Responsibilities of the Safety & Wellbeing branch

The Safety & Wellbeing branch of the Human Resources Unit has the primary role in co-ordinating the UTS health and safety management system, which includes:

• driving UTS-wide safety and wellbeing plan and risk management programs,

• establishing, monitoring, auditing and improving the health and safety management system,

• supporting academic and administrative units in delivering their operational safety and wellbeing plans through service agreements,

• providing advice and guidance to academic and administrative units on UTS risk management and prevention programs,

• maintaining relationships with internal committees (such as the UTS Biosafety Committee) and external organisations (such as the WorkCover Authority of NSW and the NSW Department of Health) in the fields of occupational health and safety, and risk management,

• providing a workplace injury management and return to work program that assists staff to promptly return to safe and durable work following injury or illness,

• managing the UTS workers compensation insurance function,

• monitoring compliance to the health and safety management system through the regular auditing of academic and administrative units based on Australian Standards.