Quarterly reporting of risks is required for all business units, to enable KPI tracking.
UQSafe is the platform used by UQ staff and students to create and document risk assessments associated with their work and research. To monitor the quality of risk management processes at UQ, a sample of risk assessments are required to be reviewed and verified by a safety professional. Additionally, safety teams are expected to track risk assessment data for their goups, including Risk Approver Status, Risk Owner Status, and Risk Assessments In-Date.
Target (Key Performance Indicator): 95% of active Risk Assessments in UQSafe are in review date.
Target (Key Performance Indicator): 10% of active Risk Assessments in UQSafe are reviewed and verified by the local Safety Team.
Safety professionals at UQ include HSW Managers and Work Health and Safety Coordinators (WHSCs) and operate at the Organisational Unit level. WHSCs are required to report on risk assessments within their area of responsibility.
Multiple factors can reduce KPI results the following are some tips to improve the results using the Pivot table.
Risks no longer relevant
When collecting In-Date records, double click the number of Not Assessed OR Late records.
Contact the Risk Owner and Approvers to determine if the risk is still relevant.
Where a risk is no longer relevant archive the risks
Enter the Risk Register on UQ Safe R2.
Use the filter to select the risks to be archived.
Use the archive option in the commands menu (3 dots).
Inactive Risk Owners and Risk Approvers
Select the Risk Owner Active, or the Risk Aprover Active field on the far right of the page.
Double click on the number of FALSE records. this will show you wich risks have inactive owners/approvers.
Use the list of inactive users to reasign risks to active users within UQSafe.
Enter the Risk Register on UQ Safe R2.
Use the filter to select the inactive users listed in excel.
Using the Business Administrator Management option in the commands menu (3 dots), reassign the risks to active owners/approvers.
The Risk Owner/s and Risk Approver/s (both new and old) should be contacted prior to any changes where possible.
Verification of risks
Where the percentage of Risk Assessments in UQSafe are reviewed and verified by the local Safety Team is less than 10%, the local Safety Team should use the R2 - Risk Assessment Verification Guide to verify more risk assessments.