All students have a common law duty of care towards others.
Employees of the university have a legal responsibility to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and for the health and safety of anyone else who may be affected by the employee s acts or omissions. Hence it is particularly important that candidates are familiar with the emergency procedures in the building in which they work as they may find themselves in charge of a group of students or working alone at the time of an emergency. Candidates may be required by their department to attend occupational health and safety courses in topics such as fire safety and, for laboratory workers, radiation safety and biosafety. Candidates should be aware that each area of the university is covered by a Zone OHS Committee. University OHS policy requires that postgraduate students in laboratory faculties should be represented on these committees.