AMIEU Supports Health & Safety Reps

Health & Safety Reps Survey

Name: ………………………………………………….................................................................................

Designated Work Group: ……………………………….........................................................................   

Work Place: ……………………………………………..............................................................................

E-mail Contact: ...........................................................................................................................

When were you elected? ………………………………........................................................................

Please circle the Yes or No and/or write your answer

Training
Have you had 5 day HSR training?                                                                                        Yes / No
Who provided the training? …………………………………................................................................
Who chose this training course? ……………….……………..............................................................
Have you attended refresher training in the last year?                                                        Yes / No

Workplace Inspections
Does your company provide you with paid time to do inspections of your work area?         Yes / No
How regular are inspections? ………………………………….............................................................
Does your company give you feedback on your report?                                                       Yes / No
Do you inspect the area when injuries / near misses occur?                                                Yes / No
If yes, what system is in place to have you informed when injuries / near misses occur to members of your designated work group? …………………………………………………………………........................................................................
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Are you given access to the Injury Register?                                                                        Yes / No

MeatiesOHS Website
Do you use meatiesohs.org to access information on OHS                                                   Yes / No
Do you look at YourSay on MeatiesOHS                                                                                Yes / No
If no, why not? ...........................................................................................................................
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Would you be interested in 1 day training to improve your ability to use computers to access health and safety information?                                                                                             Yes / No

Consultation
Does management give you all information that is relevant to health, safety and welfare of the workers whom you represent?                                                                                             Yes / No
Is information provided without you having to ask for it?                                                     Yes / No
Are you consulted by management about:
Identifying and assessing risks                                                                                             Yes / No
Decisions about controls                                                                                                       Yes / No
Decisions about facilities for the welfare of workers                                                             Yes / No
Changes to the workplace for your designated work group                                                 Yes / No
Changes to work processes                                                                                                 Yes / No
Changes to plant                                                                                                                  Yes / No
Changes to substances (chemicals)                                                                                      Yes / No
Monitoring workers’ health                                                                                                   Yes / No
Monitoring the conditions of work                                                                                         Yes / No
Developing and agreeing about procedures for consultation                                               Yes / No
Developing and agreeing health & safety policies/procedures                                             Yes / No
Do you have direct contact with maintenance?                                                                     Yes / No

Inspectors
Has an inspector been to your workplace/designated work group in 2010?       Yes/No/Don’t know
Did they talk to you?                                                                                                             Yes / No
Did they take you seriously?                                                                                                 Yes / No
Did they give you a copy of their report?                                                                              Yes / No
Have you called them in?                                                                                                      Yes / No
Did they issue an Improvement Notice?                                                                                Yes / No
Did they issue a Prohibition Notice?                                                                                      Yes / No

Assistance
Have you sought the assistance of any person:
The HSR Support Officer                                                                                                        Yes / No
Another Health & Safety Rep                                                                                                Yes / No
An Organiser                                                                                                                         Yes / No
A consultant                                                                                                                          Yes / No
Did you have any difficulty with your management for requesting assistance from another person?                                                                                                                                 Yes / No
If yes, did you call the inspectors?                                                                                        Yes / No
If yes, did they help?                                                                                                            Yes / No

OH&S Committee
Does your work have an OH&S committee?                                                                          Yes / No
If you have an OH&S committee does it meet more often than once every three months?  Yes / No
How many management representatives and how many workers representatives are on this committee? …………………………………………………………………........................................................
Are there “minutes” of the meetings taken?                                                                         Yes / No
If so, are they displayed where everyone has access?                                                        Yes / No

Access to Facilities
Are you given access to:
A phone                                                                                                                                Yes / No
A fax                                                                                                                                      Yes / No
A photocopier                                                                                                                        Yes / No
A computer with internet access                                                                                           Yes / No
A room to meet with members                                                                                              Yes / No
Paid time to talk to your members                                                                                        Yes / No

Notices
Have you written a PIN in the last year?                                                                              Yes / No
Did you have to serve the PIN?                                                                                            Yes / No
Was an Inspector called in?                                                                                                  Yes / No
If yes, did they support your PIN?                                                                                        Yes / No
Was your PIN acted upon?                                                                                                   Yes / No
If yes did they meet the deadline?                                                                                       Yes / No
Do you have any comments on how PINs worked? ………............................……………………........
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Have you issued a Direction to Cease Work because of an immediate danger?                   Yes / No
Did management agree with the Cease Work?                                                                    Yes / No
Was the Inspectorate brought in?                                                                                        Yes / No
Were the workers given suitable alternate duties?                                                              Yes / No
If no, were the workers paid?                                                                                               Yes / No
If no, was the Inspectorate brought in?                                                                               Yes / No

General
In the past twelve months have you had a major OH&S issue?                                           Yes / No
If yes, what was it about and how was it resolved?
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Could you list as far as is relevant from 1-10 (one being the worst) your 10 most pressing OH&S issues?
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Are there particular issues about the role of an elected health and safety representative that you want to see on the AMIEU health and safety website meatiesohs.org?
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION