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Understanding HSC and HSR Roles

A Health and Safety Committee (HSC) deals with issues affecting an entire organization and helps solve worker issues after consulting a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) or employer. An HSR represents a group of workers and focuses on individual work groups to gather information on potential health and safety issues and resolve them through consultation. The point of an HSR is to have a trained employee representing workers' needs to ensure their health and safety concerns are addressed. HSCs operate at a higher level in medium to large workplaces and deal with issues common to multiple work groups.

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Understanding HSC and HSR Roles

A Health and Safety Committee (HSC) deals with issues affecting an entire organization and helps solve worker issues after consulting a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) or employer. An HSR represents a group of workers and focuses on individual work groups to gather information on potential health and safety issues and resolve them through consultation. The point of an HSR is to have a trained employee representing workers' needs to ensure their health and safety concerns are addressed. HSCs operate at a higher level in medium to large workplaces and deal with issues common to multiple work groups.

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Week 3 Tutorial Task

HSC and HSR Questions


What is the point of a HSC
• A Health and Safety Committee deal with issues affecting a whole
organization. They are at a higher level, so will solve worker issues
after they go through their HSR or employer first.
•
They help the PCBU by assisting with health and safety matters,
giving a way for regular and easy meetings. They represent the
workers practical knowledge in their individual jobs which helps
the PCBU’s with an overview of the workplace.
• More common in medium to large workplaces.
• Consult on matters that are the same as and effect several work
groups or workplaces.

(Safe Work SA)


What is a Health & Safety Representative (HSR)
An employee who is elected to represent a group of workers health
and safety matters in the workplace. They can instruct and monitor
work of others. Unlike the committee, they focus on individual
workers or work groups. They have responsibilities based in the
legislation so are a serious role. They can be a member of the
committee.

What is the point of a HSR


To gather information on potential issues and find ways to resolve
them by having consultation with a PCBU representatives such as
managers, supervisors or committees . So that the workers can have
someone representing their needs with a trained person.

(Safe Work NSW)


References
Safe Work NSW n.d., Health and safety representatives,
[Link]
here/consultation@work/health-and-safety-representatives

Safe Work SA n.d., Health & safety committees, viewed 29


October 2019, <[Link]
safety/health-safety-representation/health-safety-committees>.

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