THE EFFECTIVE JHSC
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Positive Contributions of a JHSC
ƒ Bring people with different skills and experience together
ƒ Ensure regular dialogue between management and workers
ƒ Ensure health and safety issues are communicated to senior management
ƒ Emphasize the value of health and safety in the workplace
Measuring Team Effectiveness
An effective JHSC is a dynamic team. Regular reviews and assessments of its performance are completed
to point out areas to improve and areas of success as a committee. Since one of the functions of the JHSC
is to monitor the IRS of a company, an assessment of the committee's success can be a valuable exercise.
A best practice for an effective JHSC is to review one area of performance (see the bullet points above)
once per year.
How Do I Measure the Effectiveness of Our JHSC?
In order to measure how well the JHSC functions you will want to evaluate it from several aspects to
get an accurate picture. On the following pages are several assessment tools which are self-explanatory.
These tools help the JHSC to evaluate the effectiveness of the team, its recommendations, meeting
performance, the JHSC's effectiveness in the workplace and how well the Internal Responsibility System
functions. For the individual member, there is a form to evaluate their performance in meetings.
Electronic versions of these tools can be downloaded from:
http://www.healthandsafetyontario.ca/Resources/Topics/JHSC---H-S-Rep.aspx
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