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Health and Safety Committee Meeting Dates

RU Health and Safety Reps have two main roles: attend quarterly health & safety meetings (dates below), and do quarterly health & safety inspection reports.

Click here for info on duties of health & safety committees.

Main RU Health & Safety Committee meeting dates 2020

Members of the Main Committee - will meet as follows:

  • Monday 18 March at 11h00
  • Wednesday 22 May at 11h00
  • Monday 12 August at 11h00
  • Monday 21 October at 11h00

Sub-committee meeting dates 2020

To accommodate the diversity of working environments on campus, there are six (6) different sub-committees which report into the main Rhodes University Health & Safety Committee:

1. Housekeeping group - Venue: Oppi Reading Room, Steve Biko/Union building

(for H&S reps in Housekeeping, Central Cleaning Services - see Membership)

  • TERM 1: Wednesday 11 March at 09h30
  • TERM 2: Wednesday 13 May at 09h30 
  • TERM 3: Wednesday 22 July at 09h30 
  • TERM 4: Wednesday 7 October at 09h30 

2. Food Services group - Venue: Nelson Mandela Kitchen/Drostdy / Founders / Jan Smuts  

(for H&S reps in Food Services, kitchens, catering stores - see Membership)

  • TERM 1: Wednesday 11 March at 10h30 - Nelson Mandela Kitchen  
  • TERM 2: Wednesday 13 May at 10h30 - Drostdy
  • TERM 3: Wednesday 22 July at 10h30 - Founders 
  • TERM 4: Wednesday 7 October at 10h30 - Jan Smuts

3. Maintenance group - Venue: Oppi Reading Room, Steve Biko/Union building

(for H&S reps in grounds, maintenance, workshop workplaces - see Membership)

  • TERM 1: Wednesday 13 March at 12h00
  • TERM 2: Wednesday 15 May at 12h00
  • TERM 3: Wednesday 24 July at 12h00
  • TERM 4: Wednesday 9 October at 12h00

4. Office group - Venue: Seminar Room 3, Eden Grove 

(for H&S reps in office workplaces - see Membership)

    • TERM 1: Thursday 12 March at 12h00
    • TERM 2: Thursday 14 May at 12h00
    • TERM 3: Thursday 22 July at 12h00
    • TERM 4: Thursday 7 October at 12h00

5. Laboratory group - Venue: Geology meeting room (first floor)  

(for H&S reps in science/laboratory workplaces, chemical stores, health care/pharmacy, etc - see Membership)

  • TERM 1: Thursday 12 March at 14h15 
  • TERM 2: Thursday 14 May at 14h15 t.b.c.
  • TERM 3: Thursday 22 July at 14h15 t.b.c.  
  • TERM 4: Thursday 8 October at 14h15 t.b.c.

6. Wardens group - Venue: Bantu Steven Biko Building

(Student Affairs Hall Warden's Committee)

Duties of Health and Safety sub-committees:

  • Meet at least every three (3) months;

  • Discuss section 24 incidents/accidents - where someone was killed, injured, or became ill;

  • Make recommendations to the employer regarding health and safety matters;

  • Keep a record of all recommendations (in the minutes) for at least 3 years.

Go to the Rhodes University Safety front page. Questions/Suggestions? Contact safety(at)ru.ac.za

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Ms Vuyo Baneti. Her e-mail address is v.baneti@ru.ac.za and her contact number is (046)6038149

Last Modified: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:16:04 SAST