Guides

Guide to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Queensland

This guide is designed to help people understand their health and safety duties and rights in the workplace. However, it is not intended to be read in place of the WHS Act. To assist readers, cross-references to specific sections of the WHS Act are provided after each heading.

Safe working and supervision guide for electrical apprentices

This guide has been designed to assist electrical apprentices in Queensland to understand the electrically safe working practices required as an apprentice.

Workers’ compensation insurers’ interface data specification: Data submission process and validation reference guide

This document lists and describes all of the validations applied to the monthly insurer interface data submission.

Strategies to ensure compliance

A report on OIR strategies to ensure compliance in priority industries between 2007 - 2017 (88 pages).

Preventing and managing fatigue-related risk in the workplace

A guide on preventing and managing fatigue-related risk in the workplace.

Good work design for young workers (Webinar: slides and transcript)

Supporting and engaging with young workers in health and safety through good work design, effective leadership and a supportive safety culture. Includes SEQwater case study. 28 May 2015

Model Planning Scheme Development Code for Hazardous Industries and Chemicals

Using, storing or generating hazardous chemicals (hazchem), particularly those being processed and/or in large quantities, can generate off-site risks which require careful assessment and management. The State Planning Policy (SPP) requires development involving hazchems that is resilient and appropriately located with neighbours of compatible level of sensitivity.

Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety

Independent review by Tim Lyons (July 2017).