A HSR represents all staff in the workgroup and is an elected position defined under the Tasmanian WHS Act 2012. Responsibility and Accountability Have you defined, documented and The outlines the roles and responsibilities across the actively communicated the responsibilities University. of all WHS roles in your area of responsibility? - The Head of OU as is ultimately “Officer” “Officer” responsible for health and safety for their area of responsibility. The Officer is required to Specific management representative (s) with defined role, responsibility and authority for ensuring that the University’s safety management system (SMS) is established, implemented and maintained in accordance with University requirements and report performance of the SMS to senior management for review and continuous improvement. Managers / Supervisors Managers and supervisors – have responsibility for the provision of a safe and healthy working environment and are accountable for ensuring the SMS is working effectively within their work area and for report performance to the Officer for review and continuous improvement. All staff including Adjunct, Clinical and “Workers” – University Associates, Contractors, Postgraduate students and Volunteers Safety roles: You may have responsible for specific safety management such as: Health and Safety Representative
A HSR represents all staff in the workgroup and is an elected position defined under the Tasmanian WHS Act 2012. Responsibility and Accountability Have you defined, documented and actively communicated the responsibilities of all WHS roles in your area of responsibility? The outlines the roles and responsibilities across the University. “Officer” - The Head of OU as “Officer” is ultimately responsible for health and safety for their area of responsibility. The Officer is required to Specific management representative (s) with defined role, responsibility and authority for ensuring that the University’s safety management system (SMS) is established, implemented and maintained in accordance with University requirements and report performance of the SMS to senior management for review and continuous improvement. Managers / Supervisors – Managers and supervisors have responsibility for the provision of a safe and healthy working environment and are accountable for ensuring the SMS is working effectively within their work area and for report performance to the Officer for review and continuous improvement. “Workers” – All staff including Adjunct, Clinical and University Associates, Contractors, Postgraduate students and Volunteers Safety roles: You may have responsible for specific safety management such as: Health and Safety Representative
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