Work health and safety
As a host organisation, you have a primary duty of care to ensure people are not injured, physically or psychologically, when working with you. This includes students on placement.
Safety is serious but it doesn’t have to be complicated. We understand that some organisations are small or sole trader businesses, whilst others are more complex. Whatever experience you are providing we want to ensure that our students are safe in your space. We’ve found the Easy to do WHS toolkit from SafeWork NSW is a great guide for any size business in ensuring both compliance and safe systems of work.
When you sign up to become a host organisation, and prior to students commencing a placement in your workplace, we’ll collect some details about your organisation’s capacity, resources, and suitability for providing placements. We’ll also ask you to conduct a risk assessment to identify and mitigate potential hazards, including for any project-based activities that occur off-campus. This is our way of exercising due diligence to proactively ensure we are not placing you or our students in risky situations.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.