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Work health and safety guides
This page is for:
BuilderBuilding practitionerBuilding surveyorBusiness / companyCommercial tenancyCooperativeDebt collectorDeveloperElectrical contractor / workerEmployee / workerEmployerEmployment agentGas workerGovernment sector employersHealth and safety representativeLandlord / lessorLicence holdersLimited partnershipsMine operatorMinerMotor industryNot for profitPainterPerson Conducting a Business or UndertakingPetroleum operatorPlumberProduct safetyProperty industryRetirement village owner / operatorSeniorSmall business and farmerTradespersonThese guides describe practical measure that can be taken to prevent or minimise the risk of harm and contribute to the overall state of knowledge regarding hazards, risks and controls.
Overviews of the WHS laws
Health and safety representative
Health monitoring
- Health monitoring duties for persons conducting a business or undertaking
- Health monitoring - Legislative requirements for registered medical practitioners
- Health monitoring - Arsenic (inorganic) A guide for registered medical practitioners
- Health monitoring - Lead (inorganic) A guide for registered medical practitioners
- Health monitoring guide for registered medical practitioners - Nickel and nickel compounds
- Health monitoring guide for registered medical practitioners - Silica (respirable crystalline)
Other
- A death in the workplace: Information for families
- First steps to farm safety
This guide provides farmers with a foundation for establishing good safety practices on farma. - Guide to Work Health and Safety for volunteer organisations
This guide provides information on how the WHS Act applies to organisations that engage volunteers. - Working with crystalline silica substances
- This guide will help PCBUs understand the additional work health and safety (WHS) requirements in relation to processing a CSS from 1 September 2024.
Approved guidance notes
Guidance notes provide practical guidance for employers and workers on the management of risks to safety and health risks that may arise in relation to specific hazards.
- Alcohol and other drugs at the workplace - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Asbestos materials in the automotive repair industry - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Assessment Health Risks Arising From Hazardous Substances - Safe Work Australia
- Competency Standards for the Operation of Loadshifting Equipment - Safe Work Australia
- Controlling hazards in the electroplating industry - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Controlling isocyanate hazards at work - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Controlling wood dust hazards at work - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances Retail Sector [NOHSC:3018(1994)] - Safe Work Australia
- Covert and dangerous operations in WA Police force - Western Australia Police
- Elimination of environmental tobacco smoke - Safe Work Australia
- Exposure Standards for Atmospheric Contaminants - Safe Work Australia
- Fall prevention for scaffolders - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Fall prevention in the agricultural sector - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Gas welding safety flashback arresters - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Guidelines for the development of industry codes of practice - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Horizontal underground directional drilling - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Isolation of plant - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Dust - Safe Work Australia
- Occupational safety and health management and contaminated sites work - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Preparing for emergency evacuations - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Reducing infectious diseases in child care - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Safe movement of vehicles - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Safe use of chemicals in the woodworking industry - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Safe use of woodworking machinery - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Soldering in the workplace - rosin fluxes - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Working alone - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Working in roof spaces - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Working safely with forklifts - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
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