Work health and safety guides

These guides describe practical measures 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.

- Operating as an approved provider of health and safety representative (HSR) training in Western Australia
- Health and safety representative (HSR) refresher training course requirements
- First steps to farm safety
  This guide provides farmers with a foundation for establishing good safety practices on farms.
- Work health and safety for volunteer organisations
  This guide provides information on how the WHS Act applies to organisations that engage volunteers.
- Use of confidentiality clauses in the resolution of workplace sexual harassment complaints
  This guide can assist an affected person, as well as PCBUs, respondents, employer organisations, unions, legal practitioners, mediators, insurers and anyone else involved in the process of resolving a workplace sexual harassment complaint.
- Working with crystalline silica substances
  This guide will help PCBUs understand the additional work health and safety requirements in relation to processing a crystalline silica substances from 1 September 2024.
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 in the agricultural sector - Commission for Occupational Safety and Health
- Gas welding safety flashback arresters - 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
- 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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