| Your Safety Matters | | | | healthy. |
| Getting & Retaining Members on the OHS | | | | · Display the Minutes of the OHS |
| Committee | | | | Committee in areas of the workplace so that all |
| How can we encourage employees to put their | | | | employees know that the Committee is working |
| names forward for election to the OHS | | | | on their behalf. |
| Committee – and how can we encourage | | | | · Management should encourage and give |
| them to stay on the Committee? | | | | 100% support to the Committee and treat OHS |
| The answer to that question springs out of the | | | | members with the greatest respect - and make |
| fact that most people like to help and support a | | | | that known at every opportunity eg. at company |
| group that is successfully working on a worthy | | | | functions and in company publications. |
| purpose. It is vital that employees in your | | | | · Management should give a written |
| workplace know that the OHS Committee is such | | | | commendation every year to each Committee |
| a group - here are some suggestions to get the | | | | member in acknowledgement of the work they |
| message across; | | | | have done on the Committee – employees |
| · Make sure that all employees know the | | | | love to have these for their CV. |
| purpose of your OHS Committee - develop your | | | | · Make sure that members are given |
| own posters about this and put them up in the | | | | enough time during the day to deal with their OHS |
| workplace – include the purpose in new | | | | member functions. |
| employee inductions – supervisors can | | | | · OHS Committee members are there |
| mention it in tool box talks, etc | | | | because they want to help others – it |
| · Put a picture in each area of the | | | | comes from the heart – they want to help |
| workplace of the OHS Committee member for | | | | make the workplace safe and healthy. Validate |
| that area. | | | | and support them for that at every opportunity. |
| · Promote every success the OHS | | | | This publication provides general information about |
| Committee has in making the workplace safe and | | | | ohs. |