OHS training requirements

As presented at the last School meeting, our new School Manager, Eugene Fredericks, will be working closely with the OHS Committee to ensure that all staff and students in the School operate in a safe workplace. One way of achieving that status is to ensure that all personnel have undertaken the required OHS training, depending upon their individual roles and responsibilities in the School.

In addition, we are required to regularly report to Faculty on our training completions across the School.

For your information, the OHS training requirements for staff and students can be found here: 

http://www.monash.edu.au/ohs/training/training-guide.pdf

All supervisors and managers are required to complete the face-to-face course, ‘Essential OHS for Supervisors and Managers’, which covers the management of safety and hazards in the workplace. This course needs to be completed every three years. The next course has been scheduled for Tuesday 16th December from 09:00 - 12:00 midday in the Surgery Seminar Room. The enrolment for this course is strictly limited to 20 participants.

I will be attending this course and would appreciate seeing as many Heads of Departments and other senior staff (who are managers and supervisors) also attend, as the propagation of a  culture that values safe work practices begins at the top!

No immediate action is required from you, as Ms Ganeema Tokhi, who is a part-time OHS Officer for the School and MIMIR-PHI Institute, will contact staff individually to invite them to attend the course on 16th December.

Staff and students will also be advised in due course as to their other OHS training requirements.

Thank you for your support in this important matter.

Professor Eric F Morand

Head, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health

Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences