CHAPTER 19 TRAINING, INFORMATION & SUPERVISION – Training and information Training, like consultation, forms a significant part of work health and safety. PCBU’s and Officers must ensure all the appropriate types of training and information are provided to workers and records kept. To assist you in not overlooking relevant training and information use the following checklist: TEMPLATE Required training and information checklist – Manual 2 Tab 16 To record your training use the following template: TEMPLATE Record of Training Manual 2 Tab 14 – Supervision PCBU’s must provide adequate supervision to workers to enable them to perform their work in a safe, risk-free way. PCBU’s must ensure their supervisors are competent (in terms of knowledge, training and experience), are familiar with WHS legislation, and know about potential and actual hazards. Supervision can take many forms depending on the nature of the tasks involved, for example telephone or email. Remote workers may be more exposed to risks as they are not able to be supervised as closely. As such, there should be some other means of monitoring their health and safety. This may involve discussing with the worker at the start of the day what they will be doing and determining safety information they may need to have. Contact with the workers may also be required during or at the end of the day, depending on the WHS risks. It is especially important for remote employees to have the training and competency to perform their job safely, the authority to stop work and seek clarification if they encounter health and safety problems, and have a reliable way to contact their supervisor when they need to.
CHAPTER 19 – TRAINING, INFORMATION & SUPERVISION Training and information Training, like consultation, forms a significant part of work health and safety. PCBU’s and Officers must ensure all the appropriate types of training and information are provided to workers and records kept. To assist you in not overlooking relevant training and information use the following checklist: TEMPLATE Required training and information checklist – Manual 2 Tab 16 To record your training use the following template: TEMPLATE Record of Training – Manual 2 Tab 14 Supervision PCBU’s must provide adequate supervision to workers to enable them to perform their work in a safe, risk-free way. PCBU’s must ensure their supervisors are competent (in terms of knowledge, training and experience), are familiar with WHS legislation, and know about potential and actual hazards. Supervision can take many forms depending on the nature of the tasks involved, for example telephone or email. Remote workers may be more exposed to risks as they are not able to be supervised as closely. As such, there should be some other means of monitoring their health and safety. This may involve discussing with the worker at the start of the day what they will be doing and determining safety information they may need to have. Contact with the workers may also be required during or at the end of the day, depending on the WHS risks. It is especially important for remote employees to have the training and competency to perform their job safely, the authority to stop work and seek clarification if they encounter health and safety problems, and have a reliable way to contact their supervisor when they need to.
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