CONGRESS OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS

COSHAP is a group representing five occupational health and safety professional associations in Australia.

The aims of COSHAP include:

• the facilitation of communication and cooperation between OHS professional groups;
• the representation of the interests of OHS professionals on relevant industry and government committees; and
• the provision of a focus for the enhancement of the contribution of OHS professionals within the National OHS Strategy.

History of COSHAP:

At a meeting on the 22nd of August 2001, and with the encouragement of the then National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed by the presidents of the Australian College of Occupational Health Nurses Incorporated, the Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine, the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists Incorporated, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Incorporated and The Safety Institute of Australia Incorporated.

The Memorandum approved the establishment of a Committee of Occupational Safety and Health Association Presidents, now termed the Congress of Occupational Safety and Health Association Presidents (COSHAP).

With the establishment of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council in 2005, COSHAP no longer has a direct link with the national OHS body.
 

Contact details for the member professional assocations are given below, along with an archive of press releases and policy statements.

CONTACT DETAILS

ARCHIVE - PRESS RELEASES AND POLICY STATEMENTS