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Health & Safety

Your Role in Health & Safety

Find out the policies & procedures relevant to your role in the University

Admin/Support

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Helping to identify and protect employees who regularly use DSE as a significant part of their normal work, which may be quantified as continuous periods of an hour or more for most days at work..

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Advice, guidelines and procedures for travelling overseas for Ðǿմ«Ã½ business purposes.

 
 

Telus Health Employee Assistance Programme is a telephone Counselling and Advisory Support Service, accessed via their free helpline (0800 169 1920), available 24/7 x 365, and is totally confidential. You can also access through the Telus Health app, just email Staff Benefits for your unique code to join.


Technical

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Chemicals exist everywhere in the workplace and as such require specific control measures to be in place to ensure they can be used and stored correctly.

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Dangerous substances are substances that can put safety at risk from fire, explosion, and the corrosion of metal. These risks need to be considered and managed in a specific way to comply with legal requirements.

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Robert Gordon University has a duty to ensure that all equipment it provides is suitable for its intended use and is maintained to ensure that it is safe.

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Manual handling covers a wide variety of activities including lifting, lowering pushing, pulling and carrying. If not done correctly it can result in work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

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The University has a responsibility to ensure that any plant, equipment, or machinery that is purchased for use complies to the specific regulated standards.

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Health and safety risk assessment is the proper consideration of all work-related hazards persons are exposed to, and determining means to avoid these hazards, or reduce their likelihood/severity.


Academic

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Chemicals exist everywhere in the workplace and as such require specific control measures to be in place to ensure they can be used and stored correctly.

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Many Schools and Departments organise events which either are not part of their routine activities and/or which invite members of the public into University buildings which require a higher level of safety management.

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Lasers come in various shapes and forms and have many uses within teaching, research, shop checkouts, manufacturing, engineering and in office work.

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Health and safety risk assessment is the proper consideration of all work-related hazards persons are exposed to, and determining means to avoid these hazards, or reduce their likelihood/severity.

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Advice, guidelines and procedures for travelling overseas for Ðǿմ«Ã½ business purposes.


Student

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Studying at University is an exciting and rewarding experience. For some it also brings changes which might at times be difficult and stressful. The Student Counselling & Wellbeing Service is here for you.

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Many Schools and Departments organise events which either are not part of their routine activities and/or which invite members of the public into University buildings which require a higher level of safety management.

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Health and safety risk assessment is the proper consideration of all work-related hazards persons are exposed to, and determining means to avoid these hazards, or reduce their likelihood/severity.


Contractor

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The introduction of contractors to Ðǿմ«Ã½ premises is necessary to support construction work and to provide infrastructure, equipment, or services to support Ðǿմ«Ã½ Events.