Resources
WorkSafe guidance
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in schools: A practical guide for school
- Consultation: A guide for Victorian
- Employee Representation: A comprehensive guide to part 7 of the OHS Act
- The importance of health and safety – including their entitlements
- Electing health and safety – including disqualification
- Consultation with health and safety
- Powers of health and safety – including their involvement in workplace inspections
- Provisional improvement notices and directions to cease
Templates and forms
- OHS risk register – a register of identified OHS hazards, their associated risks and control measures within the workplace
- OHS issue resolution flowchart – outlines the process for resolving OHS issues
- OHS training planner/register – helps to identify and schedule OHS training for each individual employee to assist in closing competency gaps
- OHS activities calendar – to assist with planning OHS related meetings and the scheduling of OHS required activities
- Health and safety representative election process flow chart (staff login required) – to guide schools through the process of electing a HSR
- Health and safety representative nomination form template (staff login required) – to assist schools with the HSR nomination process
- Health and Safety Committee Terms of Reference template (staff login required) – for schools to use when establishing a Health and Safety Committee
- Health and Safety Committee meeting minutes template (staff login required) – to assist the management of a Health and Safety Committee
- OHS noticeboard guide – contains information about mandatory items that must be displayed on the OHS noticeboard:
- Health, safety and wellbeing policy poster
- OHS issue resolution flowchart
- OHS meeting and/or committee meeting minutes
- First aid summary sheet
- If you are injured at work poster
- Employee Assistance Program poster
- Notifiable incidents to WorkSafe Victoria flowchart
- Returning to Work Following a Workplace Injury poster
- Reporting and management of incidents and hazards poster
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Reviewed 31 January 2024