(1) The purpose of this Procedure is to ensure that all employees at Southern Cross University (SCU) have clearly defined workplace health and safety (WHS) responsibilities and to ensure appropriate and competent resources are available to manage WHS risks and deliver WHS objectives, targets, and programs. (2) All employees, students and others including both independent contractors and contractors under SCU control are to be made aware of and follow this procedure. (3) This Procedure applies to all SCU Work Units and sites. The procedure aligns with WHS legislation in the relevant jurisdictions SCU operates in. (4) The SCU Executive at SCU has overall accountability for the effectiveness of the WHS Management System and the provision of resources as required to implement it. The accountabilities and responsibilities for the implementation of specific aspects of the WHS management are described below. (5) Within each Work Unit, levels of responsibility shall be assigned to all employees with management responsibility. Each level of management shall have levels of responsibilities cascaded and assigned as appropriate. (6) Responsibilities are considered from two perspectives: (7) SCU has nominated several individual roles that have responsibilities with the management, oversight, and delivery of WHS across the University. (8) SCU has nominated several boards, committees, and management teams that have responsibilities regarding the management and oversight of WHS. (9) These have been extracted from the SCU Enterprise Risk Management Framework. (10) SCU will ensure that all levels of responsibility understand their roles and responsibilities via: (11) The SCU Vice Chancellor has the following WHS responsibilities: (12) Vice Presidents/Pro/Deputy Vice Chancellors have the following WHS responsibilities: (13) The Head of the Work Unit has the following WHS responsibilities: (14) Managers and Supervisors have the following WHS responsibilities: (15) All employees have the following WHS responsibilities: (16) The WHS Manager has the following responsibilities: (17) WHS Business Partners have the following responsibilities: (18) All relevant documentation will be recorded and kept in accordance with WHS Legislation and other legislative obligations including: WHSMP13: Responsibility and Accountability Statement
Section 1 - Purpose and Scope
Section 2 - Definitions
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Section 3 - General Principles
Individual Responsibilities
Governance Structures
Training
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University Council
Operational Responsibilities
Vice Presidents/Pro/Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Head of Work Unit
Managers and Supervisors
Employees
WHS Team
WHS Manager
WHS Business Partners
Section 5 - Records of Documentation
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Section 7 - Related Documents
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RiskWare
Electronic database for the reporting of all incidents and near misses. RiskWare includes the investigation of incidents against systemic causes, the assignment of corrective actions, and regulatory and performance reporting.
Competent Person
A competent person is a person who has acquired, through training, qualification, or experience, the knowledge and skills to carry out the task.
WHS
Workplace Health & Safety
Hierarchy of Controls
The hierarchy of controls is a set of ranked risk control measures ranging from most to least effective. These include elimination (most effective), substitution, isolation, engineering, administrative, and the use of personal protective equipment (least effective).
KPI
Key Performance Indicator.
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment.
Standard
Any reference to an Australian Standard means the most recently published version of the Standard.
The SCU Council has the following WHS responsibilities:
Demonstrate commitment to WHS and set examples for employees. Ensure regulatory compliance with standards and procedures. Maintain WHS management systems meeting policy, legal, and regulatory requirements. Review WHS risks periodically and consider implications in decisions. Oversight of the development and alignment of WHS strategy with university objectives. Agree on and monitor WHS objectives, targets, and performance. Provide adequate WHS training and resources for roles. Review and learn from WHS incidents and trends and ensure corrective actions. Ensure crisis management processes for incidents are implemented. Cooperate with regulators and WHS Manager on legislative requirements. Monitor and report WHS performance, maintain relevant records, and track progress against objectives.
Work Health and Safety Act (in the applicable jurisdiction that SCU operates)
Work Health and Safety Regulation (in the applicable jurisdiction that SCU operates)