Overview The model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act covers labour hire arrangements, including: arranging a worker for a short time to relieve staff shortages supplementing the workforce during peak seasonal demand. PCBUs in labour hire Typically, …
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Plant - Overview
Overview Plant includes: machinery – for example, conveyors, cranes and forklifts equipment – for example, quad bikes, lifts and scaffolds appliances – for example, computers containers – for example, shipping containers implements – for example, …
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Construction - Working on a construction site
Working on a construction site Construction induction training card (white card) Workers must show their white card to the PCBU on the site and any inspectors who ask to see it. To get a white card, a worker must do the training course 'Prepare to work …
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Occupational lung diseases - Overview
Overview To protect workers from breathing in hazardous substances, you must identify if there are any respiratory hazards at your workplace. Respiratory hazards can look different in every workplace, and might include: Silica dust from fabrication, …
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Occupational lung diseases - Managing risks
Managing risks Eliminating the risks of hazardous substances must always be considered first. The most effective way to manage a risk is to completely remove the hazard from your workplace. This means eliminating the creation of hazardous dusts, gases, …
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Racism - Managing risks
Managing risks If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) you must eliminate or minimise the risk of racism at work, so far as is reasonably practicable. You should follow the WHS risk management process, just as you do for other WHS …
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Racism If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you have a duty under the model WHS laws to do all that you reasonably can to eliminate or minimise the risk of racism occurring at work. What is racism? Racism includes anything …
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Racism - WHS Duties
WHS Duties Duties under the model WHS laws If you’re a PCBU, you have a positive duty under the model WHS laws to eliminate the risk of racism to workers and other persons (including clients, customers and visitors at your workplace) so far as is …
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Racism - Resources
Resources Resources Model Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks . Related information Preventing workplace violence and aggression guide Workplace violence and …
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First aid for heat-related illness As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you have a duty to provide first aid for sick or injured workers, including providing: first aid equipment and facilities access to trained first aid …