Joint Health & Safety Committee

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The NB Safety Council Inc. offers a two (2) day JOINT HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE COURSE. The course involves lecture, class discussion and audio visuals. Participants will learn the regulations and reasons for establishing a committee, the role of the committee in the total safety program and how to hold an effective safety meeting. Every effort is made to address individual concerns specific to the participants' requirements. (This is Module One leading to a JOHSC Certificate.)

Topics covered by the JOINT HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE COURSE include:

1. Setting Up a Safety Committee
   • Safety responsibility
   • The Role of the Safety Committee
2. Committee Operations
   • Committee Size
   • Selection of Members
   • Management Representatives
   • Employee Representatives
   • Chairpersons
   • Committee Secretary
3. Committee Operations
   • Terms of Reference
   • Safety Committee Activities
   • Safety Inspections
   • Investigations and Inquiries
   • Employee Complaints
   • Employee Refusal to Work
4. The Safety Meeting
   • Purpose
   • Agenda
   • Conducting the Meeting
   • Minutes
5. Follow-Up for Action
   • Information and Communications
   • Safety Programming
   • Communications
6. Role of Labour Canada-Part IV
   • Administration of the Canada Labour Code
   • Occupational Health