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A Sport Safe Management System enables you to:
- Systematically improve OHS management
- Demonstrate compliance with relevant legislation
- Reduce workplace risks.
A management system is a documented process of team planning, allocation of responsibilities, and implementation and review of risk controls. A management system enables you to think things through, to identify what is likely to go wrong and to prevent or reduce the likelihood of accidents from happening or if they do occur, reduce the severity.
Good Business Practice Achieves Positive Results
Good OHS management is good business practice. A sound approach to OHS will not only create a safer workplace, but will result in improved team morale and better results in competition. While OHS compliance may seem to be very difficult to achieve, it is the same as any other important management task when properly understood and managed systematically.
Self Assessment of "Reasonably Practicable" Risk Controls
Most OHS legislation requires employers to assess for themselves that their workplace is "without risk" to the extent that is "reasonably practicable". Sport Safe defines and specifies "reasonably practicable" risk controls using well established industry standards. This means that team managers are responsible to assess and control safety risks according to industry standards. In addition, there are many State and sporting regulations that Teams must be aware of, and respond to.
Reduced Risk
Full implementation of Sport Safe enables you to reduce risk associated with your activities and
continually demonstrate and improve your OHS compliance.
Improved OHS and risk management may also result in lower insurance costs.
Creating a Safe Work Place
Management and all team members must take the initiative to:
- Identify hazards and potential sources of risk to health and safety, then taking action to control these risks.
- Taking action based upon effective communication at all levels.
Typically, the sorts of actions you will need to apply will include:
- Identifying, assessing and controlling existing hazards and risks
- Defining and delegating responsibilities
- Improving consultation
- Using personal protective equipment
- Buying safe equipment and materials
- Improving existing work practices by improving training and supervision.
Management must lead by example to create safe work methods and to monitor performance and insist on compliance with specified methods.
Consultation
Sport Safe uses the unique documentation format concept to encourage team participation.
The result of a high level of staff consultation will be:
- Better decisions
- More effective communication
- Less resistance to change
- Safe work practices that are easier to maintain
Sport Safe Monthly Consultation Topics and OHS News
Sport Safe Online participants are emailed regular consultation topic and relevant OHS news items that you can print and discuss with team members to provide evidence of consultation.
Keeping Up To Date With Legal Requirements
Sport Safe will help you keep up to date and informed with developments and legal requirements for achievable good business practice.