Roles & Responsibilities

The following section sets out the roles and responsibilities for all persons working on the Production.

To accept their role as the main responsible persons with regards to Health & Safety (H&S) on the production.
To look at the hierarchy of risk control, throughout all stages of the production.
To ensure that this Policy is distributed to all Head of Departments (HODs) and see that suitable departmental health and safety arrangements are prepared.
To allocate resources for the purposes for H & S.
To see that any subcontracted work is carried out by suitable and competent contractors.
To ensure that H & S matters are including during all technical recces and production meetings.

To acknowledge and accept their role as a Head of Department and the responsibilities that come with that role.
To engage competent supervisors and operatives, based on their skills, knowledge, experience, and training.
To ensure that suitable department H&S arrangements are prepared and disseminated down to the workforce.
To ensure robust, suitable & sufficient risk assessments are conducted and to ensure safe systems of work are implemented and followed by all persons under their control.
To identify areas where health and safety training may be required and to arrange said training to comply with Health & Safety Executive (HSE) legislation and production policies.
Conduct and record regular monitoring tours of their workspaces and address at source any non-compliance issues, concerns, or suggestions from the workforce on the ground.

To safely manage all persons under their control and work to the departmental Health & Safety Arrangements.
To liaise with other departments and contractors in relation to any work activity in shared spaces.
To correct unsafe workplace issues and or equipment.
To report back to their Head of Department on safety-related matters.
To ask for additional support, resources and or training if required.

To take reasonable care of themselves and their work colleagues.
To work within their competency following safety instructions given to them.
To only use work equipment that they have been trained and authorised to use.
To report anything they feel is unsafe to their Supervisor or Head of Department or the Studio Anonymous Safety Hotline

Contact your Production Safety Consultant to discuss responsibilities and scope of work.