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Health & Safety Officer

Tasks relating to the post of Health and Safety Officer:

• to increase the awareness of members, health and safety representatives and branch
  officers of health and safety issues
• to organise the information held by the branch on health and safety
• to co-ordinate the activity of health and safety representatives and to organise regular
  meetings of health & safety representatives to exchange information and consider
  priorities
• to be closely involved in all negotiations with the employer on matters related to health
  and safety
• to advise the branch committee on health and safety issues arising in the branch and to recommend policies and priorities
• to act as a link between the health and safety representatives and other branch
  representatives to ensure that health and safety issues are treated as an integral part
  of the work of the branch
• to maintain contact with the region and regional service groups, for example via the
  regional health and safety committee.

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