Health care and social assistance - WHS duties
WHS duties You have specific duties if you are: a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) a principal contractor a designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier and installer of plant, substances or structures an officer. The model WHS …
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Health care and social assistance - Overview
Overview Workers in health care and social assistance include nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and other support staff. Their workplaces may change day-to-day and many may work alone, increasing risks to health and safety. Work can …
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Food services - WHS duties
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 principal contractor a designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier and installer …
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Construction - WHS duties
WHS duties People with WHS duties in construction The model WHS Regulations outline duties that apply to construction work. This includes specific requirements and ways to manage high-risk construction work. For further information, see the model Code …
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Accommodation services - WHS duties
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 principal contractor a designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier and installer …
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Retail services … Retail services can involve physically demanding work in a high-pressure environment. Retail work usually involves interacting with the public which may increase the risk of exposure to violence and harassment. … …
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Food services … Food services can involve physically demanding work in a high-pressure environment. Food service usually involves interacting with the public which may increase the risk of exposure to violence and …
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Accommodation services - Overview
Overview Accommodation workplaces include areas where workers interact directly with patrons. For example: service desks concierge counters lobbies offices hotel rooms. Vulnerable workers in accommodation Accommodation services often employ …
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Personal protective equipment (PPE) - WHS duties
WHS duties As the PCBU, you must only issue PPE if other control measures haven’t removed or minimised the risk to workers’ health and safety, as far as is reasonable. It’s the duty of the PCBU to: select suitable PPE for the worker and the task, …
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Forestry work … Forestry work includes: forming, developing and regenerating forests obtaining forest products loading, transporting and unloading forest products assessing finished operations and establishing, maintaining and upgrading roads, …