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COVID-19 Information for workplaces
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covid19.swa.gov.au/covid-19-information-workplacesHealth care and social assistance Supporting information model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks Guide for managing the risk of fatigue at work . Australian Radiation …
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Transport 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 …
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Construction - Resources
Resources Construction reports Construction industry profile Construction: Priority industry snapshots (2018) Model Codes of Practice Model Code of Practice: Construction work Demolition work Excavation work Safe design of structures …
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Agriculture - Resources
Resources Agriculture reports Agriculture: Priority industry snapshot (2018) Work health and safety in the agriculture industry Model Code of Practice How to manage work health and safety risks First aid in the workplace Code of practice guides …
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Stevedoring As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) you have a duty to keep workers safe from the risks of stevedoring. Information on this page will assist PCBUs understand the risks of stevedoring and their duties to workers and …
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Consultation Consulting and cooperating to manage risks to health and safety is essential to keeping everyone safe. It’s also a legal requirement. Who – PCBUs must consult with: Workers, and any health and safety representatives (HSRs) Other PCBUs they …
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Health and safety committees If you are a PCBU, you must establish an HSC if you are asked to do so by either a health and safety representative (HSR) or by five or more workers. You might also choose to establish an HSC by your own initiative (i.e. not …
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Health and safety representatives and work groups Any worker (or group of workers) may ask the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) for an HSR to be elected to represent them on work health and safety matters. It is not mandatory for a …
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WHS duties – Consultation Consulting with workers PCBUs must, so far as reasonably practicable , 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. …
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How to consult with workers Consultation can occur in different ways depending on what suits your workplace and workers. The best way to consult will depend on: the size of the business and how it is structured the way work is arranged and where workers …