University of Tasmania, Australia

You should review the Minimum Standard - Work Health and Safety Project and Task Risk Management (PDF 279.2KB) on the Work Health and Safety website before commencing travel.

All staff and student should review  International SOS  located on the Financial Services Website Travel Information (Travel Warnings/Advice) before commencing overseas travel

The University has a network of Health Safety Representatives (HSR) who are appointed to different areas of the University.  The following link will  take you to the Health Safety Representative page where you will find list of current members.

A person should drive all vehicles on University land at the speed limit indicated by signage or marking. On any other part of University land where a sign or marking is not indicated, the vehicle should not exceed the limit of 40 kilometres an hour.

All information on workers compensation can be found on the Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Website 

Workers's compensation is an employee entitlement, other student insurance cover is available for specific purposes.  Please refer to the insurance tab under Students Information

University of Tasmania smoking on campuses are governed by University of Tasmania bylaws and policy .

The University bylaws cover domestic animals including dogs. Offences section 6 (5) (6) states

(5) Subject to the provisions of the Guide Dogs Act 1967, an authorised officer may direct a person to remove from the University land any dog or other domestic animal owned by or in the possession, care or control of that person.

(6) A person who is given a direction pursuant to sub-paragraph (5) shall comply with the terms thereof and shall not thereafter permit such a dog or other domestic animal to be on University land. "

Under health and safety requirements, reasons for directing removal of pets includes but is not limited too, causing general distraction, disruption, noise, damage to property or sensitive equipment. 

WHS advises that the Responsible Officer may determine that domestic animals are not permitted within their area of control or operation.

Testing and tagging applies to portable mains powered (240 volt) equipment where the cord is subject to possible stress or strain and/or the device is operated in a harsh environment.  Please refer to the Code of Practice Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace and Australian Standard 3760-2010 for further information.

Skills Institute  is one of the providers offering courses in testing and tagging training in Tasmania.

The Tasmania Government has developed a comprehensive asbestos web site which is available via the following link, Asbestos

The UTas asbestos procedure is available via the folowing link, Asbestos procedure.

Property Services maintain the required Asbestos Register

Skills Institute  is one of the providers offering courses in the correct and safe way to remove asbestos

The current Tasmanian Work Health and Safety Legislation details  specific requirements for health surveillance (Work Health Safety Act 2012 (Section 19 (3) (g).  Other health surveillance may also be required for specific high risk areas such as incidental Radiation or Abestos exposure. If in doubt, contact the WHS Unit for assistance via health.safety@utas.edu.au

Virtual Private Network (VPN) -Off Campus Access:

When attempting to login to the Incident or Hazard online systems from an off campus site you may encouter difficulties accessing the secure UTAS intranet. To access secure UTAS sites including the Hazard and Incident/Near Miss Notification system  you will need to install and run Virtual Private Network (VPN) providing you have a UTAS username and password.   The VPN software can be found at the ITR website  

You should take a few minutes to read the FAQ and load the software at a time when you have no other applications running.  If you encounter any difficulties with VPN, please contact the ITR Helpdesk  on 1300 304 903.

Note that once VPN is installed, you will need to commence a VPN session before each time you access a UTAS secure site - simply having it installed on your PC will not give you access to secure sites.

Harmonisation of Passwords:

UTAS has a large number of systems and uses a couple of different authentication systems.  At times the passwords can get out of synch which can result in a succcessful log-in to one system but a lack of success using the same password on another system.  In this case users have two options:

• If you can successfully log-in to your UTAS webmail then you should be able to synch your other  passwords here
• You can also phone +61 3 6226 1818 and ask for a password reset, provide your username, you will then receive a temporary password and can access this site   to change your temporary password.

If you are still experiencing difficulties accessing the Hazard and Incident/Near Miss Notifications systems then please contact the ITR Helpdesk

Please note: Service Desk hours are 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday excluding public holidays.

The use of private vehicles may be used in certain approved circumstances. Please read the Use of Private Vehicle (PDF 56.1 KB) document for further information.

The Drugs & Poisons – Summary of Legislative Requirements document can provide information on who at the University has authority to sign a permit to use poisons.