Occupational Health and Safety Policy
The ________________________________ [insert school name] is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for its paid and unpaid staff and visitors. The
_______________________________________ [insert management body’s name] believes that the health and safety of the canteen workers is vital to the successful management of the canteen. The ____________________ [insert management body name] will therefore commit resources to comply with all the relevant Acts and Regulations to ensure that the workplace is safe.
Responsibilities
Promoting and maintaining Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) is primarily the
responsibility of ___________________________ [insert management body name]. However, to achieve this it is important that everyone accepts responsibility for the health and well being of everyone in the canteen workplace.
Specific Responsibilities
Canteen Committee
The Canteen Committee will promote the concepts of OH&S, hold the Canteen Manager/Supervisor accountable to their specific OH&S responsibilities and support them in implementing practical measures to ensure that the work area they supervise is safe and without risks to health.
Canteen Manager/Supervisor
The Manager is responsible for taking all practical steps to identify and address any unsafe or unhealthy conditions or behaviour in the canteen. This includes ensuring that work organisation and systems are safe, as well as providing adequate supervision, information and training, so that staff are able to perform their duties safely.
Canteen Workers
All canteen workers are responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety, as well as the health and safety of others in the canteen. This includes cooperating fully with any directives of managers, aimed at managing a safe and healthy work environment. It also includes reporting any unsafe or unhealthy conditions and reporting accidents/incidents promptly.
Signed by Management Body: ______________________ Date: __________
Print name: ______________________ Position: _____________________