passport (including Australian document of identity)
• Foreign passport
• Australian photo driver licence
• Queensland accreditation/authorisation (laminated)
– Driver/rider trainer; pilot/escort vehicle driver; dangerous goods driver; tow truck driver/assistant certificate – Bus; taxi; limousine driver

Status = Valid up to five years after issue
• DIBP – ImmiCard; temporary or resident visa; document for travel to Australia. Note: Electronic travel authority (ETA) is not accepted.

Status = Issued after 01/01/1992
• Queensland card 18 (laminated)

Category B documents – must be Australian issued documents
Status = Current
• Australian defence force photo identity card (excluding civilians)
• Australian firearm licence (with photo)
• Australian security guard/crowd controller licence (with photo)
• Department of veterans’ affairs/CentreLink pensioner concession card (including healthcare card)
• Education institution student identity document (must include photo and/or signature)
• Financial institution debit/credit card (must include signature and embossed/printed name)
• Medicare card (green, blue or yellow)
• Interstate government-issued or government-approved proof of age card

FSA Entry Requirements:

• Fitness to participate

• Enclosed footwear

• Sufficient language, literacy and numeracy skills to complete the course

Course Content:

The course content covers:

• WHS Act legislative framework
• The role and functions of WorkCover and their interaction with HSRs
• Duties and responsibilities of PCBUs, officers, workers and other parties under the legislation
• The nature of the consultation process with workers as required of the primary PCBU by the Act
• The purpose and formation of a workgroup (or workgroups) within the workplace  Election process for HSRs / Deputy HSRs and disqualification provisions
• Health and Safety Committees (HSCs)
• The entitlements, rights and protections of an elected HSR/Deputy HSR
• Using negotiation, communication and problem solving skills and strategies as a HSR to represent a work group and to resolve work health and safety issues
• Risk management and the use of risk controls, including the duties and responsibilities of various PCBUs under the legislation
• How HSRs can use their functions and powers to contribute to risk management activities in the workplace
• Provisional Improvement Notices and the right to cease, or direct the cessation of, unsafe work

This course is delivered by NSCA.

Group Size:

1-15

Duration:

1 Day

Location:

Onsite or at our training facility

Schedule:

Public and corporate courses available in QLD.