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The Three Parts of a Health and Safety Policy

Organisation
Section
Roles &
2
Responsibilities of
each individuals

Statement of Arrangements

Intent 3 Sections
1
Top management Specific systems and
Commitment. procedures that
Aims and objectives. assists to implement
Signed by CEO/MD Policy.

General Statement of Intent

Statement of intent or in correctly called as health and safety policy should include the aims and
objectives of the organisation. The aims remain unchanged during the review of policy, but the
objectives may change each year during review process as they are specific steps to, but the
objectives may change each year during review process as they are specific steps that is
implemented to achieve overall aims.

The objectives must be clear to the managers, supervisors and workers at all levels have a
significant role in executing the policy and therefore every individual must comply with the
policy, any non-conformity may lead to serious action.

In order to achieve the objectives, the organisations adopt “SMART” objective approach.

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Specific Measurable Achievable Reasonable Timebound
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