Health, Safety and Environment Induction Handbook for Contractors

2 Disclaimer
The University has prepared this handbook in order to assist Contractors and their staff to work safely on
University grounds and abide by the University requirements relating to people, property and the
environment.
The aim of the handbook is to explain the local site rules and some of the safety obligations of Contractors
and their employees working at the University.
The Contractor has full responsibility to:
• identify all relevant regulations dealing with safety;
• understand the full extent of the University and the Contractors respective legal obligations; and
• implement all measures necessary to protect and promote the safety of all persons working on or near
the site on which the Contractor is working.
Nothing in this handbook may be construed as implying or suggesting that the contractor is in anyway
released or absolved from fully complying with all its statutory obligations of common law by virtue of
CQUniversity having provided this handbook to the Contractor.
3 Acknowledgements
CQUniversity gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the University of Newcastle (Physical Planning
& Estates Branch), University of Technology Sydney, and the University of Queensland. Their permission
to adapt the information contained in their handbooks has greatly simplified the task of producing this
document.
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