King Edward VII College

Health and Safety Policy and Procedures

Purpose
This policy applies to all King Edward VII College workers. To describe the steps necessary to ensure
the safety, quality, health, and proper work environment and personal growth as the continuous
work environment for all students, staff, and others involved in any activity on or under the
premises. the employment of King Edward VII College.

All employees, as well as King Edward VII College, are responsible for ensuring a healthy and safe
workplace.

 Propose and execute a Strategic Quality Plan.

 Manage and strengthen the quality circles in the different managements: institutional,
administrative, pedagogical, formative and pastoral.
 Strengthen and support teachers' competences towards achieving quality learning within
the pedagogical model.

Definitions
A hazard is any potentially dangerous situation within the work environment.

Incident means an event or circumstance that leads – or could have lead - to unintended or
unnecessary harm during a person’s participation in work with King Edward VII College.

An injury is any incident that causes harm to a person during their participation in work activities
with King Edward VII College.

WHS communication and consultation means sharing information, giving workers a reasonable
opportunity to express views, and taking those views into account before making decisions on health
and safety matters

Overview
King Edward VII College recognizes the importance of providing a safe and healthy environment for
staff, contractors and visitors during their participation in work. King Edward VII College aspires for
excellence in workplace health and safety and is committed to providing an environment which is
free from risks and conducive to the productivity and efficiency needs of its staff and others. King
Edward VII College committed to implementing work/life balance in the workplace.
Policy
It provides comprehensive scientific and humanistic training to students through the development of
their skills and values, through current pedagogical proposals, promoting harmonious and
democratic coexistence in cultural and social diversity, commits to:

 Provide a quality educational proposal that meets the needs of our students and parents
that complies with the legal and institutional regulations applicable to the services we offer.
 Continuously improve the comprehensive processes of the educational service.
 Permanently train our collaborators in processes, activities or services.

1. Compliance with legislation

1.1. King Edward VII College meets the requirements of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and
complies with all other relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, advisory and best
practice standards as well as organisational policies and procedures.

2. Organisational responsibility and commitment

2.1 King Edward VII College is committed to:

 Providing a safe and healthy environment for all staff and others during their participation in
activities with King Edward VII College
 Implementing effective risk management systems that are relevant and suitable for the
organisation’s scope of business; promote workplace health and safety at all times; and
continuously improve performance in relation to health and safety.
 Encouraging active participation, cooperation and consultation with all staff and others in
the promotion and development of measures to improve health and safety.
 Actively responding to, recording and investigating all incidents.
 Maintaining relevant policies, procedures, training, codes of conduct and systems to support
and communicate effective health and safety practices throughout the
organisation.
 Routinely conducting checks of the work environment to assess risks, identify hazards and
identify areas for improvement.
 Taking immediate response to reduce the risk of identified workplace hazards.
 Providing appropriate induction, training, information and updates to staff on a regular basis
about workplace health and safety.

3. HUMAN RESOURCES

 Review and improvement of planning and management documents.

 Promote methodological strategies and activities that promote quality learning within the
institutional pedagogical model.
 Evaluate and carry out internal audits related to the quality of each management. Maintain a
good working environment at the institution.
4. Staff responsibility

3.1 All staff including managers have a responsibility to work safely; take all reasonable care for
their own health and safety; and always consider the health and safety of others who may be
affected by their actions.

3.2 When staff are undertaking work from home or at an off-site location, the staff member is
responsible for ensuring the environment they enter into is free from risk and occupational
health and safety hazards.

5. Reporting

5.1 All staff, and others are required to report any identified workplace hazards and associated
risks as soon as they become aware of them.

5.2 All staff, and others are required to report any incident that causes harm to a person during
their participation in work and/or training activities with King Edward VII College.

6. Records

6.1 Appropriate records of the organisation’s risk management strategy, workplace hazards and
workplace injuries will be accurately maintained at all times.

Procedures
1. Workplace health and safety inspections

Steps Responsibility
1.1 An annual worksite inspection will be conducted using the Workplace Operations
Health & Safety Checklist. Manager
1.2 Control hazards All staff
All hazards identified through any of the above inspections must be
reported to
the Operations Manager using the Workplace Hazard Report.
Appropriate actions must be taken to control any hazards identified.
Hazards and control mechanisms are to be recorded in the central
Safety and
Hazard Register for all identified hazards.
Risk ratings are to be added to the Risk Management Plan.

2. Identify and control hazards

Steps Responsibility
2.1 Identify and control hazards. All staff
 All staff have a responsibility to respond to hazards and perceived
risks to health and safety.
 Any staff member who identifies a potential or actual workplace Operations
hazard must report it immediately to the Operations Manager using Manager
 the Workplace Hazard Report.
 The Operations Manager will take appropriate actions to control the
identified hazards in accordance with the Health and Safety Policy.
 The Operations Manager will complete the Hazard Register for all
identified hazards.
 Hazards and their control mechanisms are to be recorded in the
Workplace Injury Register.
 Any risk ratings are to be added to the Risk Management Plan.

3. Workplace incidents

Steps Responsibility
3.1 Workplace incidents All staff
 If an incident occurs in the workplace any persons attending to the
incident or witness to the incident are to fill in a Workplace Incident
Form. Operations
 Where the incident involves an injury, the first person in attendance Manager
to a workplace injury should contact the First Aid Officer or
emergency services in the case of a serious injury.
 Workplace Injury Forms are to be provided to the Operations
Manager who will use the records to gather accounts of the incident
and use them as the basis of an investigation into the incident, if
required.
 All serious injuries will be reported to Worksafe.