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Health and Safety Representative (HSR) Initial Training Course

Health and Safety Representative (HSR) Initial Training Course

The role of a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) is to act as a liaison between workers and management on health and safety matters. Elected by their peers, HSRs represent the views of their designated work group and help identify and communicate health and safety concerns in the workplace.

This SafeWork NSW approved course equips participants with the knowledge and practical skills required to effectively carry out their duties as an HSR, in compliance with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

CEPU (Plumbing Division) Education and Training Centre Limited (CEPUTEC) is an approved provider of HSR training in New South Wales.

Under WHS legislation, HSRs in NSW are entitled to:

  • Attend this approved five-day HSR training course within three months of submitting a training request to their PCBU (employer).
  • Take paid time off work to attend the course.
  • Attend a one-day HSR Refresher course every 12 months after completing the initial course.

Learning outcomes

This course covers the following key topics:

  • Overview of the WHS legislative framework
  • Duties and responsibilities of key workplace parties
  • WHS terminology and principles
  • Role and powers of SafeWork NSW, including penalties for non-compliance
  • Consultation and communication mechanisms in WHS
  • Role, entitlements, and legal protections of HSRs and Health and Safety Committees (HSCs)
  • Resolving WHS issues through negotiation and conflict resolution
  • Hazard identification and risk minimisation strategies
  • Incident reporting, notification, and investigation
  • Use of Provisional Improvement Notices (PINs) and directing unsafe work to cease

There are no specific entry requirements or prerequisites for this course.

Although the course is designed for HSRs, managers, supervisors, health and safety committee members and anyone with an interest in health and safety could also benefit from attending an HSR training course.

Prerequisites and/or Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course structure

This course is delivered in person at the PICAC Glenwood campus in NSW. 1000 Old Windsor Road, Glenwood NSW 2768

Course duration

The course is delivered over five weeks, making up 35 contact hours.

Course fee information:

$879

There are no assessment tasks associated with this course, however, all five days of training must be completed to be eligible to receive a Certificate of Attendance.

National units of competency covered

There are no national units of competency covered in this course.

Recognition

Following participation in all five days of training, participants will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Attendance issued by CEPUTEC.

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