Units reporting to the Executive Director
Occupational Health and Safety Section
Setting and applying health and safety policy, assessing workplace risk, providing protective equipment and staff training, and preparing emergency response plans.
Objectives
What this directorate works to achieve within the utility plan.
A safe workplace
A workplace whose hazards are known and controlled before an incident.
Accident prevention
Protective equipment available and actually used in the field.
Emergency readiness
Evacuation and response plans that are drilled, not merely written.
A safety culture
Training that makes safety a daily habit rather than a posted notice.
Duties and responsibilities
The main roles carried out by the directorate.
- Setting and applying occupational health and safety policy.
- Assessing risk at work sites and projects.
- Providing personal protective equipment and monitoring its use.
- Training staff on safety requirements.
- Investigating incidents and reporting on them.
- Preparing evacuation and emergency response plans.