Guides
WHS guides for Australian builders.
Checklists and explainers for builders, site managers and WHS managers, under the model WHS laws. General information, not legal advice.
- SWMS
SWMS requirements for high risk construction work
When a SWMS is required, the 18 categories of high risk construction work, what a SWMS must contain, and how a principal contractor should review one.
- Duties
Principal contractor duties under the WHS Regulations
What the model WHS Regulations ask of a principal contractor on a construction project: the WHS management plan, SWMS, site signage and site security.
- Subcontractors
Subcontractor prequalification checklist for builders
The checks to run before a subcontractor starts on site: ABN, licences, insurances and certificates of currency, SWMS, workers' tickets and WHS history.
- Tickets
White Card and high risk work licence tracking
Tracking White Cards, high risk work licences and trade tickets for every worker on site, with the licence classes that matter and alerts before expiry.
- Site sign-in
Construction site sign-in and induction software
How QR site sign-in and digital inductions work on a construction site: who signs in, what a site induction covers, and the records to keep per project.
- Incidents
Notifiable incidents: what to report to the regulator
Which construction incidents are notifiable under the WHS Act, how fast the regulator must be told, keeping the site undisturbed, and records to keep.
- Consultation
Toolbox talk records: what to keep and why
How toolbox talks and prestart meetings support the duty to consult workers under the WHS Act, what to cover, and the attendance records worth keeping.
- IMS
ISO 45001 for builders: one integrated management system
What ISO 45001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 ask of a builder, how they fit into one integrated management system, and the records an auditor wants to see.
- Permits
Permits to work on construction sites
How a permit to work system controls hot work, confined spaces, excavation, work at height, electrical isolation and crane lifts on a construction site.
- Software
Construction WHS software: what a builder should expect
What construction WHS software should do for an Australian builder: site sign-in, subcontractors, tickets, SWMS, permits, incidents and an audit trail.
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