Description

This course is designed for newly elected Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) in their first year of office.

The intent of the training is to develop skills to represent their work group and exercise their powers and functions under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act. It is not intended to train HSRs to be health and safety professionals or fulfill person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) WHS obligations.

Skills Covered:
- Understand the context of WHS legislation and practice.
- Understand the objects and principles of the WHS Act.
- Identify various elements of the legislative framework.
- Understand the role and functions of the regulator and their interaction with HSRs.
- Understand the safe work approach to work health and safety issues.

This course is certified by SafeWork SA (HSR Level 1). Participants seeking nationally accredited training in work health and safety, are encouraged to explore the Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety (BSB41419).

For organisations that wish to pay the student fees for this course and are unable to pay by credit card via the website, please contact the Short Course team via email on shortcourses@tafesa.edu.au to organise a Third Party Payment invoice.

TAFE SA is a ReturnToWorkSA approved training provider for Return To Work (RTW) Coordinator training.

CITB Information
This course is eligible for CITB Funding. The CITB is a whole-of-industry led organisation that provides support to attract, train and retain South Australian building and construction workers by providing leadership in training and skills development.

Each financial year, Eligible Persons with an approved CITB number can obtain up to $3000 of training subsidies off any CITB endorsed short course, with a CITB endorsed training provider.

Upon receipt of enrolment, students will be sent an email with further instructions on claiming the CITB rebate. You do not need to provide your CITB number at the time of enrolment.

At the successful completion of a CITB eligible course, eligible CITB students will be refunded with the CITB subsidy. The subsidy will be paid to whoever paid for the course. TAFE SA cannot claim your refund (and therefore cannot reimburse you the funded amount) prior to the finish date. All CITB refunds will be credited against the student or third-party account and cannot be refunded back to a credit card.

Rebate refunds will be processed within 60 days of course completion (this timeframe is to allow for assessment submission, marking and processing).

The CITB number you provide must belong to the individual participant - you cannot use the CITB number of another person or company.