OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Members of the union's health and safety committee meet at union headquarters. Members of the committee: Mike Clarke (Chairperson), Craig MacKay (Vice-Chairperson), Tony Tessari (Local 105), Kim Keys (203), Patsy Harmston (309), Joanne Jordan (409), Craig MacKay (503), Sandy Terlecki (609), Stu Seifert (702), Mike Prystae (1009), Barb Peters (1202), James Swank (1703), George Foisy (2006), Cameron Gerard (304 – Young Worker), Gerry Gault (Grain Workers' Union, Local 333), David Clarabut (Compensation Employees' Union), Jan Florian (BCFerry and Marine Workers' Union), Sheila Moir (Secretary).

Whether it's at the workplace or at the provincial level, the BCGEU has been a leader in pushing for better health and safety rules. The union works with other members of the labour community to build public support for improved health and safety conditions.

Health and Safety Orientation kit

Everything you need to know for your OHS committee. Click here.

OHS News

This publication provides news and advice on workplace safety, along with information of resources, and educational opportunities available to members.

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HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING

Health and Safety Committee Training  

For members of Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees or health and safety representatives. In this two-day session participants learn about:

• The laws regulating work place safety and health;
• How to conduct safety inspections in the work place; and
• How to make OH&S committees work effectively.

JOHS Committee members in the public service may enrol in this joint course at the Public Service Agency website.

OH&S Committee members employed in the broader public sector and the private sector should contact their BCGEU Area Office for more information on upcoming sessions. 

Violence Prevention Training 

For Joint Occupational Health and Safety (JOHS) Committee members.  This one-day course shows how to use office design, work organization, engineering measures as well as workplace policies and procedures to reduce the risk of workplace violence. 

In the public service, JOHS Committee members may enrol in this joint course at the Public Service Agency website.

Committee members employed in the broader public sector and the private sector should contact their BCGEU Area Office for more information on upcoming sessions. 

OH&S Facilitator Training  

For public service JOHS Committee members.  Activists are recommended by their respective component executives.

The five-day course trains activists to facilitate and instruct the JOHS Committee Training course. Participants gain their teaching skills and valuable teaching experience and expand their knowledge of the legislative and historical framework of current health and safety regulations. 

A separate one-day course teaches facilitators how to deliver an Office Ergonomics Assessment course.

Both theses facilitator training courses are delivered jointly by the public service employer and the union.

Occupational Health and Safety Committee

The committee provides a resource forr BCGEU members. Click here.