Safety and Health Newsletter – June 2009 Safety Related Training 2009
• Laboratory Safety Course (1 day) on Wednesday 1st July
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/lab
• X-ray Analysis Safety Course (1/2 day) on Tuesday 21st July
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/xray_analysis
• Laser Safety in Research Course (1/2 day) on Wednesday 29th July
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/laser_safety
• SHR Refresher (1 day) – Wednesday 5th August 2009
For Safety and Health Representatives and Safety Officers. The course will review and provide updates on the OSH Legislation; safety risk management; consultation and cooperation; and the issue of Provisional Improvement Notices (PINS). For more information contact Peter Carlyon on 6488 7934 and to enrol call 6488 3938 or email Rebecca Joel at: safety@uwa.edu.au
• Safety and Health for Managers and Supervisors – Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th August, 1.00 pm to 4.30 pm (two sessions)
http://www.osds.uwa.edu.au/about/workshop.asp?workshop_id=566
• Warden Training Course (1/2 day) on Monday 21st September
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden
• Warden Refresher Training Course (1 hour) on Monday 21st September
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden_refresher H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)
A new 'Guidance for UWA Management on H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)' was issued on 29th June 2009. This was distributed with ‘Flu and You’ posters to all UWA Mail Box Delivery Points and email notification made to the University Managers Group. A copy of the guide is available from the Safety and Health website (below). Other useful sites are also listed. Guidance for UWA Management on H1N1 (Swine Flu): http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/whats_new (June 2009)
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing 'Flu and You' posters: http://www.flupandemic.gov.au/internet/panflu/publishing.nsf/Content/D27E65EE7D331326CA2573D300119F2E/$File/flu-posters.pdf
UWA Swine-Flu website: http://www.uwa.edu.au/swine-flu
UWA Influenza Guidelines: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/policies/influenza_guidelines Critical incident Enhanced Desktop Exercise – Wednesday 24th June
The University has a number of emergency management plans including for the main Crawley (and Nedlands) campus, Currie Hall, Oral Health Centre, Shenton Park Field Station and plans for smaller locations (as required). There is also a UWA Critical Incident Management and Recovery (CIMR) Plan which is activated when the scale or severity of an incident threatens the University’s people, operations, assets, environment, or long-term prospects and reputation. Training on the CIMR Plan was provided to staff on Tuesday 23rd June and an Enhanced Desktop Exercise conducted on Wednesday 24th June to test the response and recovery aspects of this plan. The exercise will also be used to refine elements of the CIMR Plan. For information on UWA incident and emergency response and reporting requirements see: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/incidents_and_emergency University Safety Committee
The University Safety Committee last met on 9th June 2009. The next meeting is on Tuesday 11th August 2009. Approved minutes from previous meetings are available from the Safety and Health website. http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/people/committees/safety Previous Safety & Health Newsletters
For those who have missed out on our earlier editions, copies of previous newsletters can be obtained from the following web site: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/newsletter. All are encouraged to share relevant safety information in each edition to the rest in your respective workplaces. The University of Western Australia
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