Security and Safety Unit

Workplace health and safety is all about sensibly managing risks to protect your community and business. Good Health and Safety is a strong leadership involving top management, employees and all other interested parties. In a global context, health and safety is also an essential part of the movement towards sustainable development.

Apart from that health and safety involves moral, social and financial obligations among community. UAEU is committed to developing an OH&S culture by By maintaining the place to work, study and live for faculty, staff and students. It is committed to ensuring elimination of hazards wherever reasonable & practical and also mitigate risks based on hierarchy of controls. It is also committed to ensure applicable legal requirements are met and that a program of continual improvement is in place. In order to achieve this A framework of roles and responsibilities have been established at all levels of the university.

UAEU Safety system is certified for ISO 45001:2018 standard requirements. The scope of activities includes overseeing and monitoring general operational safety across campus, contractor management, residential accommodation and laboratories. It is achieved through proactive and reactive indicators which includes but not limited to periodic OH&S inspection, audit, training, safety meetings, emergency drills, safety hazard observation card (SHOC), incident management, data management, corrective action plans and improvement programs.

Security and Safety Unit is an integral part of the university community and the department functionally under Facility Management Department (FMD).

We strive towards achieving OH&S culture by following shared beliefs, practices and attitudes among UAEU community.