Outline the role of the WHS Committee and WHS duty holders.
The occupation of a WHS Committee is to monitor and review the measures taken to ensure the health, safety and security of any person entering a workplace and investigate any matters that may be a risk to their health and safety.
· The WHS Committee review and discuss the WHS issues on a regular basis as well as the changes are proposed that may affect health, safety or security to the premises, systems or procedures used for work. · Review and assess the risks of health and safety arising in an workplace · The decision made about risk elimination or control · Introduce and/or change the procedures for monitoring the risks. · Decisions are made on the adequacy of facilities for the welfare of employees. WHS Duty Holders include PCBUs, workers and officers at within the workplace. PCBU is short for “person conducting a business or undertaking” which replaces the term employers. A PCBU conducts a business or undertaking as an entrepreneur or in partnership. These are only some of the responsibility of a PCBU: · Establish policies and procedures which detail the handling of the health, safety and security of their workers. · Ensure the workplace is safe and all care is taken to minimized hazards · Provide safe working areas, equipment and machinery A worker is anyone who carriers out work for a PCBU, such as:
An officer involve:
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