The Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/Public Sector Union, WICSU/PSU will be hosting an Occupational Safety and Health workshop that will seek to develop strategies including an action plan for raising the awareness of workplace safety and health in the various establishments where WICSU’s members are employed. The workshop will target fifty (50) employees, managerial staff and other personnel who will be exposed to internationally accepted OSH concepts and skills, and be challenged to assume roles in contributing to safer workplaces throughout St Maarten.
The two-day workshop will be held at Carl and Son’s Unique Inn & Conference Facilities in Colebay on November 24th and 25th under the auspices the International Labor Organization Office for the Caribbean with whom WICSU/PSU is affiliated. The training will be administered by Dr Anthony Rocheford, a Licensed and Authorized Course Provider for the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (ISOH), in the Caribbean, and whose at least 25 years experience in the field of safety and health distinguishes him as an authority in the field. Dr Rocheford holds degrees in Public Administration and in Risk Assessment and Safety Technology. He has also earned a number of certificates from regional and extra-regional institutions in the field of occupational safety and health, in addition to training and experience in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management.
The workshop program will include segments on Workplace Hazards Control, Risk Assessment and Management, and the role of Collective Bargaining in Promoting Occupational Safety and Health. Participants will also become familiar with the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda, and with its Occupational Safety and Health Convention #155 and accompanying Recommendation # 200.
The WICSU/PSU workshop is made possible through the contribution of ILO Caribbean for the purpose, and contributions from certain companies to the Union’s Education Fund. WICSU/PSU therefore wholeheartedly thanks all who have contributed to this effort, and is delighted to be associated in this aspect of our country’s development.