AUSSI Risk Management Policy October 2005
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Definitions
AUSSI shall mean AUSSI Masters Swimming in Australia Inc.
Club Member shall mean a member of a club that is affiliated with a branch that is affiliated with AUSSI.
Officer shall mean club members, officials, coaches, volunteers, employees, and contractors who are directly engaged by, and under the direction of, AUSSI.
National Office – National Office of AUSSI
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Policies
Anti-Doping
AUSSI is strongly opposed to the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs and methods by club members.
AUSSI supports the Australian Sports Commission’s Anti-Doping Policy, however AUSSI recognises that some club members may be taking prescribed drugs for purposes unrelated to performance enhancement, so it is AUSSI policy not to drug- test club members either in competition or out-of-competition.
A copy of the banned substance and methods list is available from:
http://www.asda.org.au/andtidoping/wadc/world.htm Alcohol
AUSSI will not promote the excessive consumption of alcohol, nor condone alcohol- affected officers carrying out duties.
Smoke-free
AUSSI will not promote the use of tobacco, nor condone tobacco usage by officers carrying out duties. Wherever possible AUSSI activities will be conducted in smoke- free facilities.
Infectious Diseases
AUSSI supports Sports Medicine Australia’s Infectious Diseases Policy, a copy of which is available from http://www.sma.org.au/pdfdocuments/InfDisease.pdf
The National Safety Policy produced by AUSSI contains further details on Infectious Diseases- website (www.aussimasters.com.au).
Sun Safe
AUSSI supports the skin cancer and sun protection polices established by the Cancer Council of Australia (CCA), and encourages members to follow the CCA Sun Safe guidelines. For more information see www.cancer.org.au.
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AUSSI will place the following statement on the membership registration form and National Swim Meet registration form, and will encourage clubs to include the information in their member information packs, and on swim meet entry forms.
Continued participation in swimming during pregnancy may pose health risks to women and their unborn children. As soon as you learn you are pregnant, you should seek advice from an appropriately qualified medical practitioner as to:
1. the risks involved in swimming while pregnant;
2. whether it is safe to continue participating in swimming while pregnant, and if so, for how long you should continue to participate.
You should also inform your club Safety Officer or other designated officer of your pregnancy.
AUSSI Harassment and Discrimination Policy
AUSSI is committed to providing a sport and work environment where individuals are treated with respect and dignity, free of harassment and discrimination (be that based on race gender, religion, credo or any other dissimilarity). AUSSI will not tolerate harassment or discriminatory behaviour under any circumstances and will take disciplinary action against anyone who breaches the AUSSI Harassment and Discrimination policy.
Harassment and Discrimination
Harassment is any behaviour by a person or organisation to whom this Policy applies which is offensive, abusive, belittling or threatening and which is directed at a person or a group of people because of a particular characteristic of that person or group of people. The behaviour must be unwelcome and the sort of behaviour a reasonable person would recognise as being unwelcome and likely to cause the recipient to feel offended, humiliated or intimidated. Whether or not the behaviour is Harassment is determined from the point of view of the person receiving the Harassment.
Discrimination is treating or proposing to treat a person less favourably than someone else in certain areas of public life on the basis of an attribute or personal characteristic they have.
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No unnecessary personal information will be collected or maintained. All personal information on members and others will be used for the benefit of members by AUSSI. Providers of confidential information will be notified of the likely
distribution of such information. All providers of information will be informed of the intended usage. Medical information and records will remain at the highest possible level of confidentiality realising that disclosure to supervisors, first aid carers and other medical personnel may be necessary in order to achieve the required level of preparedness and the correct response in subsequent emergencies.
All information in whatever format generated by AUSSI officers and others for AUSSI shall remain the copyrighted intellectual property of AUSSI. All such
information will carry a copyright, date and file name disclosure. All information will be proof read and spell checked. Authored information gained from AUSSI officers or others by whatever means will not be copied or forwarded in any format whatsoever without the expressed permission of the original author.
Up to date virus protection will be utilised where practical on all electronic
information. Websites and other public documents will be maintained with current information.
Members and others will have the right to view and correct information maintained about them.
