Joint Health and Safety Committees
How to build and run joint occupational health and safety committees and representatives that change things, followed through the invented Harrowgate Foods at its plants, distribution centre and warehouse in Nova Scotia: why worker participation matters and the internal responsibility system, Nova Scotia requirements compared across Canada including section 34 responses, forming a committee with co-chairs and terms of reference, training members, planning and conducting inspections and ranking hazards, the committee's role in investigations, work refusals, writing recommendations and tracking responses, running meetings and minutes, measuring effectiveness, and representatives in small workplaces, with a capstone committee review.
HSE-405 12 lessons · 4 h 8 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why worker participation improves safety and how committees fit the internal responsibility system.
- Describe the legal requirements for committees and representatives in Nova Scotia and compare them with other Canadian jurisdictions.
- Form a committee with balanced membership, co-chairs, alternates, quorum and clear terms of reference.
- Design and track a training program for committee members, alternates and representatives.
- Plan a risk-based inspection schedule that covers every zone and every shift.
- Conduct an inspection, record findings clearly and rank hazards by severity and likelihood.
- Describe the committee's role in incident investigations and use trend reviews to find patterns.
- Explain the right to refuse unsafe work in Nova Scotia and the committee's role in each step of a refusal.
- Write specific, evidence-based recommendations and track them through written response to verified closure.
- Run effective committee meetings and keep minutes that record decisions and actions.
- Measure committee effectiveness with leading measures, worker surveys and quality reviews.
- Support representatives in small workplaces and carry out a full review of a committee.
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 8 min total · final exam
- 1 Why worker participation matters 22 min · quiz
- 2 Legal requirements across Canada 20 min · quiz
- 3 Forming the committee: membership, co-chairs and terms of reference 20 min · quiz
- 4 Training committee members and representatives 21 min · quiz
- 5 Planning workplace inspections 22 min · quiz
- 6 Conducting inspections and ranking hazards 21 min · quiz
- 7 The committee's role in incident investigation 21 min · quiz
- 8 Work refusals and the committee's role 20 min · quiz
- 9 Making recommendations and getting responses 20 min · quiz
- 10 Running effective meetings and minutes 21 min · quiz
- 11 Measuring committee effectiveness 20 min · quiz
- 12 Small workplaces, representatives and a capstone committee review 20 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How to build and run joint occupational health and safety committees and representatives that change things, followed through the invented Harrowgate Foods at its plants, distribution centre and warehouse in Nova Scotia: why worker participation matters and the internal responsibility system, Nova Scotia requirements compared across Canada including section 34 responses, forming a committee with co-chairs and terms of reference, training members, planning and conducting inspections and ranking hazards, the committee's role in investigations, work refusals, writing recommendations and tracking responses, running meetings and minutes, measuring effectiveness, and representatives in small workplaces, with a capstone committee review.