This course consists of videos, power point presentations, written handouts, example forms and 3 exams. There is NO TIME LIMIT TO COMPLETE OUR ONLINE COURSE and is SELF PACED. Students will study the 8 hour material on their own time (or we recommend giving your team a deadline for completion). The online JHSC training course is a self study online course and does not include a live instructor. After the course all participants will be emailed their certificates. Each participant will either require access to their own PC or if you have multiple participants you can situate them in a room and project us from a audio/visual set up. Questioning and answering period during this course is possible as it is a LIVE course with an actual instructor.

The classroom JHSC training course is a full day course (8:30 am to 4:30 pm) and is taught LIVE by our instructor via zoom (virtual training). This 8 Hour course aims at helping participants to identify and interpret JHSC member's functions and duties and to carry out their responsibilities to promote workplace health and safety how to start-up a committee at your workplace how to effectively implement a JHSC, duties and functions of members and as a team how/when to conduct incident investigations how/when to conduct workplace inspections and compliance with the WorkSafeBC regulations. The joint committee brings together representatives of the employer and the workers, to identify and help resolve health and safety issues in the workplace. The joint OHS committee plays an important role in your occupational health and safety program, giving workers and employers a way to work together to identify and find solutions to workplace health and safety issues.

Employee Reps must be elected by the workers. The joint safety and health committee supports the employer's duty to ensure a healthy and safe workplace. For example 2 managers 4 employees is good. You cannot have more management reps on your committee than employee reps. 50% can be management reps and 50% can be employee reps. It is recommended to also train 1 to 2 alternates. A Minimum of 4 members must be present at your monthly JHSC meeting. Our online or classroom 8 hour JHSC online training BC course, will assist employers and participants on how to start-up a committee at your workplace, how to effectively implement a JHSC, duties and functions of members and as a team, and the OHSR regulation. Western Health and Safety Consulting is proud to present our 8 hour classroom and online JHSC training BC (JOSH Committee Training BC) course which meets and exceeds all new WorkSafeBC requirements. Every business with 20 or more workers is required by WorkSafeBC regulations to have a functioning Joint Health and Safety Committee in place.

As of ApWorkSafeBC requires that all joint health and safety committee members in BC must receive 8 hours of instruction in JHSC Training.

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