HSR Refresher Training: Ringwood

• This training is a one-day refresher course for HSRs and Deputy HSRs who have already completed the initial course and still hold office
• HSRs and Deputy HSRs are entitled to yearly refresher training
• Cost: $375 per person (paid by employer)

This is a WorkSafe Approved Health and Safety Representatives Occupational Health and Safety Training Course run by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU).

All elected health and safety representatives (HSRs) are entitled to undertake WorkSafe Victoria approved occupational health and safety (OHS) training.

HSRs must give 14 days' notice to their employer of their intention to attend an Initial or a Refresher course under the Victorian OHS Act.

Under the OHS Act 2004 (section 67), all elected HSRs and deputy HSRs are entitled to undertake WorkSafe Victoria approved OHS training courses of their choice, in consultation with their employer. AMWU is approved to deliver the HSR Initial and Refresher OHS Training Course.

Under section 67 of the Victorian OHS Act 2004, an employer, if requested, must allow an elected HSR and elected Deputy HSR to attend a WorkSafe approved HSR Initial OHS Training on paid time, pay the cost of the course and any other associated costs. Section 67 also allows HSRs to choose the approved training course they attend in consultation with their employer.

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