JOINT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE

Just as every workplace employing over 20 persons in Ontario is required, by legislation, to have a joint management/labour Occupational Health and Safety Committee, every production at the School has such a committee. It is made up of the Production Manager and Technical Director, each sitting as Management, and four elected members of the “labour” group: two Production students, and two actors or dancers. In the case of a unionized format show, representatives are elected from both the unionized and non unionized labour groups.

Elections (or voluntary agreements) take place at the Company meeting, and the Committee usually meets once during the rehearsal period and once during the run.

The Committee has 3 responsibilities at the School:

• To complete a workplace site inspection (dressing rooms, backstage, onstage, FOH, and booth areas), with an eye to safety hazards;
• To compile an Occupational Health and Safety report, outlining in writing, the observations made during the site inspection;
• Investigate any health and safety concerns brought forward by members of the Company

A MEMBER OF THE OHS COMMITTEE MUST BE AVAILABLE TO THE WORKERS AT EVERY CALL SCHEDULED, TO DEAL WITH ANY HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.