Posted By ITK SRSC = appointed by trade union. HSCER = elected.

Posted By jackw. Simple..check the regulations!!!

Posted By sagalout Adrian, To save you the trouble of "looking at the Regs" until you really need to here is a short summary. Any employees not in groups covered by trade union safety representatives must be consulted by their employers under the HSCER 1996. The employer can choose to consult them directly or through ELECTED representatives. If the employer consults employees directly, he or she can choose whichever method suits everyone best. If the employer decides to consult his or her employees through an elected representative, then EMPLOYEES HAVE TO ELECT one or more people to represent them. If an employer recognises a trade union and that trade union has APPOINTED, or is about to appoint, SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES under the SRSCR 1977, then the employer must consult those safety representatives on matters affecting the group or groups of employees they represent. Members of these groups of employees may include people who are not members of that trade union. The different terms are commonly misused in companies where the legal differences between them are not really of any significance in everyday working. Thus, all those employee representatives on a safety committee get tagged as "appointed safety rep". In the final analysis, does it really matter as long as there is good communication on H&S in the company and either type of rep is afforded the facilities and support required in the different sets of Regs? Notwithstanding this note, the HSE guidance and info in this area is good and you may benefit from checking it out furtherand getting copies of the guidance as you are so early in your H&S experience. regards Pete