Throughout this section, the term "Faculty Occupational Health & Safety Committee" also includes the Central Administration Occupational Health & Safety Committee, The Institute for Molecular Bioscience Occupational Health & Safety Committee and the International & Development Occupational Health & Safety Committee unless otherwise stated. Similarly, the term "Executive Dean" also includes the positions of Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Secretary & Registrar, unless otherwise stated.
This section provides an overview of the structures of occupational health and safety bodies at the University of Queensland, and of the roles of individual University staff. Please follow the links on the left to access the information you're looking for. Also available here is the full senate report from which much of this information is drawn.
For a visual overview of the OH&S consultative structures at the University, please click here.
The policy of the University is to achieve the highest attainable level of occupational health and safety (OH&S) for its employees and students and other persons throughout all areas of its activities.
The concept of Occupational Health and Safety Committees is based on the management philosophy which recognises that responsibility for safety rests with the creators of risks and those who work with the risks. It emphasises "total involvement of the work force at the actual point where human activity is taking place" (Robens,1972).