OVCCA Committees
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS COMMITTEE (OHSSC)
The university-level committee, composed of the chairs of the local OHSSC of the colleges and units, ensures that UPLB is a safe and hazard-free work environment and is tasked to:
- Study the working conditions in UPLB with particular attention to health and safety, and formulate standards that will provide safeguards to students and other constituents
- Look into matters of health and sanition on campus and immediate vicinity
- Study problems of environmental pollution in UPLB
- Bring to the attention of the UPLB administration other matters related to health and safety
Services
- Fire and earthquake drills and building safety inspections (in partnership with the Bureau of Fire Protection and Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office)
- Earthquake Landslie Search and Rescue Orientation Course (ELSAROC)
- Basic Occupational Health and Safety (BOSH) Training
- Philippine Red Cross (PRC) First Aid Training
- Electronic and hazardous waste collection and siaposal (E-Waste Project-ELBI with the UP Ecology and Systematics Major Students Society)
- Approval of the entry of garbage collectors on campus
- Molawin Creek Clean Up (during World Water Day)
- Monthly microbial analysis of water used on campus
Prof. Garry Jay S. Montemayor
Chair
Dr. Michael S. Sanchez
Pollution Control Officer
Engr. Christian Paulo C. Altoveros
Pollution Control Officer
JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES (JMC)
UPLB has formed committees with its various allied agencies that are leasing on its land to ensure harmonious relationships with them. UPLB has JMCs with the following institutions:
- ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
- Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)
- Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB)
- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI)
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- Laguna Water District Resources Corporation (LWDRC)
- Local Government Academy (LGA)
- Philippine Carabao Center (PCC)
- Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA)
- Young Men's Christian Association of Los Baños (YMCA-LB)
Dr. Serlie Barroga-Jamias
Chair
PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE
The unit-level committee is composed of OVCCA’s Public Information Associates (PIA) of appointed by the Office of the Chancellor (OC) through the Office of Public Relations (OPR). The committee is tasked to bring official, relevant, and timely news and information about OVCCA’s programs, events, and activities.
Dr. Serlie Barroga-Jamias
Chair
Miguel Victor T. Durian
Coordinator