Handover: HSO draft 1

Committee/2024-2025/Handovers/Health_And_Safety_Officer.md

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+## Health And Safety Officer
+#### Prabuddha Hans
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+The purpose of this document is to assist the incoming CompSoc Health and Safety Officer for the upcoming year 2025/26.
+
+### Duties
+The position of HSO involves the following duties:
+
+- Ensure that Health and Safety is a priority at all society events, hazards need to be avoided at all times
+- Make sure CompSoc members don't get injured at our events.
+- Keep up to date with COVID-19 guidelines from UL Wolves C&S, University of Limerick, and the Government.
+- Ensure that members are aware of our required safety measures.
+- Review Computer Society's Safety statement.
+- Report accidents and injuries.
+- Report potential hazards to members at events.
+- Take responsibility for members during trips.
+- Ensure that CompSoc's First Aid kit is stocked and up to date, and available at events and brought during trips.
+- Check for food allergies and dietary preferences when food is being ordered.
+
+
+### Guide
+Make sure you know how to handle minor wounds and injuries like cuts and bruises.
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+If you are going on trips with the society, keep an eye on the headcount to make sure nobody's missing.
+Again, keep an eye out for any potential hazards like broken chairs, desks or a heavy item being in an unsafe position.
+
+### Summary
+As the HSO you need to keep an eye out for any dangerous behaviours (safety hammer does not count) and review the Health and Safety Statements.
+In the case of another global pandemic, it's vital as part of your role that you ensure that Governmental, UL, and C&S requirements are followed in
+Comp Soc while running society events.