Do you hear sighs, groans, or sarcastic remarks when the "safety committee meeting" is announced? OR-OSHA rules require and sound business practices encourage safety teams to help employers improve their safety management systems. The primary forum to conduct safety committee business is the monthly meeting. How do you turn those groans into smiles of anticipation? That's what this course is all about!

Conducting a interesting safety committee meeting can make the difference between success and failure of the safety committee. Planning and managing a successful safety committee meeting requires commitment: it takes effort, time and money. To receive a positive return for your effort, it's important that your safety committee meetings be as fruitful as possible.

This online course will help you and your safety staff critically analyze the organization’s accountability system so that improvements may be effectively designed and implemented. The benefits of effective implementation of these elements will be significant and long term.

Workshop goals:

The primary learning goals for this online course are:

1. Understand Oregon OSHA rules related to safety committee meetings.
2. Discuss the primary role and purposes of the safety committee.
3. Explore those methods and techniques that make meetings successful.
4. Review the meeting management cycle.

As with any learning experience, the more involved you are, the more you'll get out of the material. So, be sure to read all the material and do your best in answering the module questions and course assignments.

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