Student Harassment Policy

MOBILE WELDING SERVICES will not tolerate any harassment, victimisation, bullying or any such conduct that has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive learning environment. This includes harassment, victimisation, bullying because of sex, race, national origin, religion, disability, sexuality or age.

Harassment is unlawful under Commonwealth and State legislation and all harassment, bullying and victimisation are contrary to the duty of care to provide a safe environment for work and learning.

Harassment, victimisation and bullying can take many forms. It can be overt or subtle, direct or indirect.

Examples of Harassment may include:

• Unwelcome physical contact
• Repeated unwelcome invitations
• Insulting or threatening language or gestures
• Continual unjustified comments about a person’s work or work capacity
• Jokes and comments about someone’s ethnicity, colour or race
• Pictures, posters, graffiti, electronic images, which are offensive, obscene or objectionable.

Examples of victimisation may include:

• Unfavourable treatment like aggression
• Refusing to provide information to someone
• Ignoring a person
• Mocking customs or cultures
• Lower assessment of a student’s work based on criteria not being assessed

Examples of bullying may include:

• A person who uses strength or power to coerce others by fear
• Behaviour that intimidates, degrades or humiliates a person
• Aggression, verbal abuse and behaviour which is intended to punish
• Personality clashes and constant ‘put-downs’
• Persistent, unreasonable criticism of a person’s work performance
• Violence both physical and threatened

Students and staff should be aware that differing social and cultural standards may mean behaviour that is acceptable to some may be perceived as offensive by others.

Such conduct, when experienced or observed, should be reported to Management. All complaints will be promptly investigated.

The privacy of a student making a report and the individual under investigation shall be respected at all times consistent with the obligation to conduct a fair and thorough investigation.

All staff and clients are expected to work in an atmosphere based on mutual respect for the rights and differences of each individual.

Disciplinary action may be taken against students or staff who are found to have harassed other students or staff.

MOBILE WELDING SERVICES expects all students to uphold to the spirit of this policy. Breaches of the policy will be considered to be “misconduct” or “serious misconduct” which may result in expulsion for students or dismissal for staff.

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