HSE Course for Safety Representatives and Working Environment Committees for Hotel and Restaurant

Course Overview

In this online course, you will receive a solid introduction to systematic working environment efforts as well as the role of the Safety Representative and the WEC representative. The course meets the authorities’ requirements for HSE training as a 40-hour course.

This course is intended to provide you with a basic introduction in accordance with legislation and is based on the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority’s guidance for the employer’s duty to undergo and facilitate training in health, environment, and safety work for safety representatives and the WEC.

Safety representatives must have sufficient knowledge and training to perform their role in a responsible manner. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure that the safety representative receives the necessary training through a safety representative course.

This course provides knowledge about applicable requirements, what characterizes good HSE, and how a safety representative can facilitate targeted and systematic work to implement health, environment, and safety in the workplace.

As a rule, training for safety representatives should last at least 40 hours, but the parties may agree on shorter training if circumstances allow and the risk level is limited. (Regulations on Organization, Management, and Participation §3-19)

This Safety Representative course is an alternative to the standard classroom-based 40-hour course for safety representatives.

An agreement must be written to document that the parties find it appropriate to choose an adapted safety representative course. A template for such an agreement can be downloaded on the next page, see the attachment button.

This must be completed, along with a risk assessment (included in the same form as the adapted safety representative form), and kept by the company so that it can be presented to the Labour Inspection Authority during supervision. In the event of an inspection by the Labour Inspection Authority, a course certificate from us at the HSE Office will be valid proof that you have completed the mandatory training.

If there is no agreement on adaptation, you must take the 40-hour course.

This course is industry-specific for hotels and the restaurant sector. Businesses related to hotels, accommodation, and food and beverage services, including cafés, kiosks, and bars.

If you have questions about how the course is conducted, you can read about it here: How to complete the course?