Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee

A Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC) is an advisory group made up of employers and employees working together to improve occupational health and safety in their workplace.

WorkSafeBC requires a JOHSC for all workplaces with 20 or more workers.

Committee membership comprises of Management, BCGEU and FSA members.  For more information see the terms of reference for your JOHSC on ShareSpace.

The member’s Department/School pays for:

• 8-hours of education annually, which JOHSC members are entitled to.
• 8-hours of JOHSC new member orientation which is required within six months of becoming a new member.
• The time to conduct JOHSC business, and prepare for, and attend, JOHSC meetings.
• The equipment, premises and clerical personnel necessary for the carrying out of its duties and functions.

(Reference: WCA sections 40 to 42)

Burnaby campus (11)

• Burnaby Campus – encompasses issues which are campus wide or issues which don’t fall into the scope of any School/Service Area JOHSC.
• Campus Planning & Facilities
• Corporate Services
• Administrative Operations – scope consists of Information Technology Services, Marketing and Communications, Financial Services, Human Resources, Library and Learning Teaching Centre.
• VP Students – scope of consists of Institutional Research and Planning, Student Operations, Student Success, Vice President’s Office and Office of the Registrar.
• School of Construction and Environment
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Transportation
• School of Computing and Academic
• School of Energy
• School of Business & Media

Specialized campuses (5)

• AIC – Annacis Island Campus
• ATC – Aerospace Technologies Campus
• BMC – BCIT Marine Campus
• CARI – Centre for Applied Research & Innovation
• DTC – Downtown Campus

An updated list of members on each committee can be found under Joint OHS Committees on ShareSpace.