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Workplace Health and Safety Policy and Procedures 1Grow Management Consultants Workplace Health and Safety Policy and ProceduresPurposeThis policy applies to all workers at Grow Management Consultants. To outline the necessary steps taken to ensure the continued safety of the work environment for all students, staff and others participating in any activities within the premises or under the employment of Grow Management Consultants. All employees, as well as Grow Management Consultants, are responsible for ensuring a healthy and safe workplace.DefinitionsAhazard is any potentially dangerous situation within the work environment.Incident means an event or circumstance that leads – or could have lead - to unintended or unnecessary harm during a person’s participation in work with Grow Management Consultants. An injury is any incident that causes harm to a person during their participation in work activities with Grow Management Consultants.WHS communication and consultation means sharing information, giving workers a reasonable opportunity to express views, and taking those views into account before making decisions on health and safety mattersDuty Holders Duties are non-transferable. A person may have more than one duty and more than one person can have the same duty. However, in that case, each person must discharge the duty to the extent the person has the capacity to influence and control the matter (or would have that capacity but for an agreement or arrangement purporting to limit or remove that capacity).Duties imposed on a person to ensure health or safety (‘health and safety duties’) require the person:to eliminate risks to health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable, andif it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety, to minimise those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.Overview

Workplace Health and Safety Policy and Procedures 2Grow Management Consultants recognises the importance of providing a safe and healthy environment for staff, contractors and visitors during their participation in work.Grow Management Consultants aspires for excellence in workplace health and safety and is committed to providing an environment which is free from risks and conducive to the productivity and efficiency needs of its staff and others.

Workplace Health and Safety Policy and Procedures 3Policy1.Compliance with legislation1.1.Grow Management Consultants meets the requirements of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and complies with all other relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, advisory and best practice standards as well as organisational policies and procedures.2.Organisational responsibility and commitment 2.1Grow Management Consultants is committed to:Providing a safe and healthy environment for all staff and others during theirparticipation in activities with Grow Management ConsultantsImplementing effective risk management systems that are relevant and suitablefor the organisation’s scope of business; promote workplace health and safety atall times; and continuously improve performance in relation to health and safety. Encouraging active participation, cooperation and consultation with all staff andothers in the promotion and development of measures to improve health andsafety.Actively responding to, recording and investigating all incidents.Maintaining relevant policies, procedures, training, codes of conduct andsystems to support and communicate effective health and safety practicesthroughout the organisation.Routinely conducting checks of the work environment to assess risks, identifyhazards and identify areas for improvement.Taking immediate response to reduce the risk of identified workplace hazards.Providing appropriate induction, training, information and updates to staff on aregular basis about workplace health and safety.3.Staff responsibility3.1All staff including managers have a responsibility to work safely; take all reasonablecare for their own health and safety; and always consider the health and safety of others who may be affected by their actions.3.2When staff are undertaking work from home or at an off-site location, the staff member is responsible for ensuring the environment they enter into is free from risk and occupational health and safety hazards.4.Reporting4.1All staff, and others are required to report any identified workplace hazards and associated risks as soon as they become aware of them.4.2All staff, and others are required to report any incident that causes harm to a person during their participation in work and/or training activities with Grow Management Consultants.5.Records

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