WSH roles, responsibilities and authorities of employees
Organization should effectively communicate to all the stakeholders whom they affect at all levels within the organization about their WSH responsibilities and authorities. Communication is important because it ensure the stakeholders understand the scope and the interfaces between the various functions and the channels to be used to initiate action.
To ensure the effective establishment and implementation of the Workplace Safety & Health
Management System, it is necessary to assign responsibilities and authorities if employees within
the organization where responsibility is accountability for carrying out duties properly. And
authority is the right to make decisions and direct the work of others
Means of communicating WSH Documents
To ensure the effective establishment and implementation of the Workplace Safety & Health
Management System, it is necessary to assign responsibilities and authorities if employees within
the organization where responsibility is accountability for carrying out duties properly. And
authority is the right to make decisions and direct the work of others
Means of communicating WSH Documents
There are various ways an organization can use to communicate the roles, responsibilities and
authorities to the stakeholders and this includes but not restricted to the following
a) One-on-one session by supervisors, where briefing is conducted by the supervisor to his
subordinate on an individual basis
authorities to the stakeholders and this includes but not restricted to the following
a) One-on-one session by supervisors, where briefing is conducted by the supervisor to his
subordinate on an individual basis
b) Through job descriptions where a copy of the employee job description is given to the employee
when he joins the company
when he joins the company
c)Through appointment letter where a copy of the employee appointment letter is given to the
employee when he joins the company and is acknowledged by the employee on his acceptance of
his job appointment
employee when he joins the company and is acknowledged by the employee on his acceptance of
his job appointment
Means of Communicating WSH Documents | |
Stakeholders | Means of Communications |
Site Coordinator | 1)Appointment Letter 2)Job descriptions |
WSH Professionals | 1)Appointment Letter 2)Job descriptions |
Workers | 1)One-on-one session by supervisors 2)Job descriptions 3)Appointment letter |
Supervisors | 1)One-on-one session by managers 2)Job descriptions 3)Appointment letter |
Line Management, managers | 1)Appointment Letter 2)Job descriptions |
Top Management, | 1)Appointment Letter 2)Job descriptions |
Contractors | 1) Contract Agreement 2)Job descriptions |
