Request access to IRIS

The steps below should be completed by someone who will be fulfilling a safety role on the IRIS system:

Identify the IRIS user roles required for the user
Undertake the required training for the user role
Request a user account be created on IRIS

Amending a user's access on IRIS

To amend a user's access on IRIS or to request other changes to the system, please use the IRIS self-service requests.

The user roles on IRIS are based on existing health and safety roles that are delegated to members of a department by a Head of Department on their Statement of Safety Organisation.

It is worth noting the following:

Users can be assigned multiple user roles on IRIS e.g. departmental safety officer and fire officer
More than one person can be assigned to the same user role for a department (to eliminate single points of failure)
IRIS user roles can be fulfilled by those who are not existing safety officers

Once you've identified the role(s) that are required for the user, please click the link below to take the required training:

Step 2: Take the required training

IRIS user role	Responsibilities on IRIS
Departmental Safety Officer	Conduct reviews (alongside a relevant supervisor) of any incident logged on IRIS in their assigned department Record the findings of these reviews on IRIS Complete statutory classifications of incidents in their assigned department Assign and manage remedial actions identified as a result of those reviews
Fire Officer	Provide input to any reviews of fire-related incidents on IRIS
Biological Officer	Provide input to any reviews of biological-related incidents on IRIS
Radiation Protection Supervisor	Provide input to any reviews of ionising radiation-related incidents on IRIS
Area/Divisional Safety Officer	Oversee Departmental Safety Officer activities on IRIS Be notified of the most serious incident types Conduct formal investigations of these serious incident types Record the findings of these investigations on IRIS Assign and manage remedial actions identified as a result of those investigations
University Safety Officer	Oversee all activities on IRIS Be notified of the most serious incident types Conduct formal investigations of these serious incident types Record the findings of these investigations on IRIS Assign and manage remedial actions identified as a result of those investigations Complete statutory reporting to enforcement bodies
Supervisor	Conduct reviews (alongside the Departmental Safety Officer) of any incident logged on IRIS in their assigned department
Read-only access	Have visibility of incidents recorded against their department(s) For information purposes only