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A summary of all health and safety policies, requirements and processes as they relate to the NAT version 3 are outlined in the Summary table below.

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Summary table of University Health & Safety documents as they relate to the National Audit Tool
SUMMARY TABLE
1	POLICY
NAT number	Criteria	Policy		Processes
1.1	Health and Safety Policies	Health and Safety Policy (MPF1205) Alcohol Policy (MPF1267) Smoke-Free and Tobacco-Free Campuses Policy (MPF1260)		Health and Safety Processes
1.1	Health and Safety Policies	Appropriate Workplace Behaviour Policy (MPF1328)		Employment Processes
2	PLANNING
NAT number	Criteria	Requirements	Process	Other
2.1	Legal requirements and practical guidance	Health & Safety: Responsibilities and legal requirements	Health & Safety – Obtain licensing, registration and other requirements	Guidance: Responsibilities of Personnel Licensing, registrations and other requirements
2.2	Objectives and targets	Health & Safety: Plans requirements	Health & Safety – Develop, monitor and review a divisional plan	Forms: Health & Safety: Budget division health and safety plan Health & Safety: Action plan Guidance: Health & Safety Management plan 2014-2019: Annual key performance indicators Budget division health and safety plan template
2.3	Health and safety management plans	Health & Safety: Plans requirements	Health & Safety - Develop, monitor and review a divisional plan	Forms: Health & Safety: Budget division health and safety plan Health & Safety: Action plan
	IMPLEMENTATION
NAT number	Criteria	Requirements	Process	Other
3.1	Structure and responsibility - Resources	Health & Safety: Responsibilities and legal requirements	Health & Safety – Obtain licensing, registration and other requirements	Guidance: Responsibilities of Personnel University of Melbourne risk register
3.2	Structure and responsibility - Responsibility and accountability	Health & Safety: Responsibilities and legal requirements	Health & Safety – Obtain licensing, registration and other requirements	Guidance: Responsibilities of Personnel University of Melbourne risk register
3.3	Structure and responsibility - Training and competency	Health & Safety: Training requirements	Health & Safety - Provide training	Form: Health & Safety: Training requirements template Guidance: Health & Safety: Training requirements matrix
3.3	Structure and responsibility - Training and competency	Health & Safety: Service provider/contractor requirements	Health & Safety – Select and engage a service provider/contractor Health & Safety – Monitor and review a service provider/contractor	Form: Health & Safety: Engage a service provider/contractor checklist Guidance: Health & Safety: Guidelines for service provider/contractor induction
3.4	Consultation, communication and reporting - Consultation	Health & Safety: Communication requirements	Health & Safety – Communicating to staff, students, contractors and other interested parties Health & Safety – Manage external feedback: Informal Health & Safety – Manage external feedback: Formal	Guidance: Health & Safety: Communication guidelines Health & Safety: Noticeboard guidelines
		Health & Safety: Consultation, representation and committee requirements	Health & Safety – Elect a health and safety representative Health & safety – Create an auditable secret ballot Health & Safety – Establish or vary a designated working group Health & Safety – Establish a health and safety committee	Forms: Health & Safety: Health and Safety Representative Election Guidelines Template: Proposal to renegotiate designated workgroups Guidance: How to renegotiate designated work groups Budget division (faculty/school) health and safety committee terms of reference Local consultative health and safety committee terms of reference
		Health & Safety: Issue resolution requirements	Health & Safety – Report a hazard or issue Health & Safety – Resolve an issue	Form: Hazard report
3.5	Consultation, communication and reporting - Communication	Health & Safety: Communication requirements	Health & Safety – Communicating to staff, students, contractors and other interested parties Health & Safety – Manage external feedback: Informal Health & Safety – Manage external feedback: Formal	Guidance: Health & Safety: Communication guidelines Health & Safety: Noticeboard guidelines
3.6	Consultation, communication and reporting - Reporting	Health & Safety: Incident, injury, hazard reporting and investigation requirements	Health & Safety – Report, record and investigate an incident Health & Safety – Respond to an incident Health & Safety – Notify an incident to WorkSafe Health & Safety – Report a hazard or issue	Forms: Incident report Hazard report Incident investigation Witness record of events Guidance: Incident and Hazard Reporting Risk matrix and definitions Safety Bulletin 17-01: Incident and Hazard Reporting and Investigation Safety Bulletin 17-02: Serious injury and incident notification
3.7	Documentation	Health & Safety: Management system documentation requirements	Health & Safety – Write a standard operating procedure (SOP)	Form: Standard operating procedure form
3.8	Document and data control	Health & Safety: Management system documentation requirements	Health & Safety – Write a standard operating procedure (SOP)	Form: Standard operating procedure form
3.9	Health and safety risk management program	Health & Safety: Risk management requirements	Health & Safety – Undertake a risk assessment Health & Safety – Develop a risk registerFF	Forms: General risk assessment Task risk analysis Health and safety action plan Health & Safety: Risk register form Guidance: Health & Safety: Risk assessment methodology Health & Safety: Completing a health and safety risk register Health & Safety: Risk register example biological laboratory Health & Safety: Risk register example chemical laboratory Health & Safety: Risk register example office Health & Safety: Risk register example workshops
		Health & Safety: Consultation, representation and committee requirements	Health & Safety – Elect a health and safety representative Health & safety – Create an auditable secret ballot Health & Safety – Establish or vary a designated working group Health & Safety – Establish a health and safety committee	Forms: Health & Safety: Health and Safety Representative Election Guidelines Template: Proposal to renegotiate designated workgroups Guidance: How to renegotiate designated work groups Budget division (faculty/school) health and safety committee terms of reference Local consultative health and safety committee terms of reference
		Health & Safety: Management system documentation requirements	Health & Safety – Write a standard operating procedure (SOP)	Form: Standard operating procedure form
3.10	Hazard identification, risk assessment and control of risks	Health & Safety: Asbestos requirements
		Health & Safety: Ergonomic requirements		Forms: Health & Safety: Computer workstation self-assessment checklist Health & Safety: Hazardous manual handling risk assessment form Health & Safety: Task risk analysis form Health & Safety: General risk assessment form Health & Safety: Pre-purchase checklist Guidance: Health & Safety: Risk assessment methodology
		Health & Safety: Hazardous manual handling requirements		Forms: Health & Safety: Computer workstation self-assessment checklist Health & Safety: Hazardous manual handling risk assessment form Health & Safety: Task risk analysis form Health & Safety: General risk assessment form Guidance: Health & Safety: Risk assessment methodology Health & Safety: Guide to hazardous manual handling hierarchy of control
		Health & Safety: Ionising radiation requirement		Forms: Radioactive Material Risk Assessment Plant Risk Assessment Health & Safety: Ionising radiation laboratory certification checklist Guidance: Ionising radiation management guidelines
		Health & Safety: Noise requirements
		Health & Safety: Reproductive health requirements
		Health & Safety: Extreme temperature requirements
3.10.1	Access	Health & Safety: Working at heights requirements		Guidance: Safety Alert – Working at heights and building roof access
3.10.1	Access	Health & Safety: Working in isolation requirements	Health & Safety - Working in isolation	Form: Health & Safety: Working in isolation form Guidance: Health & Safety: Working in isolation guidance
3.10.2	Contractors and services	Health & Safety: Service provider/contractor requirements	Health & Safety - Select and engage a service provider/contractor Health & Safety - Monitor and review a service provider/contractor	Form: Health & Safety: Engage a service provider/contractor checklist Guidance: Health & Safety: Guidelines for service provider/contractor induction
3.10.5	Purchasing	Health & Safety: Purchasing requirements
3.10.7	Design		Health & Safety - Write a standard operating procedure (SOP)
3.10.9	Waste	Health & Safety: Waste management requirements		Forms: Health & Safety: Chemical waste collection form Health & Safety: Biohazard waste collection form Hazardous waste labels Guidance: Hazardous waste Health & Safety: Hazardous waste guidance sheet Chemical management guidelines Maintenance, cleaning and removals
3.10.10	Facilities
3.10.11	Chemicals	Health & Safety: Chemical requirements	Health & Safety: Undertake a risk assessment	Forms: Health & Safety: Action plan Laboratory Notebook sample Guidance: Chemical Management Guidelines Health & Safety: Risk Assessment Methodology Chemical Management webpage
3.10.14	Permit to work	Health & Safety: Confined spaces requirements		Forms: Confined space entry permit Health & Safety: Confined space identification and risk assessment form Guidance: Health & Safety: Confined space entry instructions
3.10.14	Permit to work	Health & Safety: Hot work requirements		Forms: Hot work permit Guidance: Health & Safety: Hot work instructions Hot work permit sample Completing a hot work permit Hot work webpage
3.10.16	Plant and equipment	Health & Safety: Personal protective equipment requirements		Guidance: Australian Standards commonly used in purchasing Eye protective equipment selection and use Respiratory protective equipment selection and use
		Health & Safety: Electrical inspection and testing requirements		Forms: Health & Safety: Electrical commissioning tags for new portable equipment Guidance: Health & Safety: Electrical testing and tagging criteria Health & Safety: Electrical equipment in hostile environments Health & Safety: Standard operating procedures for electrical appliances Health & Safety: Australian Standards commonly used in purchasing Safety Bulletin: Electrical testing and tagging
		Health & Safety: Isolation, lockout and tag out requirements
		Health & Safety: Unsafe plant and equipment requirements
		Health & Safety: Cooling tower requirements		Health & Safety: Cooling tower system risk classification table Cooling towers - Controlling the critical risks and operational programs
		Health & Safety: Regulated plant requirements		Forms: Health & Safety: Plant register Health & Safety: Plant risk assessment form Health & Safety: Health and safety action plan Health & Safety: Standard operating procedure form Health & Safety: Pre-purchase checklist Guidance: Health & Safety: Regulatory requirements for autoclaves Health & Safety: Autoclave hazards
3.10.20	Signage	Health & Safety: Signage requirements
3.10.21	Materials transport, handling and storage
3.10.22	Supervision	Health & Safety: Risk management requirements	Health & Safety – Undertake a risk assessment Health & Safety – Develop a risk register	Forms: General risk assessment Task risk analysis Health and safety action plan Health & Safety: Risk register form Guidance: Health & Safety: Risk assessment methodology Health & Safety: Completing a health and safety risk register Health & Safety: Risk register example biological laboratory Health & Safety: Risk register example chemical laboratory Health & Safety: Risk register example office Health & Safety: Risk register example workshops
3.10.23	Off campus	Health & Safety: Off campus requirements	Health & Safety - Undertake travel and off campus activities	Health & Safety: Field work plan Health & Safety: Field work risk assessment Health & Safety: Incident report form Health & Safety: Medical questionnaire for off campus activities Health & Safety: Non UniTravel risk assessment form Health & Safety: Travel to high risk destinations risk assessment Guidance: Health & Safety: Field work guidelines Safety Topics – Travel and off campus work Vaccine preventable diseases and information and program
		Health & Safety: Scientific diving requirements
		Health & Safety: Vehicle use requirements
3.10.24	Customer supplied goods and services
3.10.25	Transfer systems	Health & Safety: Spill management requirements	Health & Safety: Undertake a risk assessment	Chemical management guidelines Health & Safety: Managing spills Ionising radiation management guidelines
3.11	Emergency preparedness and response	Health & Safety: First aid requirements	Health & Safety - Implement emergency preparedness and response Health & Safety - Establish first aid needs
		Essential services (fire protection) inspection and maintenance procedure	Health & Safety: Undertake a management review	Guidance: Chemical management guidelines Health & Safety: Managing spills Ionising radiation management guidelines
		Health & Safety: Spill management requirements	Health & Safety: Undertake a management review	Guidance: Chemical management guidelines Health & Safety: Managing spills Ionising radiation management guidelines
4	MONITORING AND EVALUATION
NAT number	Criteria	Requirements	Process	Other
4.1	Monitoring and measurement - General	Health & Safety: Workplace monitoring and inspection requirements	Health & Safety - Undertake workplace inspections	Forms: Health & Safety: Workplace inspection checklist Health & Safety: Cyclic events checklist review schedule Health & Safety: Monitoring equipment register Guidance: Health & Safety: Risk assessment methodology Health & Safety: Developing and maintaining a cyclic events checklist Safety Bulletin 18-02: Calibration requirements for monitoring equipment
4.1	Monitoring and measurement - General	Health & Safety: Regulated plant requirements		Forms: Health & Safety: Plant register Health & Safety: Plant risk assessment form Health & Safety: Health and safety action plan Health & Safety: Standard operating procedure form Health & Safety: Pre-purchase checklist Guidance: Health & Safety: Regulatory requirements for autoclaves Health & Safety: Autoclave hazards
4.2	Monitoring and measurement - Health surveillance
4.3	Incident investigation and corrective action	Health & Safety: Incident, injury, hazard reporting and investigation requirements	Health & Safety – Report, record and investigate an incident Health & Safety – Respond to an incident Health & Safety – Notify an incident to WorkSafe Health & Safety – Report a hazard or issue	Forms: Incident report Hazard report Incident investigation Witness record of events Guidance: Incident and Hazard Reporting Risk matrix and definitions Safety Bulletin 17-01: Incident and Hazard Reporting and Investigation Safety Bulletin 17-02: Serious injury and incident notification
4.4	Records and records management	Health & Safety: Management system documentation requirements	Health & Safety – Write a standard operating procedure (SOP)	Form: Standard operating procedure form
4.5	Health and safety management system audits	Health & Safety: Management system review and audit requirements	Health & Safety – Participate in an external audit Health & Safety – Participate in an internal audit Health & Safety – Undertake a management review	Guidance: Internal OHS Audit Methodology Occupational health and safety internal audit process (Legal & Risk webpage) Health & Safety: Audit workbook v3 Management System - Review (Health & Safety webpage)
5	REVIEW
NAT number	Criteria	Requirements	Process	Other
5	Review	Health & Safety: Management system review and audit requirements	Health & Safety – Participate in an external audit Health & Safety – Participate in an internal audit Health & Safety – Undertake a management review	Guidance: Internal OHS Audit Methodology Occupational health and safety internal audit process (Legal & Risk webpage) Health & Safety: Audit workbook v3 Management System - Review (Health & Safety webpage)

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