Establishing an Effective Joint Health and Safety Committee


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Starts: 11/30/2016 8:30 AM

Ends: 11/30/2016 12:00 PM

Registration Closes:11/30/2016 5:00 AM

3.5 Hours Hour(s)

Location:
Yorkville Conference Center 150 Bloor St W, 2nd FL Toronto, ON

Price:

HRPA Members:
$200 + Taxes
Non-Members:
$240 + Taxes
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Learn how to establish and run a successful Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) in your workplace

This seminar provides a comprehensive guide to establishing and running an effective Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC), including structure and composition; the powers and duties of the committee; plus how to have productive meetings and work effectively as a team. Applicable sections of the Occupational Health & Safety Act will be discussed; and evidence-based strategies to improve the effectiveness of a JHSC will also be examined.

Learning objectives:

<  Identify legislative requirements pertaining to Joint Health and Safety Committee structure and function

<  Gain better understanding of duties and powers of the JHSC as a whole and for its members individually

<  Become familiar with the latest and most relevant evidence on how to make a JHSC work more effectively

<  Examine a number of real-life scenarios on improving the work of a JHSC

Who should attend:

Current and potential members of the joint health and safety committee. HR and health and safety professionals.

Speaker bio(s)
Sandra Excellent, regional consultant

Sandra has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto; she completed a major in Life Sciences and a triple minor in French, Physiology and Psychology. She also holds a degree in Applied Science in Occupational Health and Safety from Ryerson University. She recently completed her Masters degree in Ergonomics (Human Factors) at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.

Her master’s dissertation looked at how a specific cognitive artifact can facilitate communication and coordination in a surgical emergency unit at a hospital in Oxford, U.K.

Sandra is a member of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE).