Guide for managing the risks of working in heat

Overview

This guide provides information on how to manage the risks associated with working in heat and what to do if a worker begins to suffer from a heat-related illness.

Audience

People in control of the workplace, such as managers and supervisors, and workers all have duties under WHS laws to manage risks to worker health and safety, such as those associated with working in heat.

This guide is useful for employers and workers in the transport, postal/warehousing, construction and public administration and safety industries, as well as labourers and protective service workers.

Related materials

• First aid for heat-related illness
• Checklist for risk-managing heat in the workplace
• Code of practice: Managing the Work Environment and Facilities
• Code of practice: Work health and safety consultation, co-operation and co-ordination
• Code of practice: How to manage work health and safety risks
• Code of practice: First aid in the workplace
• Guidance material: Guide on exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation
• Workplace Health and Safety Queensland's heat stress basic calculator
• Bureau of Meteorology’s Heatwave Service for Australia