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Anti-discrimination including sexual harassment Request this information
Code of Conduct - summary (PDF, 291 KB)
Cost centre hierarchy Request this information
Cost element hierarchy (PDF, 62 KB)  
Current major hazard facilities Request this information
Disposing of assets Request this information
Electrical Safety Office - Provisions of information or advice in response to external enquiries Request this information
Finance and administration delegations manual (PDF, 87 KB)
Guidelines for management of privacy Request this information

Public Sector Work Life Balance Strategy HR/IR Information Kit

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Purchasing assets Request this information
Queensland Government Wages Policy 2008 -2010 - Summary Document Request this information
Workplace Consulting Queensland Business Quality Management System: Business Quality Manual Procedures Forms Request this information
Enforceable undertakings

Providing 3rd party OHSMS audit reports and EU compliance audit reports to regions on request (PDF, 15 KB)

Sharing of information between Legal and Prosecution Services and the Enforceable Undertakings Unit (PDF, 23 KB)

The effect previous enforceable undertakings should have on subsequent undertakings (PDF, 22 KB)
Frameworks

Electrical safety enforcement framework

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Electrical Safety Office - complaints management framework Request this information
Licensing
Eligibility and other requirements for an electrical license
Electrical licensing committee - disciplinary policy and procedures Request this information
Policies and procedures
Administrative release of information policy Request this information
After hours on-call procedures (PDF, 62 KB)
Amended procedures for typing GBH and preparing associated briefs for review (PDF, 73 KB)
Amusement devices assessment program - guidance for inspectors (PDF, 24 KB)
Asbestos incoming call procedure (PDF, 72 KB)
Auditing entities involved in T1 events (PDF, 14 KB)

S457 Visa workers in Queensland (PDF, 110 KB)

Biosecurity when visiting rural settings or sectors (PDF, 42 KB)
Corporate purchasing card policies Request this information
Corporate wardrobe administrative procedures (PDF, 30 KB)
Conduct of a record of interview (PDF, 26 KB)
Construction - Australian building and construction commission request for assistance (PDF, 37 KB)
Contact from ministers of parliament (PDF, 17 KB)
Contact with relatives and friends during investigations (PDF, 50 KB)
Contacting WHS representatives during WHS visits (PDF, 98 KB)
Criminal history checks policy (PDF, 52 KB)
Dealing with complaints and notices for workplace harassment (PDF, 118 KB)
Disability Service Plan 2007 -10 (PDF, 197 KB)
Document Disclosure Policy (PDF, 25 KB)
Electrical Safety Office policy Request this information
Electrical installations (PDF, 184 KB)
Electrical Licensing Committee - Disciplinary action policy and procedures Request this information
Electrical Safety Office - Fraud and corruption control policy Request this information
Electrical Safety Office - Policy structure Request this information
Enforcement Note Policy (PDF, 26 KB)
Executive officer prosecutions (PDF, 103 KB)
First Response T1 event (PDF, 150 KB)
Freedom of Information Policy (PDF, 32 KB)
Flexible work practices Request this information
Fraud and corruption control policy Request this information
Gifts policies and procedures manual (PDF, 57 KB)
Guidance for employers conducting workplace harassment investigations (PDF, 132 KB)
Health and safety procedures manual Request this information
Hours of work arrangements Request this information
Immunisation policy Request this information
Incident investigation, responsibility for (PDF, 102 KB)
Industry placement program (PDF, 483 KB)
Infringement notice procedure (PDF, 73 KB)
Infringement notice schedule WHSQ (PDF, 62 KB)
Inspector - appointment of inspectors under the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 39 KB)
Inspector - appointment of WHSQ inspectors as authorised officers under Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001 (PDF, 98 KB)
Inspector induction program - roles and responsibilities (PDF, 87 KB)
Inspector - personal protective safety equipment (PPE) issue and use (PDF, 140 KB)
Inspectors - provision of advice by inspectors Request this information
Inspectors - provision of legislation to new inspectors (PDF, 18 KB)
Investigation of electrical incidents by WHSQ and ESO (PDF, 202 KB)
Issuing notices to government departments (PDF, 139 KB)
Issuing prohibition and improvement notices (PDF, 21 KB)
Legislative interpretations (PDF, 77 KB)
Managing traumatic and distressing incidents (PDF, 234 KB)
Mobile phone usage policy Request this information
Notification requirements for 'mental stress' and required response from WHSQ (PDF, 172 KB)
Notifying workplaces prior to a visit from a WHS inspector (PDF, 120 KB)
Operational policy for the use of voice recording devices by WHSQ (excluding records of interview) (PDF, 25 KB)

Operational policy for investigation of electrical incidents (PDF, 202 KB)

Phased retirement Request this information
Presentation by WHSQ officers (PDF, 17 KB)

Project proposal procedure (PDF, 81 KB)

Project proposal procedure template (PDF, 63 KB)
Prosecutions: conduct of (PDF, 126 KB)

Protocol for small business advisor (PDF, 29 KB)

Protocol - QMS protocol for samples submitted for analysis (PDF, 160 KB)

Protocol for handling and disposing of items that are contaminated with blood and/or body fluids (PDF, 99 KB)
Provision of advice by inspectors Request this information
Provision of certificates of competency to past WHSQ inspectors (PDF, 21 KB)
Provision of information for information services officers and client services officers (PDF, 59 KB)
Psychosocial skills development manual (PDF, 247 KB)
Purchasing mobile phones - business case template (PDF, 99 KB)
Purchasing procedures - occupational hygiene monitoring equipment (PDF, 135 KB)
Q Fever (PDF, 34 KB)
Recovery of investigation and professional costs (PDF, 111 KB)
Regional correspondence policy (PDF, 21 KB)
Responding to persons who state and/or behave in a manner which indicates they might harm themselves or others (PDF, 137 KB)
Responsibility for communication of status of enforceable undertaking application (PDF, 23 KB)

Review of decisions (PDF, 70 KB)

Risk management policy (PDF, 233 KB)

Safety alert policy (PDF, 30 KB)

Safety footwear (PDF, 85 KB)

Significant incident notification scheme (SINS) (PDF, 184 KB)
Staff rotation policy for ESO and WHSQ (PDF, 22 KB)
Staff working remotely (PDF, 73 KB)
Study and Research Assistance Scheme (SARAS) procedures (PDF, 22 KB)

Telecommuting

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Type 1 events: classification (PDF, 14 KB)
Type 2 events: section for comprehensive investigations (PDF, 46 KB)

Use of verbal directions and advice (PDF, 100 KB)

Use of WHSQ inspector competency profiles (PDF, 56 KB)
Whistleblowers Request this information
WHSQ operations during declared disaster situations (PDF, 20 KB)

Workforce planning model (PDF, 267 KB)

Workplace harassment complaints - what to expect from WHSQ (PDF, 41 KB)
Provision of information

Electrical Safety Office - Provision of information or advice in response to external enquiries

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