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What are the three key elements of health and safety policy?
A policy is presenting in three sections:
1. General statement of intent 2. Organization 3. Arrangements
Organization:
This section indicates the chain of commands for health and safety management identifies roles
Arrangements:
This section outlines the arrangements that exist for effective management of health & safety Note: there is no one correct format or set of content for health and safety policy.
Objectives:
Meeting legal obligations Provision of a safe workplace, safe equipment and safe system of work, Information, training and supervision Risk assessment of all relevant workplace activities Performance monitoring
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Targets:
The statement of intent may also set target for the organization to achieve. Possible targets might be related to: Accident rates Active monitoring
Organization:
It outlines the chain of command for health and safety management and identifies the roles and responsibilities of staff. It is standard practice for this section to include an organization chart showing the lines of responsibility and accountability. This chart also show the lines of communication and the feedback routes that exist within the organization
This section reflects the management hierarchy of organization and allocates responsibilities CEO or Managing Director
Is responsible and accountable for the entire organization
All employees
Are responsible for acting safely at site
Competent Persons
Who have operational duties but are also considered competent to carryout one ore more health and safety duties like first aiders and fire marshals etc.
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