Plant - Managing risks
Managing risks You must design, manufacture and supply plant that is safe and provide information on how to use it safely. The best time to eliminate hazards and minimise risks with plant is during its design. Managing risks in plant design, …
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Traffic management Working around traffic, including plant and vehicles, can be dangerous. As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) with traffic at your workplace, you must use traffic management measures to control the health and safety …
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Working at heights WHS duties Everyone in the workplace has WHS duties under the model WHS Act . You have specific duties if you are: a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) a designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier and installer of …
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High risk work licences Licences for high risk work You must have the right high risk work licence and be over the age of 18 to perform high risk work. High risk work includes: scaffolding work (as defined in the regulations) dogging and rigging work …
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Plant Supporting information Model Code of Practice: Elevating work platforms Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace Guide for safe design of plant Guide for importing and supplying safe plant Guide for manufacturing …
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Labour hire Supporting Information Labour hire: duties of persons conducting a business or undertaking Model Code of Practice: Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination Model Code of Practice: Elevating work platforms Interactive …
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Construction - Resources
Resources Construction reports Construction industry profile Construction: Priority industry snapshots (2018) Model Codes of Practice Model Code of Practice: Construction work Model Code of Practice: Elevating work platforms Demolition work …
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Cranes A crane is a plant item used to: raise or lower a load move a load horizontally. Cranes can be: fixed (tower, bridge, gantry, portal boom and vessel-mounted) mobile (slewing, non-slewing and vehicle loading). Some powered mobile …
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Workplace Exposure Limits – airborne contaminants - Workplace Exposure Limits – airborne contaminants
Workplace Exposure Limits – airborne contaminants Australia is transitioning to the Workplace exposure limits for airborne contaminants (WEL list) . Until 1 December 2026, you must still comply with the Workplace exposure standards for airborne …
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Silica - Silica resources
Silica resources Model Code of Practice: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace The model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace provides practical guidance on …