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What is consultation training?
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Occupational health and safety (OHS) consultation training focuses on:
- how to ensure effective and meaningful consultation
- how to systematically manage health and safety.
Clause 31 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 ( OHS Regulation 2001) provides detail on training that must be provided to OHS members and representatives. The training must be undertaken as soon as possible after the election of committees or representatives, unless approved training has already been undertaken. The code of practice recommends that training should be held within three months of election. Training should be completed within two months. The employer must consult about the arrangements for training of OHS committees and representatives (and members in other agreed arrangements), with regard to:
- training needs
- when training will occur
- who should deliver training
- how the training should be delivered (ie. should all members and representatives be trained together).
When deciding whether workers who have previously undertaken approved training need to undertake training again, consider the following:
- how long ago the training was delivered
- legislative changes since the original training
- differences between the learning outcomes of the original WorkCover OHS Consultation training course and the learning outcomes set out in the code of practice
- whether more effective consultation would result from the current training.
Training must be provided by:
- a trainer who is accredited by WorkCover to provide that course of training
- a registered provider, under the Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Act 1990, whose registration extends to providing a course of NSW occupational health and safety consultation training.
The description of the topics, learning aims and participant learning outcomes are defined in the OHS Regulation 2001 and the code of practice, and must be covered in the training.
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