Plant supply, design and registration Plant includes machinery, equipment, appliances, containers, implements and tools and any components or anything fitted or connected to those things. Plant in the construction industry includes items as diverse as …
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High risk work licences Workers must have a licence before undertaking high risk work. High risk work can include: Scaffolding work (as defined in the regulations) Dogging and rigging work Operating certain types of cranes and hoists Operating a …
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Elevating work platforms Elevating work platforms (EWPs) are mobile platforms that lift or lower people and equipment from a base support. There are different types and can include: Scissor lifts Self-propelled boom lifts Trailer or vehicle mounted …
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Concrete pumping Workers in the construction industry pump concrete for work activities such as manufacturing pre-cast and tilt-up concrete panels, concrete formwork, slab construction and concrete paving. Health and safety risks for workers can occur …
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Tunnelling A tunnel is an underground passage or opening that is: close to horizontal, and starts at ground level or at an excavation . The work includes making the tunnel and supporting systems (like a ventilation system) and other temporary work. …
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Safe design As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you have a duty to consider safe design in the workplace. Safe design means the integration of control measures early in the design process to eliminate or, if this is not reasonably …
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) PPE is anything used or worn by a worker to assist to reduce health and safety risks . PPE is important but shouldn't be relied on as the only way to address WHS risks. For more information on how to manage WHS risks, …
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - workers PPE is anything used or worn by a worker to assist to reduce health and safety risks . PPE is anything used or worn by a worker to assist to reduce health and safety risks. PPE is important but shouldn’t be …