Workplace Health and Safety

1. Workplace Health and Safety Induction Training for Staff

2. Workplace Health & Safety Act Expects staff to work in ways which prevent injury, illness or even worse outcomes, being caused by a deficient work practice, activity or equipment. The most important aspect of safety in the workplace is….. Common Sense.

3. Workplace Health and Safety Who is responsible? • Board of Directors • Head of College • Senior Staff/Managers • Middle Managers/Supervisors Staff • Students/Visitors It is the responsibility of all staff members to ensure that they have completed safety paperwork for excursions and trips and that risk assessments have been conducted on events and tasks before the event.

4. Workers Responsibilities: • Workers have a duty to follow their employer’s instructions and look after their own and others’ workplace health and safety. • They must complete all necessary risk assessment paperwork for activities and events. • They must also follow the employer’s system for reporting workplace health and safety incidents and hazards.

5. How do we show Due Diligence? This is the colleges’ way of proving that we have done as much as practically possible to prevent an incident from occurring. • Completing necessary paperwork • Reporting incidents or potential hazards when noticed • Reading risk assessments associated with excursions/camps/trips you are going on. • Making sure that Departmental risk registers are up to date • Making sure you have completed departmental inductions and training on equipment, processes and substances by your curriculum coordinator.

6. Penalties for Offenders • 3 categories of offences – Category 1: recklessly exposes a person to risk of death or serious injury or illness = $3 million corporations; $600,000 individuals; 5 years imprisonment Category 2: serious risk of harm without recklessness = $1.5 million corporations; $300,000 individuals Category 3: fails to comply with WHS duty = $0.5 million corporations; $100,000 individuals This could include failing to fill out required paperwork or failing to complete assigned duties such as playground duty.

7. Workplace Health & Safety Advisors Jenny George Dean Junior School WHS Representative – Teaching Work Group Director of Business and Finance Tony Nut Dean Middle & Senior School Sarah Bentley WHSO, Year 7 Coordinator, ITD Staff Alan Clark Facilities, ground and Security Manager Alana Patterson CC ITD, Fire Warden Glen Walker Director of Sport Ian Fish Science Lab Technician

8. Who to contact if you notice a hazard? • Facilities Staff –Alan Clark (Facilities, ground and Security Manager) • Sarah Bentley(Workplace Health & Safety Officer) • (Director of Business and Finance) • Tony Nutt (Dean Middle & Senior School) 5. Jenny George (Dean Junior School, and WHS Representative – Teaching Work Group)

9. DRA Safety Specialists • We have an independent safety consulting company who come to the school twice a year. • They sit in on our WHS Advisory meetings and advise us when we have unique situations or specific questions requiring more information. • The WHS Advisory group meets once per term to discuss issues/resolutions throughout the school. • If you have a safety issue you would like to bring up, please email myself or a member of the WHS Committee.

10. Department Risk Register High risk departments need to keep a risk register which records information about:- • Machinery/equipment within the department • Hazardous substances used within the department • Procedures carried out by staff or students • Risk assessments on activities/processes • Sign off register for training provided to staff and students

11. Department Risk Register • At the beginning of each year, the risk register needs to be read by all staff working within the department (including Aides) and each staff member must sign off to say that they have read the document and they have understood how to use the equipment or substances. • This process needs to be completed for all equipment for new staff to your department, and existing staff will need to read and sign off on any new equipment which may have been recently purchased. • If your staff have not yet signed off for 2015, this needs to happen in the next week – preferably before they start teaching classes.

12. Student Sign offs • You may need to have your students sign off when they are taught to use substances or equipment which may place them at risk. (Machinery, spray paint, stanley knives, chef knives, chemicals) • A student sign off sheet should include the name of the item being taught, the student name, date, student signature and staff signature. • This paperwork will help to prove that you have given information to students about how to safely use items or equipment. • In the event of an accident or injury, this could help protect you in court if the need arises.

13. Where to find information on Emergency Information

14. Emergency Information Read to ensure you know the correct procedures Listen

15. Where to find information on Excursion/Incursion Activity Packs

16. How to plan for an Excursion/Camp? *See Staff Handbook for detailed information

17. Staff Handbook contains information on … • General Supervision and Safety of Students (teacher to student ratios) • Safety (including transport, responsible behavior of staff and students) • Activities (planning, running and risk assessments) • Appropriate Dress standards for excursions • Medication • Critical Incident procedures

18. Excursion/Incursion Activity Packs *Submit 4 weeks prior to any activity* Buses will be booked by reception after approval by Dean

19. Definitions • Hazard is something with the potential to cause harm. • This can include substances (both hazardous and dangerous), plant, work processes or other aspects of the work environment. • Risk is the likelihood that a harmful consequence (death, injury or illness) might result when exposed to the hazard. • Risk can be quantified as a function of the likelihood of occurrence of the potential harm arising from the hazard and the severity of consequences • measured by the value of the damage the harm could cause. The amount of risk is affected by the likelihood of the occurrence (event) and the severity of the consequence that may occur.

20. General • Be familiar with the expectations and procedures • Where is - the nearest fire extinguisher, fire hose reel or fire hydrant? • Distinguish the Alarms & All Clear from the Alerts. • Teachers and students need to know the evacuation procedures for your class. • New students need briefing

21. Emergency Evacuation • Students and staff are the priority over property • Move to and gather at the Emergency Assembly Area – (Oval in front of the Canteen) • Find your form class and mark rolls if you are a class/form teacher – report to YLC if all accounted for or if somebody is missing. • Building Wardens check their building areas and report to Fire Warden – Alana Patterson/Myself • Non-form teachers report to Peter Vanderpoel

22. Evacuation Point Year 3-12 Year K - 2

23. Evacuation • Warning Tone sounds • Wait for Evacuation Tone • Leave books and equipment in place • Move students from classroom to the oval. • Teacher needs to lock the classroom door on their way out. • If form Teacher – Mark the roll of your form class • If not a form teacher – Assemble at the shade sails and inform Peter Vanderpoel you are present • Building Wardens need to send students to the oval with another teacher • Check all rooms within their area and lock on way out • Report to Fire Warden (Alana) that area is safe & clear • Wait for all clear to sound 23

24. Lockdown • Warning Tone Sounds • Wait for Lockdown Tone to Sound • Ensure students are out of view from the door and windows. (Sit under desks etc) • Lock the classroom door • If you have a computer on hand, check emails for regular updates • Wait for all clear to sound 24

25. Evacuation or lockdown during break • Follow same procedures as for class time. • Evacuation • Leave staffroom and usher all students towards the oval • Mark roll of your form class or check in with Peter Vanderpoel • Building Wardens to complete checks • Wait for all clear • Lockdown • Usher any students near your location into the nearest classroom • Ask them to move out of sight • Refer to your computer for email updates • Wait for all clear to sound 25

26. Evacuation and lockdown procedures • We have different alert tones for different situations…. • Warning Tone • Lockdown Tone • Evacuation Tone 26

27. Manual Handling What is manual handling? • Manual Handlingmeans any activity requiring a force for a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any object. • Back pain and injuries related to manual handling are some of the most frequent types of injuries, both on and off the job. • How are injuries caused? • A fall, impact, or extreme load may cause a back injury. Sudden unexpected force can also cause injury. BUT more commonly damage is caused over time by the cumulative effect of wear and tear and by consistently doing things the wrong way.

28. Manual Handling Posture

29. How can I prevent injuries? - Personal Factors Training • Ask your supervisor for training in manual handling, correct lifting techniques, team lifting and risk assessment; and • Try to ensure your workmates also have this training. Always assess the risk • Use your head before using your back; • Know your own capabilities & limitations; and • Remember to use risk assessments at home as well as at work.

30. How can I Prevent injuries? - Workplace Factors Identify the risk Look critically at your actions and movements: • What are my capabilities and limitations? • Do I have to twist? • Do I have to lift whilst in a confined position? • Can I lift with a straight back? • Do I spend a lot of time bent over? • Do I work in awkward positions for long times? • Do I do a lot of repetitive actions in my job? • Do I lift heavy loads immediately after sitting for a long time? Assess the risk • Risk of injury increases with: • Duration spent in awkward positions or doing repetitive work, • Frequency of doing this type of work, • Force required to handle a load, • The individual’s capability being affected by fatigue, previous injury, poor fitness, etc.

31. Ladders • A ladder must be used for any climbing purposes within the College. You must not use chairs, tables, milk crates or boxes to climb upon in order to reach things. • Any ladders used within the college grounds must be commercial ladders, not domestic ladders. This means that you cannot bring in a ladder from home or purchase an average ladder from Bunnings. • Ladders have weight ratings which must be clearly displayed, and you should be aware of the rating before you use the ladder. • You should not use a ladder if you have not been shown how to properly use it or if you do not feel comfortable using it. • Some departments may have specifically designed stepping stools, but these too must be weight rated and this should be clearly marked.

32. A risk assessment needs to be completed for the use of a ladder or step for the situation you are using it for. • For situations where you regularly use a ladder for the same procedures eg. Removing boxes from top shelves on a daily basis, a risk assessment should be completed and kept in the room where the event takes place. All people completing this task should be aware of the assessment and be shown how to use the ladder properly. • For ‘one off’ situations, the person completing the task may choose to do a ‘mental risk assessment’, look at the situation, make an assessment based upon how high the shelf/object is, is the ladder correctly weight rated for them, are they afraid of heights, do they currently have middle ear infections which could affect their balance etc.. • For very high situations, a ‘spotter’ may be required at the base of the ladder as an additional safety measure.