AV - Unlocking of Teaching Venues

Policy

During semester the teaching facilities that are cleaned in the morning are left unlocked by the Cleaning staff, unless instructed otherwise by the appropriate department. In buildings that do not have morning cleaning, the Audio Visual Assistant will unlock the common teaching venues and access ways to them. Currently, these venues are confined to parts of the Guild, Law and Social Science buildings.

During semester breaks the Cleaning staff will leave all venues locked unless instructed otherwise. At these times the Venues Office will provide a list of bookings to the Audio Visual Unit prior to noon the previous day, who will then unlock the venues. The Security Office handles after-hours bookings (5.00pm or later).

If an area assigned to be unlocked by an AV Assistant is found to be locked then the responsible AV Assistant will be recalled to rectify the situation.

If an area assigned to be unlocked by a Cleaner is found to be locked then the nearest AV Assistant with the appropriate keys will be despatched, and the Cleaning Supervisor informed to ensure that the responsible Cleaner is made aware of the oversight. This function takes second priority to Audio Visual bookings and emergencies.

All other unlocking is the responsibility of the relevant departments except for after-hours access, which is dealt with by the Security Office.