What is a Health and Safety Management System (OHS System)?
An effective OHS System provides the blueprint and the mechanisms needed to meet the University’s legal responsibilities and to fulfill our Statement of Commitment to Health and Safety. Acadia’s OHS System includes: • clear authority, responsibility, lines of communication and accountability for H&S at all levels within the University, • a process for involving faculty and staff (through the JOHSC and Sub-committee structure) in the development and implementation of the OHS System, • a process for identifying applicable regulations, standards and “best practices”, and the development and implementation of programs and procedures for achieving compliance, • a process for ensuring that faculty, staff and students have appropriate training and adequate supervision to ensure that they comply with all health and safety requirements, • a process for proactively identifying health and safety hazards, issues and other concerns, the assessment and evaluation of risks, and the application of app
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