3.2 Risk Management Health and Safety will be on the agenda of all Departmental meetings, and minutes of any discussion and action will be taken, kept and passed to the HSM where Academy’s appropriate via the health and safety management system. The Head of Department will ensure that generic risk assessments are made and kept under review, and that the staff making the risk assessments are competent to do so. Members of the Department will make assessments they are competent to make, in areas they are responsible for, and will observe the risk controls that have been determined. All members of staff undertake to inform the Head of Department of any potential risk as soon as they perceive it. The Head of Department will decide whether the risk can be managed within the Department, or needs the help. Academy’s The current advice is that written risk assessments are not required for every government’s activity. Staff should assume they only need to write down a risk assessment in exceptional circumstances. Where the Principal determines that a risk assessment must be carried out the Head of Department will ensure that any significant findings of the assessment are written and recorded. A verdict of No significant is acceptable, where ‘Risk assessed. finding’ appropriate. All risks and the action taken will be recorded in the log and passed to the health Department’s and safety management system administrator. All staff will use the agreed risk assessment template, and means of assessing Academy’s risks. Training in risk assessment and control will be provided by the Academy or Department as appropriate. 4. Managing Risks specific to the Department: (Below is an example of a Design / Technology Department Plan for implementing the Health and Safety Policy. Departments will need to amend this to suit their Academy’s particular circumstances.) THIS SECTION COULD BE COPIED AND GIVEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AS AN AIDE-MEMOIRE. FURTHER LOCAL INFORMATION/PROCEDURES COULD BE ADDED. This is the statement of Departmental policy and The Design and arrangements for: Technology Department N/A The person with overall departmental responsibility Head of Dept. for health and safety: Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice is delegated to: (Name/Title)
3.2 Risk Management Health and Safety will be on the agenda of all Departmental meetings, and minutes of any discussion and action will be taken, kept and passed to the Academy’s HSM where appropriate via the health and safety management system. The Head of Department will ensure that generic risk assessments are made and kept under review, and that the staff making the risk assessments are competent to do so. Members of the Department will make assessments they are competent to make, in areas they are responsible for, and will observe the risk controls that have been determined. All members of staff undertake to inform the Head of Department of any potential risk as soon as they perceive it. The Head of Department will decide whether the risk can be managed within the Department, or needs the Academy’s help. The government’s current advice is that written risk assessments are not required for every activity. Staff should assume they only need to write down a risk assessment in exceptional circumstances. Where the Principal determines that a risk assessment must be carried out the Head of Department will ensure that any significant findings of the assessment are written and recorded. A verdict of ‘Risk assessed. No significant finding’ is acceptable, where appropriate. All risks and the action taken will be recorded in the Department’s log and passed to the health and safety management system administrator. All staff will use the Academy’s agreed risk assessment template, and means of assessing risks. Training in risk assessment and control will be provided by the Academy or Department as appropriate. 4. Managing Risks specific to the Department: (Below is an example of a Design / Technology Department Plan for implementing the Academy’s Health and Safety Policy. Departments will need to amend this to suit their particular circumstances.) THIS SECTION COULD BE COPIED AND GIVEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AS AN AIDE-MEMOIRE. FURTHER LOCAL INFORMATION/PROCEDURES COULD BE ADDED. This is the statement of Departmental policy and arrangements for: The person with overall departmental responsibility for health and safety: Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice is delegated to: The Design and Technology Department Head of Dept. (Name/Title) N/A