Occupational Health and Safety
This section of Riskequip provides some insight into occupational health and safety, its management, systems and specific hazards. The legal obligation placed upon all employers under each of the occupational health and safety Acts throughout
A point to consider before you proceed :
When it comes to minimising the risk of injury or illness in child care, the skill has already been acquired, it is applied by centres every day to protect the children in their care. It’s the same approach that needs to be applied to protect the centre’s employees, the management of which also needs to be demonstrated in documentation.
OH&S Management at your centre
Succesful management of your occupational health and safety risk has a benefit to your staff and also your centre. When looking at what is required for you centre, click on the following:
A systematic approach to your centres’ health and safety
Approaching OH&S management systematically helps keep the approach consistent and able to be followed by all at the centre.
Occupational hazards in childcare.
The manner in which the management of health and safety issues at the centre are approached should be consistent, and systematic as described in the systems and management section. There are however a few specific hazards that tend to dominate child care worker’s related illness and injuries. These are expanded upon in the links below.
