WORKSAFEBC JOINT HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE 8 HOURS
COURSE CURRICULUM

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JHSC SAFETY COMMITTEE
​FUNDAMENTALS

1. WorkSafeBC JHSC Regulation & Act Review
2. 2017 Regulation Changes on Training Requirements & Annual Evaluation
3. When is a committee required?
4. What is a JHSC
5. What is a committee’s role
6. Duties and Function of a Committee
7. Organizing the committee
8. Committee Representation and Size
9. Selection of members and alternate members
10. Co-chair and secretary duties
11. Terms of reference (rules of procedure) review
12. Activities of a committee
13. How to Listen and Deal with Worker Complaints
14. Refusal of Unsafe Work Procedures. 2022 Reg Changes on Refusal of Work.
15. Right to Know and Right to Participate
16. JHSC Meeting Procedures
17. When should a meeting be conducted
18. Process on conducting the meeting
19. Tips for smoothly running a meeting
20. Ineffective Meeting Examples
21. Committee Education Leave
22. Record Keeping
23. Posting of Minutes and JHSC Member Names
24. Sample JHSC Meeting Agenda Review
25. Sample JHSC Minutes Review
26. Annual Evaluation Tool Review
27. Final Exam (multiple choice and written questions)

INCIDENT
​INVESTIGATIONS

1. WorkSafeBC Incident Investigation Regulation & Act Review
2. What is an incident investigation?
3. Purpose of incident investigations
4. Employer and Supervisor Responsibilities
5. Who should conduct an investigation
6. When should an investigation be conducted
7. Responding to an accident/incident
8. Investigations Steps: collecting facts, conducting interviews
9. Conducting Interviews
10. Determining the root cause
11. Sequence of events
12. Communication of Recommendations
13. Corrective actions and follow up
14. Completing an Investigation Report
15. Preliminary, Interim Corrective Action, Full Investigation & Full Corrective action Reports.
16. Reporting incidents to WorkSafeBC
17. Dealing with Emotions
18. Defusing Sessions
19. Debriefing Situations
20. Critiquing Situations
21. Final Exam (multiple choice and written questions)  

WORKPLACE SAFETY
​INSPECTIONS

1. WorkSafeBC Incident Investigation Regulation & Act Review
2. What is a workplace inspection?
3. Purpose of a workplace inspection
4. Reporting Hazards and Unsafe Conditions
5. Hazard Rating System
6. Hazard Identification
7. How to conduct an inspection?
   
8. What to look for during an inspection?
9. When to conduct a workplace inspection?
10. Correcting unsafe conditions or acts
11. After the inspection Procedures
12. Monitoring Employees
13. WorkSafeBC Officer Inspection Process
14. WorkSafeBC Inspection Report Postings
15. Sample workplace inspection checklist
16. Final Exam (multiple choice and written questions)