{"id":216,"date":"2024-05-26T09:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T09:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.hsrsupport.org.au\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:51:03","slug":"what-is-an-hsr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hsrsupport.org.au\/?page_id=216","title":{"rendered":"What is an HSR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"216\" class=\"elementor elementor-216\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5479b60 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5479b60\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9346d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9346d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is an HSR?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930c4a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"930c4a3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e5d41c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e5d41c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-5 dnd_area-row-1-padding dnd-section\"><div class=\"row-fluid \"><div class=\"span12 widget-span widget-type-cell dnd-column\" data-widget-type=\"cell\" data-x=\"0\" data-w=\"12\"><div class=\"row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-6 dnd-row\"><div class=\"row-fluid \"><div class=\"span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget dnd-module\" data-widget-type=\"custom_widget\" data-x=\"0\" data-w=\"12\"><div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_module_16570709180273\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-section_header\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"module\"><div class=\"page-header section-header\"><h3>What are Health and Safety Representatives? (HSRs) &amp; What are Health and Safety Committees (HSCs)?<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-7 dnd-row\"><div class=\"row-fluid \"><div class=\"span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget dnd-module\" data-widget-type=\"custom_widget\" data-x=\"0\" data-w=\"12\"><div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_module_1660279179067\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"module\"><p>Health and safety representatives (HSRs) and health and safety committees (HSCs), provide the means to give workers a voice in health and safety matters at the workplace, and involve workers through participation and consultation.<\/p><p>The role of a HSR is generally limited to their own work group unless:<\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li>there is a serious risk to health or safety (created by an immediate hazard) affecting workers from another work group<\/li><li>a worker in another work group asks for the HSR&#8217;s assistance, and the HSR for that other work group is found to be unavailable.<\/li><\/ul><p>An elected Health &amp; Safety Representative is entitled to perform the following tasks for the work group:<\/p><ul><li>undertake workplace inspections<\/li><li>review the circumstances of workplace incidents<\/li><li>accompany a WHSQ inspector during an inspection<\/li><li>represent the work group in health and safety matters<\/li><li>attend an interview about health and safety matters with a worker from the work group (with the consent of the worker)<\/li><li>request that a health and safety committee be established<\/li><li>participate in a health and safety committee<\/li><li>monitor compliance measures<\/li><li>investigate work health and safety complaints from work group members<\/li><li>inquire into any risk to the health and safety of workers in the work group<\/li><li>issue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafe.qld.gov.au\/safety-and-prevention\/creating-safe-work\/safety-roles-and-duties\/health-and-safety-representatives-and-committees\/provisional-improvement-notices-pins\">provisional improvement notices<\/a>\u00a0and direct a worker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafe.qld.gov.au\/safety-and-prevention\/whs-consultation\/ceasing-unsafe-work\">cease unsafe work<\/a> (where the HSR has completed the approved training).<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-8 dnd_area-row-2-padding dnd-section\"><div class=\"row-fluid \"><div class=\"span12 widget-span widget-type-cell dnd-column\" data-widget-type=\"cell\" data-x=\"0\" data-w=\"12\"><div class=\"row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-9 dnd-row\"><div class=\"row-fluid \"><div class=\"span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget dnd-module\" data-widget-type=\"custom_widget\" data-x=\"0\" data-w=\"12\"><div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_module_1657070819697\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-section_header\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"module\"><div class=\"page-header section-header\"><h3>Why should we have one?<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-10 dnd-row\"><div class=\"row-fluid \"><div class=\"span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget dnd-module\" data-widget-type=\"custom_widget\" data-x=\"0\" data-w=\"12\"><div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_widget_1657070955285\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"module\"><p>Having an HSR makes a big difference to health and safety in the workplace.<\/p><p>They have strong legislative rights to represent you, to conduct inspections in the workplace, and to be consulted on health and safety matters.<\/p><p>HSRs provide a meaningful voice for you on health and safety. 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