Health & Safety and Environmental Responsibilities of Managers and Supervisors
General Responsibilities
Managers and supervisors shall ensure that in all areas and for all personnel within their management and control:
- University and divisional procedures for effective health and safety consultative arrangements are implemented;
- elected HSR and Deputy HSR are provided with sufficient time and resources to effectively undertake their respective roles;
- University and divisional procedures to define and document general health and safety responsibilities, authority to act and reporting requirements for all personnel are implemented;
- University and divisional procedures to hold personnel accountable for their health and safety responsibilitiesare implemented;
- University and divisional procedures for the systematic identification of workplace hazards, evaluation of their risk and controls to manage risk are implemented;
- University and divisional procedures for reporting of hazards and incidents and for prompt response to investigate and rectify them are implemented;
- University and divisional procedures for emergencies are implemented;
- effective health and safety supervisory arrangements are implemented;
- University and divisional procedures for health and safety, information, training and induction procedures of all personnel are implemented;
- University and divisional procedures for monitoring of health and safety performance, eg regular workplaces inspections are undertaken, health monitoring requirements for individual personal are identified are implemented;
- relevant specific responsibilities described in the University’s health and safety policies and procedures are implemented.
Authority to Act
Managers and supervisors' authorities to act are defined in:
- University of Melbourne Statutes and Regulations
- Individual position descriptions.
Managers and supervisors have the authority to act to:
- In all areas and for all personnel within their management and control, direct work to cease where the nature and degree of the health and safety risk results in an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of any person.
Reporting
Managers and supervisors' reporting structures:
- Local Organisational Charts
- Individual position descriptions.