Reporting on preventative and corrective actions. Review staff and WHS Any statutory notification requirements i.e. committee minutes for notifiable incidents, public health exposures e.g. reporting on performance, contagions, biohazards, asbestos, occupational incidents and hazards, diseases and injuries, radiation etc. corrective actions etc. Resources Have you identified and provided the Managers and Supervisors must consider and allocate Documentation: resources required to implement, maintain adequate resources to ensure a safety and health Review business planning and improve safety for your area of working environment within their area. documents to determine if responsibility? WHS is resourced. Resources include human resource and specialised Review people resources skills, technology and financial resources. for managing WHS for the OU. Budgetary resources should cover training, First Aid Review financial records response, ergonomic assessments and risk to determine if there is a management controls. dedicated WHS budget. Review types of WHS expenditure. Interview Managers and Supervisors on how they provide adequate WHS resources for their work area. Where there is a Health and Safety A Health and Safety Representative (HSR) is a worker Representative (s) elected to represent representative who had been elected by the in the workers on Health and Safety matters, are designated workgroup to represent their health and they provided with time and resources to safety interest using the procedures outline in the effectively undertake this role? University’s . The HSR acts as the focal point for communication between workers in the workgroup, Management and the WHS Unit.
Reporting on preventative and corrective actions. Any statutory notification requirements i.e. notifiable incidents, public health exposures e.g. contagions, biohazards, asbestos, occupational diseases and injuries, radiation etc. Review staff and WHS committee minutes for reporting on performance, incidents and hazards, corrective actions etc. Resources Have you identified and provided the resources required to implement, maintain and improve safety for your area of responsibility? Managers and Supervisors must consider and allocate adequate resources to ensure a safety and health working environment within their area. Resources include human resource and specialised skills, technology and financial resources. Budgetary resources should cover training, First Aid response, ergonomic assessments and risk management controls. Documentation: Review business planning documents to determine if WHS is resourced. Review people resources for managing WHS for the OU. Review financial records to determine if there is a dedicated WHS budget. Review types of WHS expenditure. Interview Managers and Supervisors on how they provide adequate WHS resources for their work area. Where there is a Health and Safety Representative (s) elected to represent workers on Health and Safety matters, are they provided with time and resources to effectively undertake this role? A Health and Safety Representative (HSR) is a worker representative who had been elected by the in the designated workgroup to represent their health and safety interest using the procedures outline in the University’s . The HSR acts as the focal point for communication between workers in the workgroup, Management and the WHS Unit.
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