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Know your duties - a tool for working safely
This tool provides information about duties under the model WHS laws, including duties for PCBUs and workers in the agriculture industry, how to meet these duties, and hazards you may face working in agriculture.
15 September 2022 |
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Working at heights is a high risk activity and a leading cause of death and serious injury in Australia.
As a person conducting a business or undertaking, you must eliminate the risk of a fall. If elimination isn’t possible, you must provide adequate…
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Page last updated: 19 Sep 2022
09 June 2022 |
Guide
An industrial rope access system is a work positioning system used for gaining access to, and working at, a workface, usually through vertically suspended ropes.
The guide provides information on managing the risks associated with industrial rope access…
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Page last updated: 28 Nov 2022
28 July 2021 |
Resources
This guide provides information on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to volunteers. It outlines ways volunteer can meet their work health and safety duties and explains what volunteers can expect from the organisations they volunteer…
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Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
09 November 2020 |
Guide
This guide provides information for anyone operating a business or undertaking on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to organisations that engage volunteers.
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Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
06 November 2020 |
Guide
This guide provides information on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to volunteers. It outlines how a volunteer can meet their work health and safety duties and explains what volunteers can expect from the…
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Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
20 March 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on managing the risk of a falls by a person from one level to another that is reasonably likely to cause injury.
It applies to all workplaces covered by the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and WHS …
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Page last updated: 18 Aug 2022
19 March 2020 |
Guide
Use this guide to manage risks with tunnelling work, including:
tunnel planning and preparation
air quality and ventilations systems
plant.
This guide is for:
designers
principal contractors
plant designers …
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Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
19 March 2020 |
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This information sheet provides information on managing risks associated with steel erection work including:
who has responsibilities at the design and planning stage?
when steel erection work is classed as high risk construction work. …
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Page last updated: 22 Sep 2021
19 March 2020 |
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This information sheet provides information on managing the risks associated with working on roofs including:
working at height
roof access
fragile roofs
electricity
manual tasks
falling objects
exposure to heat and…
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Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
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This guide provides information on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to volunteers. It outlines how volunteers can meet their work health and safety duties and explains what volunteers can expect from the organisations they volunteer…
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Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
19 March 2020 |
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Use this information sheet if you, or the workers you manage, unpack shipping containers.
These information sheets have information on:
managing the health and safety risks of hazardous chemical exposure when unpacking shipping containers
managing the…
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