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IT Services are committed to the safety and welfare of all employees through prevention, education and promotion of staff awareness on health and safety issues.Our aim is to prevent and / or reduce workplace accidents by educating staff on safe practices in the workplace and reducing hazardous conditions for the good of all, directly and indirectly associated with IT Services.It is our intention to develop and implement effective policies and procedures that will reduce or eliminate accidents and injuries through training, education and local inspections.
IT Services aims to provide services and assistance for each member of staff to establish and maintain a self-sufficient health and safety process with reference to the health and safety guidance and practices established by QMUL Health and Safety Directorate.
To achieve this, IT Services is committed to maintaining a safety process which actively involves all employees in identifying and correcting workplace safety issues in order to reduce accidents and injuries by providing health and safety training to all staff.
Full details of the college strategy can be found on the Health and Safety Directorate (HSD) website.
The CIO has overall responsibility for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of staff, students and Visitors in IT Services.
The following roles are in place to ensure Health and Safety is carried out across ITS:
The Local safety Departmental Safety Coordinator (DSC) will manage the day-to-day health, safety and well-being matters within the directorate.
A number of Local Safety Coordinators based in each service area support the DSC with the day-to-day health and safety matters.
Staff in each area and where possible in each building are trained in First Aid to ensure that help is readily available should an incident occur.
Staff in each area and where possible in each building are trained as Fire Marshals to provide help and guidance in across their areas.
An office inspection checklist has been made available to help guide and focus staff attention on potential areas of hazard, where a potential hazard has been identified the Office Based General Risk Assessment form should be used to capture and report any risks.