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Who's Who

The following Student Experience staff are trained local First Aiders:

Posters with their contact details are displayed across the Directorate - download the most up to date version here:

The following staff are trained local Mental Health First Aiders:

A poster with their contact details is displayed prominently across the Directorate - download the most up to date version: Mental Health First Aider Contact Details [PDF 1,334KB]

Local Fire Marshals by Building

 

 

Bancroft Building (Disability and Dyslexia Service)

 

Geography (Advice and Counselling Service)

 

Graduate Centre (Research Degrees Office)

 

Mile End Library

Mile End Library Fire Marshals should download the Mile End Library Floor Plans - Fire Marshals [PDF 1,863KB] which shows their individual zone allocation (for routine checks only) across the three floors of the building. Any issues should be logged on the Fire Marshals Issues Log in the first 'ME Lib Fire Marshal issue log' red tab and followed up until resolved.

 

iQ East Court (Careers and Enterprise and Student Enquiry Centre)

 

West Smithfield Library

  • Reassurance Security Officers

 

Whitechapel Library

List of Student Experience Safety Representatives (by Department) 

 

The duties/responsibilities of Safety Reps include the following

  • Ensuring that risk assessments for their local activities are being completed. If they are not, to arrange for this to be completed (ensuring they request support from Hassan/Chris if required).
  • Ensuring findings and actions of any inspections or audits that relate to their area are progressed and completed and then report back to Hassan/Chris with updates.
  • Ensuring that any significant H&S issues or concerns raised/identified are brought to Chris/Hassan’s attention so that they can be addressed and resolved.
  • Monitoring their local first aid and fire marshal provisions and if they are not sufficient, notifying Chris/Hassan so that appropriate arrangements can be made to ensure that the Directorate has adequate cover in place for emergencies.
  • Assisting in checking local first aid kits and reporting back to Chris/Hassan that they have been checked or if additional items are required.
  • Cascading H&S-related information to their departments.
  • Collating and sending local records to Chris/Hassan as required so that we can collate the information for the whole Directorate (i.e training records).
  • Ensuring local incidents are reported and notifying HSD to make them aware of the incident.
  • Producing termly report of H&S matters of significance in their areas for the Student Experience Health, Safety and Security Management Committee.

Student Experience Safety Coordinators

 

Responsibilities/Duties

  • Be fully familiar with the Queen Mary Health & Safety Policy, Framework and Plan, emergency procedures and all Student Experience health and safety policies and procedures, and shall assist the Director in ensuring that they are applied.
  • Liaise with the Health and Safety Directorate (HSD) in matters concerning health, safety and emergency procedures in the Directorate.
  • Undertake health, safety and fire training as recommended by HSD.
  • Ensure that health and safety reports and information are disseminated to appropriate members of staff and students in the Directorate.
  • Advise and assist in ensuring that adequate precautions are taken in relation to both existing special hazards and those about to be introduced.
  • Ensure, in liaison with HSD that the first aid provision in the Directorate is adequate.
  • Ensure in conjunction with HSD (Fire Team) that there are a sufficient number of fire marshals for the Directorate.
  • Ensure in conjunction with the HSD (Fire Team) that suitable provision is made for the emergency evacuation of any disabled persons in the Directorate.
  • Advise and assist in ensuring that all plant and equipment their areas is maintained in a safe condition (in liaison with the Estates and Facilities Directorate).
  • Advise and assist in ensuring that staff and students are informed, instructed, trained and supervised to avoid risks to their health and safety.
  • Assist in ensuring that records of safety training, including induction and fire safety training, are kept for each member of staff and post-graduate student.
  • Assist in ensuring that, where induction and safety training is provided to under graduate students, a record of who has received the training is made and kept on file whilst the student is at Queen Mary University of London.
  • Advise and assist in ensuring that, where necessary, statutory occupational health and safety records are maintained.
  • Advise and assist in ensuring that a high standard of housekeeping is maintained in the Directorate.
  • Advise and assist in ensuring that appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment is available and used.
  • Seek to ensure that dangerous occurrences and accidents are reported to HSD on the appropriate form, that incidents are investigated and, where relevant, remedial actions are taken to prevent a recurrence.
  • Advise and assist in ensuring that systematic health and safety monitoring is carried out, through regular safety inspections and safety audits.
  • Identify and resolve unsafe or unhealthy conditions or work practices.
  • Ensure that suitable and sufficient risk assessments are undertaken, recorded and that identified control measures have been put in place.
  • Advise and assist in the preparation of an annual review of Directorate health and safety procedures and performance.

The Queen Mary Fire Safety team

Visit the HSD website or email firesafety@qmul.ac.uk for more information. 

Fire Risk Assessments - Student Experience Directorate Buildings

Contact Student Experience Safety Coordinators (Chris or Hassan) if you require information concerning the Fire Risk Assessments of Directorate Buildings:

  • Mile End Library.
  • Whitechapel Library.
  • West Smithfield Library. 
  • Geography (ground floor).
  • Bancroft (third floor).
  • iQ East Court (ground floor).
  • Graduate Centre (third & seventh floors).
  • Hive West (study space).
  • Canal side (study space).
  • People's Palace (Music rooms).
  • Research Degrees Office (Graduate Centre).

The Queen Mary Health and Safety Directorate team:

  • Junior Joseph, Professional Services Health & Safety Adviser.
  • Steven Carter, Professional Services Health & Safety Manager.
  • Siobhan Kavanagh, Health & Safety Adviser Humanities and Social Science.
  • Suzanne Mason, SMD Health & Safety Adviser (contact for first aid queries).
  • Ross Baker, Health & Safety Manager, Queen Mary Audit Lead.
  • Rebecca Jones, Director of Health & Safety Directorate.
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