Codes of Practice

This Guide provides information for occupational hygienists, ergonomists and other professionals involved in the measurement and assessment of workplace vibration exposures from vibrating plant that affects the whole body. It also provides technical information on how exposures are to be measured and calculated. What is whole-body vibration? Whole-body vibration (WBV) is vibration transmitted to the […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage risks associated with asbestos and asbestos containing material (ACM) at the workplace and thereby minimise the incidence of asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. To have legal effect in […] Read More

This model Code of practice applies to all workplaces covered by the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction where there is a risk of a fall by a person from one level to another that is reasonably likely to cause injury. It has been developed to provide practical guidance to persons conducting a […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage the health and safety risks associated with demolition work. It applies to all types of demolition work and is relevant to demolition contractors as well as persons conducting a business or undertaking […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage the health and safety risks associated with excavation work. This Code applies to all types of excavation work, including bulk excavations more than 1.5 metres deep, trenches, shafts and tunnels. To have […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons who have duties to manage risks to health and safety under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction to provide adequate first aid facilities in the workplace. It includes information on first aid kits, procedures, facilities and training for […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking involved in the manufacture, import, supply or use of hazardous chemicals on how to correctly label hazardous chemicals used in the workplace. To have legal effect in a jurisdiction, the model Code of Practice must be […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on managing electrical risks in the workplace. It applies to all workplaces where a person conducting a business or undertaking: has management or control of electrical equipment, including electrical installations, or carries out electrical work on […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage health and safety risks associated with spray painting and powder coating under the WHS Act and Regulations. This Code applies to all workplaces where spray painting and powder coating are carried out […] Read More

This General Guide provides information on how to manage the risks associated with amusement devices and passenger ropeways at a workplace. Unless otherwise stated the term amusement devices in this Guide includes both amusement devices and passenger ropeways. This General Guide is supported by information sheets. Read More

This Guide includes information on the more common hazards of forestry operations and practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry operations and specific guidance […] Read More

This Guide includes information on potential hazards and things you should consider when preparing logging coupes and access roads to timber harvesting areas. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry operations and specific guidance material. Read More

This Guide includes information on the potential hazards of infield processing of forest products and practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry operations and […] Read More

This Guide includes information on the potential hazards extracting logs and practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry operations and specific guidance material. Read More

This Guide includes information on the potential hazards of log landings and practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry operations and specific guidance material. Read More

This Guide includes information on the potential hazards of plant and equipment used in forestry operations and practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry […] Read More

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The Guide applies to all businesses or undertakings in the forestry industry. It can be used where any of the activities mentioned above are carried out at a workplace. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice on managing the risks of forestry operations. A forestry operation is work done in the forestry industry to: „„ form, develop and regenerate forests „„ obtain forest products „„ load, transport and unload forest products, and „„ assess finished operations and establish, maintain and upgrade roads, tracks and log landings. […] Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers on managing risks associated with operating powered forklifts in the workplace. Read More

This General Guide provides information about managing health and safety risks for people who carry out activities involving industrial lift trucks. It is supported by an Information Sheet for owners and operators of forklifts. Read More

This Guide includes information on the potential hazards of timber harvesting operations and practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry operations. Read More

This checklist can help you implement effective control measures in your workplace. Using this checklist is not mandatory—you can use whatever means are most useful and practical to identify the traffic control measures to be used specific to your workplace. Read More

This Guide has been developed to supplement the General guide for workplace traffic management. It provides information on how to manage risks that may arise from traffic movements at construction workplaces. Managing traffic at a construction workplace is an important part of ensuring the workplace is without risks to health and safety. Vehicles including powered […] Read More

This Guide has been developed to supplement the General guide for workplace traffic management. It provides information on how to manage risks that may arise from traffic movements at public events. Managing traffic at organised public events is an important part of ensuring the workplace is without risks to health and safety. Vehicles and powered […] Read More

This General Guide provides information on how to manage traffic risks at a workplace. It is supported by specific guidance material on traffic management for shopping centres, construction workplaces, warehouses, events and an Information Sheet for small business. Who should use this Guide? Traffic at a workplace includes: vehicles such as cars, trucks, vans and […] Read More

This Guide has been developed to supplement the General guide for workplace traffic management. It provides information on how to manage risks that may arise from traffic movements in shopping centres. Read More

This Guide has been developed to supplement the General guide for workplace traffic management. It provides information on how to manage risks that may arise from traffic movements in warehouses. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice on managing the risks of erecting, dismantling and using fixed scaffolding near overhead electric lines and associated electrical equipment with an operating voltage up to and including 33,000 volts. Where the operating voltage of the overhead electric lines is above 33,000 volts you should consult the Electricity Supply Authority and […] Read More

This Guide includes information on the potential hazards of loading, transporting and unloading logs and practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of forestry industry material and should be read and used together with the General guide for managing risks in forestry operations and […] Read More

This Guide provides information on scaffold inspection and maintenance including information on certification that a scaffold is safe to use. It is part of a series of guidance material and should be read and used together with the General guide for scaffolds and scaffolding work which includes information on risk management as well as advice […] Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers on managing the risks of agricultural work carried out near energised overhead electric lines and associated electrical equipment. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers on annual inspection requirements for amusement devices and includes an example annual inspection record. For more information see the General guide for amusement devices. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers on hazards and risk controls for inflatable amusement devices. An inflatable amusement device is fabricated from flexible materials and relies on internal air pressure to maintain its shape. For more information see the General guide for amusement devices. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers including operators, on the safe operation of amusement devices. The checklist can assist with managing risks when operating an amusement device. For more information see the General guide for amusement devices. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers including owners and managers of amusement devices. It includes a checklist to assist in assessing whether an amusement device is safe to purchase, hire or operate. The checklist is not exhaustive. It is a guide to some of the regulatory requirements and risks associated with […] Read More

This form can help set out your risk management process for managing cash-in-transit security risks. Read More

This General Guide is for companies, businesses, people and workers in the cash-in-transit industry, usually involving armoured or non-armoured vehicle operations. It is also for: -„„ businesses that use a security provider to transport cash, and – „ persons conducting a business or undertaking who manage workplaces like shopping centre managers and other duty holders […] Read More

This Guide provides information on managing the risks associated with operating cranes or mobile plant near overhead electric lines. Cranes and mobile plant include mobile cranes, vehicle-loading cranes, concrete placing booms, elevating work platforms, load shifting equipment like forklifts, excavation and earthmoving equipment and high load transportation vehicles. However, this does not include cranes and […] Read More

This General Guide provides information on how to manage formwork and falsework risks at a workplace. It is supported by specific guides on formwork, falsework, slip, jump and travelling forms and a formwork and falsework Information Sheet for small business. What is formwork and falsework? Formwork means the surface of the form and framing used […] Read More

This Guide provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking about managing health and safety risks associated with handling and transporting cash. This includes managing the risk of robbery and armed hold-ups. It is directed at businesses handling or transporting cash ‘in-house’, for example where a worker or business owner transports cash from […] Read More

This Guide provides information on the design, construction and dismantling of falsework. It is part of a series of guides for formwork and falsework that includes the: „„ General guide for formwork and falsework „„ Guide to formwork „„ Guide to slip, jump and travelling formwork systems, and „„ Information Sheet: Formwork and falsework. Read More

This Guide provides information on designing, erecting, using and dismantling formwork. It is part of a series of guides for formwork and falsework that includes the: „„ General guide for formwork and falsework „„ Guide to slip, jump and travelling formwork systems „„ Guide to falsework, and „„ Information Sheet: Formwork and falsework. Read More

This Guide provides information for people who import and supply plant. Plant includes machinery, equipment, appliances, containers, implements and tools and components or anything fitted or connected to those things. Some examples of plant include lifts, cranes, computers, machinery, scaffolding components, conveyors, forklifts, vehicles, power tools and amusement devices. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers on managing risks associated with formwork and falsework activities, for example formwork and falsework contractors. More information is in the General guide for formwork and falsework and specific guides for formwork, falsework and slip, jump and travelling formwork systems. Further information on construction work is […] Read More

This Guide provides information on managing the risks of unauthorised persons working near low voltage overhead service lines near structures and buildings. For example: „„ painting or maintenance work „„ erecting scaffolding „„ operating motor vehicles e.g. concrete trucks or furniture removal vans „„ minor building work e.g. erecting a small shed, or „„ other […] Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers who design, manufacture, import or supply plant. What is plant? Plant includes any machinery, equipment,appliance, container, implement and tool, and includes any component or anything fitted or connected to any of those things. For example, plant can be as diverse as lifts, cranes, computers, machinery, […] Read More

This Guide provides practical information on the safe design and working operation of slip, jump and travelling forms. It is part of a series of guides for formwork and falsework that includes the: „„ General guide for formwork and falsework „„ Guide to formwork „„ Guide to falsework, and „„ Information Sheet: Formwork and falsework. […] Read More

This Guide provides information for people who design, redesign or modify plant to be used in a workplace. Plant includes machinery, equipment, appliances, containers, implements and tools and components or anything fitted or connected to those things. Some examples of plant include lifts, cranes, computers, machinery, scaffolding components, conveyors, forklifts, vehicles, power tools and amusement […] Read More

This Guide provides information for plant manufacturers on manufacturing safe plant for the workplace. Plant includes machinery, equipment, appliances, containers, implements and tools and components or anything fitted or connected to those things. Some examples of plant include lifts, cranes, computers, machinery, scaffolding components, conveyors, forklifts, vehicles, power tools and amusement devices. Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers on managing the risks associated with tower and mobile scaffolds and related scaffolding work. Read More

This General Guide provides information on how to manage risks associated with scaffolds and scaffolding work at a workplace. It is supported by guidance material for specific types of scaffolds and scaffolding, suspended (swing stage) scaffolds, scaffold inspection and maintenance, and advice for small businesses and workers on managing the risks associated with tower and […] Read More

This Guide provides information on specific types of scaffolds and scaffolding and practical examples of ways you can control some of the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of guidance material and should be read and used together with the General guide for scaffolds and scaffolding work which includes information on […] Read More

This Guide provides information on the potential hazards for suspended (swing stage) scaffolds and provides practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. It is part of a series of guidance material and should be read and used together with the General guide for Scaffolds and scaffolding work which includes information […] Read More

This Guide provides information on the responsibilities of transport operators, their workers and others when transporting high loads. Contact with energised overhead electric lines by high loads can cause death, electric shock or other injury to anyone involved in these activities. Apart from electrical risks, there may be other obstacles or risks associated with this […] Read More

This Information Sheet provides advice for small businesses and workers on managing the risks associated with cutting, trimming or treating trees and other vegetation with chemicals or other processes near overhead electric lines and associated electrical equipment. Read More

Definitions for the General Guide for working in the vicinity of overhead and underground electria lines and supporting specific guides. Read More

Definitions for the General Guide for working in the vicinity of overhead and underground electria lines and supporting specific guides. Read More

This General Guide provides information on how to manage risks when working in the vicinity of overhead and underground electric lines at a workplace. Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance practical guidance on how to meet the requirements under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction in relation to work carried out in a confined space. It applies to persons conducting a business or undertaking who have management or control of […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance to principal contractors and other persons conducting a business or undertaking who carry out construction work on how to meet the health and safety requirements under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction relating to construction work. This Code should be […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons who conduct a business or undertaking and have management or control of plant in the workplace, as well as to persons who install and commission plant. It includes information about specific control measures required under the WHS Regulations applying in a […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage health and safety risks associated with abrasive blasting under the WHS Act and Regulations. This Code applies to all workplaces where abrasive blasting is carried out and to all persons involved in […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage health and safety risks associated with welding. This Code applies to all workplaces covered under the WHS Act applying in a jurisdiction where welding processes are carried out and to all persons […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals for persons conducting a business or undertaking who use chemicals in their workplace. To have legal effect in a jurisdiction, the model Code of Practice must be approved as a code […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers and engineers. This Code is also relevant for anyone making decisions that influence […] Read More

This model Code of Practice is a revised version of the National Code of Practice for the Prevention of Falls in Housing Construction (2010), updated to reflect the requirements under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction. It has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking who have duties under the WHS Act and WHS Regulations applying in a jurisdiction to safely remove asbestos from all workplaces including structures, plant and equipment. To have legal effect in a jurisdiction, the model Code […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to explain how to identify hazardous manual tasks, assess the risks of musculoskeletal disorders and eliminate or minimise those risks. This guidance is also relevant for designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers of equipment, materials and tools used for work, as well as designers of workplaces where manual […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance on how to prepare a safety data sheet for any hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. It applies to a person conducting a business or undertaking involved in the manufacture or import of hazardous […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons who have duties to manage risks to health and safety under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction. The duty is placed on persons conducting a business or undertaking, including employers, self-employed, principal contractors, persons with management or control […] Read More

This model Code of Practice applies to all types of work and all workplaces covered by the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction where there is the potential for exposure to noise that can contribute to hearing loss. It has been developed to provide practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking […] Read More

This model Code of Practice applies to all types of work and all workplaces covered by the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction, including workplaces that are mobile, temporary and remote. It has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to provide and maintain a […] Read More

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to effectively consult with workers who carry out work for the business or undertaking and who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a health and safety matter. It includes information on […] Read More