Victorian Auditor-General's Office

Department of Education and Training: Strategic Planning

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This audit examined how effectively the Department of Education and Training (DET) plans to achieve its objectives. This involved assessing DET's strategic planning, and the operational plans and work plan actions that support this.

Appendix A. Audit Act 1994 section 16—submissions and comments

Introduction

In accordance with section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994, a copy of this report, or part of this report, was provided to the Department of Education and Training and WorkSafe.

The submissions and comments provided are not subject to audit nor the evidentiary standards required to reach an audit conclusion. Responsibility for the accuracy, fairness and balance of those comments rests solely with the agency head.

RESPONSE provided by the Secretary, Department of Education and Training

1 Management of staff occupational health and safety in schools

1.1 Introduction

Good occupational health and safety (OHS) practices encourage a safe and healthy work environment. Schools have a range of risks that need to be properly managed to make them safe and healthy workplaces, and to minimise the chance of staff being injured. Unsafe workplaces or work practices can result in significant financial costs to the employer and emotional and physical cost to the injured worker.

Follow up of Management of Staff Occupational Health and Safety in Schools

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This is a follow-up audit on the May 2013 report, Management of Staff Occupational Health and Safety in Schools. It provides Parliament and the community with information about the improvements that the Department of Education and Training and WorkSafe may have made in relation to the 2013 recommendations.

Appendix E. Glossary

Accountability

Responsibility on public sector entities to achieve their objectives, with regard to reliability of financial reporting, effectiveness and efficiency of operations, compliance with applicable laws, and reporting to interested parties.

Asset

A resource controlled by an entity as a result of past events, and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.

Appendix D. Risk management framework

Figure D1 outlines the key elements of an effective risk management framework. It draws on the requirements of the Financial Management Act 1994, the Department of Treasury and Finance's 2011 Victorian Government Risk Management Framework and the Australian/New Zealand Risk Management Standard AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009.

Figure D1

Key elements of an effective risk management framework

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