Health and Safety Committee Policy and Remit
POLICY CODE 5.1.2
POLICY NAME Health and Safety Committee Policy and Remit
UPDATE BY DBA
REVIEWED ON May 2024
NEXT REVIEW May 2025
DEVELOPED BY/ AUTHOR DCSL
Health and Safety Committee
Remit
• Act as a point of contact for medium- to long-term health and safety issues (urgent issues should be raised immediately with the Operations or the Facilities Department);
• Discussion of feedback, as necessary, relating to:
o emergency drills (fire, storm, war, intruder)
o bus inspections (vehicle/equipment and drop-off/pick-up procedures)
• Undertake Campus inspections. These inspections add to, but do not replace, any current inspections or checks carried out by the Operations Department, Facilities Department or others.
Meetings
Frequency of meetings will be before the beginning of the school year and once during the school year and as needed. A separate schedule for emergency drills will be kept.
Membership and Inspection teams:
• Committee membership will be composed of:
Title
Director of Business Administration (Chair)
School Secretary (Committee Secretary)
Headmaster
Nurse
Heads of School (for their area of responsibility)
Head of Department – P.E., Music, Art, Science (as above)
Designated Senior Person Safeguarding
Facilities Manager
Operations Manager
• * Inspection teams will be composed of members of the committee.
• A separate document containing names of members, inspectors and their inspection areas will be produced at the beginning of each academic year.
Inspection Areas
Inspection areas include classrooms, offices, corridors and stairways, outdoor areas, sports facilities and should cover fixtures, fittings and furniture. Student bathrooms should also be checked. Inspection areas are divided as following:
16 Swimming pool block Swimming pool, Changing & shower room, toilets, pump room, staircase.
17 Roof top garden
• Inspection checklists will be used during all inspections. For areas which have their own specific Health and Safety guidelines, inspectors will confirm that they have seen these guidelines, and will ask the responsible individual to sign a confirmation that the guidelines are implemented.
• The DBA, Heads of School and Department will collate the checklist for their areas of responsibility and present to the Committee Chair during the Term 1 and Term 3 inspections.
• Inspection areas exclude operational areas (e.g. electricity rooms, guard control room) which are checked by the Operations & Facilities Department; the school kitchen (checked annually by external contractor);
• Staff should report any major Health and Safety concerns: to the Operations Manager or Facility Manager, or use the Maintenance Help Desk for less pressing matters http://helpdesk.dulwich-seoul.kr:8081/helpdesk