WHS training for QTU members
Queensland Teachers' Journal, Vol 129 No 7, 27 September 2024, page 23.
Safe Work Webinars
As part of Safe Work Month in October, the Queensland Teachers’ Education Centre (QTEC) is hosting a series of one-hour webinars to promote and support safe and healthy workplaces for our members.
Managing Unreasonable Conduct from Community (for School Leaders)
This session looks at approaches to support the safety, psychosocial wellbeing and workload for school leaders and their staff when systems and processes are used unreasonably by parents or community members.
Managing Risks in the Workplace
In this session, the Risk Management Framework is introduced, including unpacking the Risk Assessment Matrix and Hierarchy of Controls.
Occupational Violence and Aggression: Recognise, Report, Respond
Participants in this workshop will learn to recognise OVA and know when and how to report it. They build understandings about how to respond to OVA as a workplace health and safety issue.
Health and Safety Representatives in Schools
This workshop will introduce WHS basics and key concepts, as well as examine the role of HSRs in schools. An important part of the workshop will be stepping through the process of establishing work groups and holding HSR elections.
Addressing Workplace Health and Safety Issues in Schools
This workshop will examine the different processes and ways that QTU members can address WHS issues and the support that the QTU can provide when concerns arise.
To register for the Safe Work Webinars in October, log in to myQTU through the QTU webpage and visit the ‘My Courses, Conferences and Events’ tab. Alternatively, contact QTEC via QTEC@qtu.asn.au or call 3512 9000. The Safe Work Webinars will be recorded and soon added to the QTU website for member access.
Workplace Health and Safety Courses
QTEC has been supporting Paige Bousen, the QTU WHS Organiser, to roll out a new one-day Workplace Health and Safety course.
The course is designed for members with a specific role or interest in WHS. In recognition of the special role that school leaders play in regard to WHS, there are also dedicated sessions especially for principals and deputy principals.
The aims of the course are to provide participants with:
- the ability to better manage risks within the workplace
- knowledge of how to use WHS to ensure the safety of everyone at school
- an opportunity to build an understanding of psychosocial hazards
- understandings of the role of HSRs, HSR elections and work groups
- knowledge about the WHS disputes process
- better understandings of how to navigate the processes in the Department using WHS with regards to OVA and safety issues.
Look out for this course in your area in the coming months!
QTEC is the section of the QTU responsible for supporting QTU position holders, school leaders and other members with industrial training.