H&S Responsibilities of Faculties/Institutes/Centers/General Secretary/Services

Each Faculty/Institute/Center/Service must form a health and safety committee to oversee the health and safety issues in its premise. They must get the consultation of the University Safety Committee (USC) and work in coordination with it.

Faculties/Institutes/Centers/Services must ensure that their activities are undertaken safely and with due regard to health for all staff, students and visitors in areas under their control. The key tasks of Faculties/Institutes/Centers/Services are to:

  • Ensure health and safety policy and practice is suitable and sufficient in the areas under their control
  • Ensure that health and safety is fully integrated into their management plans
  • Ensure suitable and sufficient resources are allocated to health and safety issues
  • Communicate and co-operate with the faculty members & staff, USO, other units of the university in related matters
  • Enable staff and students in their premises to effectively communicate on health and safety issues
  • Annually report to the faculty members and USC summarizing the health and safety activities undertaken and plans for the forthcoming year
  • Monitor and report compliance, incidents and defects (as necessary) on any health and safety or related matters (including building maintenance issues) relating to areas in their control or shared space under their control

 

Faculties/Institutes/Centers/Services are required to have their own Safety Policies, which will provide specific details beyond the University safety policy. These Unit policies shall be reviewed at least every two years and copies of any amended policies shall be submitted to the USO and the relevant Unit Head. The USO provides guidance on the best practice with respect to the contents and coverage of Unit Safety Policies

The Head of each Faculty/Institute/Center holds personal responsibility for ensuring that the Faculty/Institute/Center is run in a safe manner and is supported by the Faculty/Institute/Center Safety Officers and other trained persons as necessary to advise, monitor and plan for safe activities without undue risks to health.

Where more than one Faculty/Institute/Center occupies a building they are required to co-operate with each other for those aspects that require a building overview (such as fire evacuation).

Prepared by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahmut Ekşioğlu