OHS Committee

Last reviewed: February 2025

Occupational health & safety committee (OHSC)

One method that the University adopts to consult and communicate health and safety matters is through the Health and Safety Committees - University of Melbourne Occupational Health and Safety Committee (OHSC). There are also budget division health and safety committees and, in some cases, local consultative health and safety committees.

The Occupational Health and Safety Committee (OHSC) is a consultative committee. The committee may make recommendations to the relevant senior officer in accordance with the University's Policy Framework relating to University health and safety policies, procedures, processes, work instructions, and guidelines.

The OHSC is serviced by Health and Safety Services, Business Services.

Requirements

Meeting minutes are available on request

Budget division and Local consultative health and safety committee

Each budget division will have a health and safety committee under the Budget Division (Faculty) or Local Area Health and Safety Committee Terms of Reference

Where the assessed health and safety risk is high, or there are sufficient staff members to support a dedicated local health and safety committee, the budget division health and safety committee may establish a local health and safety committee.