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Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on how to provide and maintain a physical work environment that is without risks to health and safety.
It covers:
the physical work environment, such as workspaces, lighting and ventilation …
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Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
01 October 2018 |
Model Codes of Practice
Use this model Code of Practice if you design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers and engineers.
This model Code is also relevant for anyone making…
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Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
24 July 2018 |
Reports
This report offers insights into the behavioural and cultural factors and barriers which impact on the work health and safety practices of farmers.
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Reports
This educational resource provides guidance about work health and safety and safe work design.
It covers the evidence and theory behind the principles of good work design. Further guidance is available in:
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Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This handbook provides guidance on good work design. It includes the 10 principles relevant to any workplace, business or industry.
You can apply the principles to designing:
structures, plant and substances
work, work processes and systems…
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Page last updated: 28 Sep 2021
29 August 2016 |
Video and audio
Our panellists suggest practical ways to use supply chains to protect the health and safety of workers, emphasising the importance of consultation and cooperation.
Who is this presentation for?
Business leaders in large and small enterprises, workers,…
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Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
04 October 2016 |
Video and audio
In this seminar, Dr Carmel Harrington and Professor Drew Dawson examine why fatigue management is important from both a worker and a business perspective and what businesses and workers can do to manage the risks caused by fatigue in the workplace.
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Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
06 October 2016 |
Video and audio
Dr Way closely explains what “reasonably practicable” really means when it comes to ensuring psychological health in the workplace by addressing each of the five relevant matters listed in the WHS laws. Her message is unequivocal: employers are duty-bound…
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Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
26 October 2015 |
Video and audio
Professor Parker discusses the principles of good work design, why they are important, and how we can use them to make workplaces safer and improve workers’ wellbeing.
She emphasises that good work design is not a one-size-fits-all strategy – it must…
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Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
Video and audio
Today’s society is increasingly focused on a 24/7 economy and the expectations on people to work at all hours of the day have increased.
Research shows that shift work and irregular or long working hours, can adversely affect the health, safety and…
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