A WHS-EPH must have satisfactorily completed the prescribed training and the WHS Regulations state that entry permit holder training must be provided by a Comcare approved provider. During this 1 day course Union Organisers will obtain information about the WHS Act including the Duties of the PCBU, functions and powers of the WHS Rep(including the issuing of PINS), consultation requirements, issue resolution process and the role of the regulator.  Most importantly the Organiser will learn about their ability to enter a workplace and what rules need to be adhered to whilst doing so.

Did you know that a WHS-EPH may enter a workplace during its usual working hours to:
• inquire into a suspected contravention of the WHS Act without prior notice
• inspect any work system, plant, substance, structure or other thing that is relevant to the suspected contravention
• talk with any worker who is entitled to be represented by the union
• consult with the relevant person conducting the business or undertaking
• warn anyone they reasonably believe is exposed to a serious health or safety risk
• ask to look at and make copies of any relevant records or documents kept at the workplace in hard copy or stored on a computer.

This course is for delegates and provides an overview of the Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation, with particular focus on the consultation and risk management process. This course also gives delegates the skills to set up health and safety structures within their workplace e.g. the establishment of work groups, election of Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) and safety committees to ensure WHS issues and grievances are effectively dealt with.

The course explores how delegates can work with HSRs to provide an integrated union approach to the resolution of WHS issues, organise around WHS issues and thus strengthen union growth. Delegates and HSRs from the same workplace are encouraged to attend together.

A WHS-EPH must have satisfactorily completed the prescribed training and the WHS Regulations state that entry permit holder training must be provided by a Comcare approved provider. During this 1 day course Union Organisers will obtain information about the WHS Act including the Duties of the PCBU, functions and powers of the WHS Rep(including the issuing of PINS), consultation requirements, issue resolution process and the role of the regulator.  Most importantly the Organiser will learn about their ability to enter a workplace and what rules need to be adhered to whilst doing so.

Did you know that a WHS-EPH may enter a workplace during its usual working hours to:
• inquire into a suspected contravention of the WHS Act without prior notice
• inspect any work system, plant, substance, structure or other thing that is relevant to the suspected contravention
• talk with any worker who is entitled to be represented by the union
• consult with the relevant person conducting the business or undertaking
• warn anyone they reasonably believe is exposed to a serious health or safety risk
• ask to look at and make copies of any relevant records or documents kept at the workplace in hard copy or stored on a computer.

Organising for Safer Workplaces is a 2 day course that provides Union Organisers will an overview of both the WA Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 and Work Health and Safety Act 2011.  

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to explain how to use current WHS, and other related legislation, to build union organising power at a workplace.

OSH Legislation provides Union Organiser’s with an effective tool that they can utilise to not only resolve workplace issues, but effectively organise around and build Union strength.  At the conclusion of this course Organiser’s will be able to use key aspects of the Acts and Regulations as well as be able to understand their rights as a Union Organiser, how to resolve disputes using OSH, the role of the Regulator, the role of the OSH Rep and the process of Provisional Improvement Notices.