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3.27 Minimum training requirements for new joint committee members or worker health and safety representatives 

Joint committees play a key role in overall workplace health and safety, and can assist the employer with reducing workplace injuries and diseases.

The Workers Compensation Act requires employers to establish a joint health and safety committee in any workplace that regularly employs 20 or more workers (full and part time). 

This instructor-led, live and online course provides you with the education required to meet the eight (8) hours of mandatory training.

Course Content:

• The duties and functions of a joint committee
• The rules of procedure of the joint committee
• The requirements around conducting incident investigations
• The requirements around conducting regular workplace inspections, and how to make regular inspections
• The requirements around responding to a refusal of unsafe work
• The requirements for annually evaluating the joint committee