VCET’s goal is to stage successful and memorable events with no harm to people.

To enable VCET to provide a safe and healthy place to work and visit, prevent work-related injury and ill-health, and enhance employee health and wellbeing, VCET and MCEC management have committed to developing, implementing, and continually improving a contemporary Occupational Safety, Health & Wellbeing Management System (OSHW MS).

VCET will ensure compliance with all Health & Safety Acts and Regulations applicable to VCET operation, as well as any relevant Codes of Practice and Australian Standards as far as possible.

VCET OSHW MS is modelled on the key principles of standard ISO 45001 standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. The Standard describes the key elements of an effective OSHW system and based on continual improvement principles, human centred, integrated with the organisation’s business systems, structures, processes, and practices, and be appropriate for the purpose, size, and context of the organisation and to the specific nature of its safety, health and wellbeing risks and opportunities.

VCET’s SHW MS provides a framework for:

• Identifying and eliminating hazards and reducing the risk of injuries, diseases, and illhealth resulting from VCET’s activities.
  
• Fostering a working environment and systems of work that help optimise individual, group, and organisational performance, resilience, and creativity.
  
• Establishing measurable SHW objectives to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
  
• Responding when the need for further improvements to the SHW MS are identified.
  

Management is committed to:

• Maintaining a OSWHS management system to ensure it is consistent with the nature and risk profile of VCET operations.
  
• Providing and maintaining safe systems of work to reduce Workplace Health Safety and Wellbeing risks through the risk assessment, hazard identification, hazard elimination, implementation, and review of control to reduce the risk of injuries, diseases, and ill health resulting from VCET’s activities.
  
• Fostering a working environment and systems of work that help optimise individual, group, and organisational performance, resilience, and creativity.
  
• Establishing measurable OSHW objectives to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
  
• Responding when the need for further improvements to the OSHW MS are identified.
  
• Driving a safety culture that enables and actively encourages employees to participate in the development, maintenance, and improvement of the OSHW MS.
  
• Providing and supporting services, programs, and initiatives, that improve the health and wellbeing of its employees.
  
• Ensuring compliance with legislative and other requirements and working in collaboration with regulatory and other authorities to fulfil these obligations.
  
• Consultation and participation of employees and their representatives on health and safety matters that affect them, and the identification of hazards, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
  
• Provide adequate resources to maintain healthy, safe, and supportive workplaces.
  
• Providing information and training for all VCET representatives to enable them to perform their roles and responsibilities safely
  

Employee Safety, Health, and Wellbeing (SHW) is everyone’s responsibility; every person has a duty to prevent harm to themselves and others. All employees partners, customers, and visitors are expected to comply with the SHW MS and associated policies, procedures, and instructions.

Employees are expected to work towards the requirements of the SHW MS by taking action to identify and manage hazards and risks at MCEC and are encouraged take up opportunities that will enhance their wellbeing.

Management will actively encourage and provide a safe space for all employees to raise any safety or health concerns or opportunities for improvement and provides authority for employees to stop any activity that poses a significant, serious, and immediate risk to health, safety, or wellbeing.

Roles and responsibilities associated with the development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the SHW MS will be defined in documented management and operational procedures. These procedures will be written in easy to understand English and provide clear and concise standards and instructions for all the applicable areas of the company’s activities.

VCET and MCEC management will regularly review the SHW MS to confirm controls to prevent workplace injury remain effective and there is a continued focus on employee wellbeing, and ensure it is continually improved taking advantage of identified opportunities. This policy will be communicated to all employees, contractors, and stakeholders of VCET and MCEC to ensure awareness of our commitment to safety and wellbeing.