Worker Health and Safety Representative Requirements

  • Monitor the health, safety and welfare of workers employed at the workplace.
  • Connects the employer and the workers when it comes to addressing health and safety concerns at the workplace.
  • Consults with the employer while performing their duties or, if the representative is also the employer, consults with workers while performing their duties.
  • The WHS representative must:
    • Seek to identify aspects of the workplace that may be unhealthy or unsafe.
    • Participate in workplace inspections.
    • Receive complaints and concerns from workers regarding  health and safety in the workplace. They must also maintain records of the complaints received.
    • Establish and promote health and safety educational programs for workers.
    • Co-operate with an OHS Officer exercising their duty under the OHS Act.
  • The WHS representative may make recommendations to principal contractors, employers, workers and OHS Officers to protect the health safety and welfare of workers at the workplace.
  • The WHS representative must be trained in accordance with legislation.