This 5-day course provides training for Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) on their roles and responsibilities under the Work Health and Safety legislation. The course will help HSRs understand the WHS framework, duties of various workplace parties, consultation requirements, and skills to engage in issue resolution. It covers topics like workplace inspections, notifiable incidents, and how to issue Provisional Improvement Notices or direct unsafe work to cease. The course is offered publicly for $792 or on-site for organizations for $5,060 for up to 20 attendees. Eligible participants are currently elected HSRs and their deputies.

1. WHS Training Specialists
COURTENELL Pty Ltd
as Trustee for the Vowles Family Trust
ABN 42164393628
ACN 050109281
PO Box 622, Broadway NSW 2007
Suite D Level 1, 176 Parramatta Road
Camperdown NSW 2050
train@courtenell.com.au ~ www.courtenell.com.au
Fax 02 9516 3644 ~ Phone 02 9516 1499
Health and Safety Representative Training Course
- 5 Day Course
(A WorkCover NSW Approved Course)
Course Purpose
This course will provide participants with information and skills that will assist HSRs to carry
out their role and functions under the WHS legislation including:
 an understanding of the new Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation;
 an understanding of how it applies to their role as elected Health and Safety
Representatives (HSRs) and deputy HSRs; and
 the knowledge and skills necessary to use their additional powers under the WHS
legislation to issue Provisional Improvement Notices and direct that unsafe work
cease.
The course is intended to assist HSRs understand their roles and functions as to how the
WHS legislation will influence health and safety outcomes in their workplace. The course
aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfil their role as
Health and Safety Representatives (HSR).
Course Aims
The aims of this course are to provide HSRs with information and skills relating to:
 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
Who Should Do the Course?
Persons eligible for the WorkCover NSW HSR Training are HSRs or deputy HSRs elected
under the WHS Act.
Trainer All trainers meet the qualification and experience requirements set out
by WorkCover NSW for delivering this training.
Duration 5 days - 9am to 4.00pm
Course Fee Public Course: $720 plus 10% GST ($792 incl. GST)
On-Site Course: $4600 plus 10% GST ($5060 incl. GST)
for an on-site course for up to 20 attendees
07/01/2013

2. Day 1: Interpreting the WHS legislative framework and identifying key parties and their
legislative obligations and duties
 Introduction to Work Health and Safety
 Evolution of Work Health and Safety and the WHS legislative framework
 New terminology, objectives and implications for consultation
 Key parties with WHS legislative duties and functions
 Role and function of WorkCover and offences and penalties under the WHS Act
Day 2: Establishing representation in the workplace under the WHS Act
 Consultation, representation and participation arrangements under the WHS Act
 Election and role of HSRs and deputy HSRs in the workplace
 Obligations of a PCBU to HSRs and protections for HSRs from discrimination
 Other consultation mechanisms including health and safety committees (HSCs)
Day 3: Effec ve consulta on: Par cipa on in issue resolu on and monitoring risk controls
as a HSR
 Strategies and skills for HSRs to support effective consultation
 Representing workers as a HSR - negotiation and issues resolution
 Monitoring PCBUs' management of work health and safety risks
Day 4: Monitoring PCBUs' management of work health and safety: workplace inspec ons,
recording findings and 'no fiable incidents'
 Workplace inspection and recording findings - including practical exercise
 Obligation in relation to 'notifiable incidents' and resources available to assist HSRs
Day 5: Issuing a Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN) and directing the
cessation of unsafe work
 Issuing a PIN
 Direction to cease unsafe work
 Course Review and Evaluation
WHS Training Specialists
COURTENELL Pty Ltd
as Trustee for the Vowles Family Trust
ABN 42164393628
ACN 050109281
PO Box 622, Broadway NSW 2007
Suite D Level 1, 176 Parramatta Road
Camperdown NSW 2050
train@courtenell.com.au ~ www.courtenell.com.au
Fax 02 9516 3644 ~ Phone 02 9516 1499
Health and Safety Representative Course
07/01/2013