School of CSCH - Health and Safety Advisory Committee Remit

The School Health and Safety Advisory Committee meets once per term to discuss matters arising from the various sub-school safety committee meetings. Its membership comprises the following: School Health and Safety Advisor (convenor) School Administrator (secretary) Head of School Heads of Divisions One representative from each Division Health and Safety Committee Convenor of The Chancellor's Building Health and Safety Committee Non-Divisional representatives to assist the School Health and Safety Advisor with advice on special areas of safety Responsibilities of the School Health and Safety Advisory Committee · To provide advice and disseminate information to the Heads of division and to the division Safety Committees · To receive regular reports from division safety committees (including copies of notes from each division safety committee meeting) · To ensure that division safety committees are proactive in ensuring safe practices are implemented at all times (including audits, inspection visits, record keeping) · To encourage and advice on good practices (sharing good practice already established in local areas) · To ensure that all work areas within the School fall within the control of one of the division committees · To assist in establishing some uniformity (where possible) of practices within division · To promote the use of annual "in-house" audits to encourage the sharing of good practice and act as a self-regulating mechanism