Posted By Frank Hallett
I think that you need to employ a consultant to help you through this Kevin.

Frank Hallett

Posted By Raymond Rapp
Kevin

God knows why you are interested...but never mind. I tend to agree with Mike's posting, adding a caveat that communications is all important. Even if they all know their respective roles it is crucial that they keep each other informed of developments and changes within a project environment and not assume each other knows.

Regards

Ray

Posted By Merv Newman
Kevin,

in my (vast) experience as a consultant, job descriptions rarely identify safety responsibilities. Not even for the safety person responsable for the H&S of their own team (if they have one) or for their own and especially not for a production manager. Costs, Quality, Environment, Volume, RH perhaps, But never H&S.

The H&S person has an advisory role. We can advise management/supervision on how they should be doing the H&S part of their jobs. We have the professional expertise. They have the management responsibility. We do not do their jobs for them.

We may say that "the risk assessment indicates that eye protection is required for this work". It is NOT our job to ensure that eye protection is worn.

It is also part of our job to audit and criticise others. We must say to more senior management that "X is letting people get away with it"

Just as it is part of our job to commend : "Harry is doing a great job on safety with his people" Unfortunately, this is a part of the role that we tend to forget. It's easy to criticise. Difficult to be positive. Needs training and practice.

By the way, if you need any training for your managers, give me a call. (if Frank can do it, so can I)

Sincère salutations

Merv Newman