Workplace Health & Safety

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ - WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY CHANGES

Links to Workplace Health and Safety Legislation and Codes of Practice:

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
• Guide to the Work Health and Safety Acy 2011

Some relevant codes of practice.

A Code of Practice provides practical guidance for people who have work health and safety duties about how to achieve the standards required under the Act, and about effective ways to identify and manage risks.  This is not an exhausting list but included those codes of practice which would have most impact on Diocesan activities.  For a full list go to the WHSQ website.

• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2011
• How To Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2011
• How To Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2011
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2011
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2011
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2011
• Work Health and Safety Consultation, Co-operation and Co-ordination Code of Practice 2011
• Cash in Transit Code of Practice 2011
• Children and Young Workers Code of Practice 2008
• First Aid Code of Practice 2004
• Hazardous Chemicals Code Of Practice 2003
• Prevention of Workplace Harassment Code Of Practice 2004
• Plant Code of Practice 2005

Fire and Emergency Procedures

• Fire and Emergency Procedures
• Fire Warden Training High Occupancy Training
• Fire Warden Training Low Occupancy Buildings Without Fire Indicator Panel
• Fire Warden Training With Fire Indicator Panel
• Staff Fire and Evacuation Training

Event Safety

• WHS Laws Public Events
• Event Safety Checklist

Following are some more helpful Workplace Health and Safety links: 

• The New Work Health & Safety Law (Holding Redlich Presentation Nov 2011)
• WHS Consultation Obligations
• WHS Health&Safety Commitees
• WHS Incident Notification
• WHS Interpretative Guideline Officer
• WHS Interpretative Guideline__PCBU
• WHS Interpretative Guideline_Reasonably Practicable
• WHS Union Right of Entry
• Work Health Safety Act-A Practical Users Guide
• WHS Work, Health and Safety Duties
• WHS Representative (Health and Safety Representative)
• WHS for Volunteers Fact Sheet

For all WH&S policies and procedures refer to Diocesan HR policies and procedures