Defence Occupational Health and Safety Strategy 2007-1 - Comcare

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 8:Enable Defence personnel to manage the OHSperformance of third parties, consistent withDefence policies and practices.Defence is increasingly reliant on third partiesfor the provision of goods and services, andas a result has potentially signifi cant attendantOHS risks to manage. Contractor activities canpose potential risks to a wide range of people,including Defence personnel, third party personnel,sub-contractors and the public. Within Defencecontrolled environments it is critical that wedevelop and implement OHS processes andperformance standards, for ourselves and thirdparties. There is also much that we can learn fromour commercial partners.Objective 7 seeks to develop practical approachesto enable the growth and management of safe andhealthy working practices in our relationships withthird parties. It will strengthen the OHS elementsof contracting arrangements to ensure Defence’sinfl uence on OHS outcomes is commensuratewith the risks involved. It seeks to ensure the moreexplicit consideration of OHS requirements duringtendering, negotiation and contract administration.The Key Strategies for Objective 8 are:>>>OHS performance standards and reviewmechanisms will be agreed and includedin all new Defence contracts.Procedures will be developed to ensureselection process includes a review of OHSperformance against Defence standards.Procedures will be implemented to ensurecontract administration includes periodic reviewof OHS performance against contract termsand Defence standards.16