Workplace Health Safety Representative

Course Overview

Who Should Enrol?

This course is ideal for individuals who:

✔️ Have been elected as a Health and Safety Representative (HSR).
✔️ Are re-elected HSRs who need to complete refresher training.
✔️ Are supervisors, managers, or workers who want to understand the HSR role and contribute to a safer workplace.

What You’ll Learn

The course covers the following key areas:

✅ Understanding the WHS legislative framework and its application in the workplace.
✅ Roles and responsibilities of Health and Safety Representatives and Health and Safety Committees.
✅ Effective consultation, communication, and representation on WHS matters.
✅ Identifying, assessing, and controlling workplace hazards and risks.
✅ Issuing Provisional Improvement Notices (PINs) and directing unsafe work to cease.
✅ Participating in incident investigations, notifications, and implementing corrective actions.

Prerequisites & Entry Requirements

🔹 Minimum Age: Participant must be at least 18 years old.

🔹 English Language: Participants must complete a Language, Literacy, and Numeracy (LLN) assessment to ensure they can meet course requirements. We offer LLN assistance, learning support, and referrals to other services. Speak with our team before enrolment if you require additional assistance.
🔹 Physical Fitness: A reasonable level of fitness is required for the practical components.
🔹 Identification: Three matching, original, evidence of identity documents. Photocopies or digital images are not accepted: Evidence of Identity document.
Note: Only elected Health and Safety Representatives under the WHS Act are eligible for the full 5-day training. Refresher training is only available to HSRs who have previously completed the full course and have maintained their HSR status.

Course Duration

📆 Full Course: 5 days – Newly elected HSRs are entitled to attend the 5-day training and must be allowed to attend within 3 months of election.
📆 Refresher Course: 1 day (required annually for re-elected HSRs, starting 12 months after initial training).

Course Delivery Methods

📖 Face-to-Face Training: Delivered at our Bowen training facility or on-site at your workplace (conditions apply).
📖 Workplace Training: Customised delivery available for group bookings.
📖 Please note: Online delivery is not permitted for WHSQHSRNCB01. All training must be delivered in person, as per WHSQ requirements.

Assessment Methods

Assessment includes:
📖 Theory Assessment: Short-answer and multiple-choice questions.
📖 Practical Application: Scenario-based discussions and activities relevant to the HSR role.

Certificate & Outcome

Upon successful completion, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for WHSQHSRNCB01 – Health and Safety Representative Training, issued by Corrsafe RTO 40621, approved by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ).

Note: This course is not a nationally recognised unit of competency but is a legislated requirement in Queensland under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

Career & Job Opportunities

This course is relevant to roles such as:
🏭 Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)
🏗️ Workplace safety coordinators and committee members
🏠 Employees in construction, mining, industrial, and government sectors

Why Choose Us?

🏆 Corrsafe RTO 40621 is a WHSQ-approved training provider with decades of industry expertise.
🏆 Our facilitators are experienced safety professionals who bring real-world context to your learning.
🏆 We offer flexible on-site training across Queensland to suit your operational needs.
🏆 Corrsafe’s training is designed to meet legislative requirements and improve workplace safety culture.

Funding

This course is eligible for Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) funding under the 2025–2026 Short Course Program. CSQ provides financial support to help upskill Queensland’s building and civil construction workforce.

Full Health and Safety Representative:

CSQ Subsidy available: $650.00

Student Contribution: $300.00
(includes $250.00 CSQ-mandated co-contribution fee + $50.00 non-funded administration fee)

Refresher Health and Safety Representative:

CSQ Subsidy available: $300.00

Student Contribution: $50.00
(fully funded by Construction Skills Queensland + $50.00 non-funded administration fee)

Applicants must receive written confirmation of CSQ funding approval before commencing training, as retrospective claims are not permitted. Funding is subject to eligibility and availability.

👉 For full eligibility details and information on how to apply, visit our CSQ Funding Information Page.

All CSQ funding is subject to participant eligibility and availability under the CSQ Short Courses Program. CSQ funding must be applied for at the time of enrolment and cannot be retrospectively claimed.

Refund / Fee Policy Disclosure

A full breakdown of fees, inclusions, payment options, and our refund policy is available in our Student Handbook or upon request.