 Neville Garrett Manager, Health, Safety and Environment |
Health, Safety and Environment
- Role
- Guidelines
- Forms and instructions
- OH&S framework
- OH&S training
- OH&S programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Contact details
- Frequently asked questions
- Staff health and well being
- Emergency management plan
The University is committed, through its Occupational Health and Safety Policy, to provide a healthy and safe workplace for all staff, students and visitors.
The Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) branch is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for pursuing a proactive risk management approach to health and safety issues to meet the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety policy and safety legislation. The University has developed and documented a range of effective Occupational Health and Safety management actions (Occupational Health and Safety Management System providing guidance to controlling the Occupational Health and Safety risks at its workplaces. (Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view pdf files. Get Adobe Acrobat reader.)
The HSE branch has both the rights and the obligation to ensure compliance with the policy and legislation.
The Manager, HSE, also has the responsibility as the Rehabilitation and Employee Assistance Program coordinator. The Manager is directly responsible to the Director of People Management and Development.
Role
The role of HSE includes:
- Providing an accident/disease management program, including staff and student accident/incident investigation
- Management of Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation
- Random and scheduled inspections of the workplace to identify, assess and control the hazards at the workplace
- Providing a health and safety advisory service for staff, students and visitors
- Providing an advisory service for health and safety legislative requirements
- Development and review of OH&S policies and procedures, and guidelines for their implementation
- Liaising with legislative authorities, other government departments and unions for health and safety related matters
- Providing staff OH&S training
- Playing an active role on all OH&S and student and staff disability committees
- Providing feedback to management and staff on health and safety issues
HSE branch welcomes input from all staff members and encourages enquiries for advice on all health and safety related matters.
Note: All accidents/incidents are to be reported to HSE branch as soon as possible.
Guidelines
The following guidelines are available to download (Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view pdf files. Get Adobe Acrobat reader.):
- Bicycles on Campus Guidelines
- Guidelines for Employee Health and Safety Performance
- Guidelines for Gas Cylinders
- Guidelines for Safe Work Procedures Screen-based Equipment and Use
- Guidelines for Workshop Safety
- Guidelines on Specific Health and Safety Responsibilities Under NT Legislation
- Guidelines Smoke-free Work Environment
- PPE Responsibilities Guidelines
- PPE Guidelines for Selection Purchase and Use
- Safe Work Guidelines Hazardous Substances and Dangerous Goods
- Signage Guidelines
- Workers compensation
Forms and instructions
The following forms are available to download from the PMD Forms website under Health, Safety and Environment
- Accident, injury and incident report
- Hazardous substances risk assessment
- Manual handling risk assessment checklist
- Position risk descriptor
- Medical declaration
- Safe work procedure template
- Witness to accident/injury report
- Workshop general health and safety checklist
- New employee health and safety checklist
- Hazard report
- General OH&S checklist
- Machine guarding checklist
- Computerised workstation checklist
- Employee Assistance Program information leaflet
- Workstation set up
OH&S framework
This document outlines the University's Occupational Health and Safety Framework, including Terms of Reference and membership of the University Health and Safety Group, and the Workplace Advisory Groups, which represent the faculties, divisions and regional campuses.
OH&S training
OH&S programs
Employee Assistance Program
Contact details
Acting Manager, Health, Safety and Environment Branch
Horst Walter
Phone: 08 8946 6592
Fax: 08 8946 7211
Email: horst.walter@cdu.edu.au
Acting Health, Safety and Environment Advisor
Anita O'Connor
Phone: 08 8946 7294
Fax: 08 8946 7211
Email: anita.o'connor@cdu.edu.au
