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In order to understand the workplace health and safety requirements for building and construction, and your obligations under the law you must consider and understand relevant legislation and codes of practice.

Control of major risks on civil construction sites (state-wide campaign, 2011/12)
This campaign has been developed to target construction activities that are a consistent source of serious injuries and fatalities. The campaign will include a compliance component (to enforce existing standards) and an information gathering component (to report back to industry and inform future campaigns).

Worker safety on or near public roads national campaign 2011
The campaign aims to increase and evaluate the current level of awareness of the risks associated with worker safety on or near public roads through a coordinated national compliance campaign.

Scaffolding Campaign 2009 - 2010
The campaign aims to increase the level of scaffold compliance in the construction industry through a coordinated national compliance campaign, aligned to the Australian Standard AS1576 - Scaffolding.

Amenities
Principal contractors must ensure workers have reasonable access to toilets

Building the Education Revolution (BER)
Information to help builders, tradespeople, contractors and schools to understand their workplace health and safety requirements and obligations as part of BER. BER is a $14.7 billion national investment from the Australian Government to improve the quality of facilities in Australian schools.

Safety plans and work method statements
Constructions safety plans, work method statements

General health and safety issues
Personal protective equipment, manual tasks, sun exposure, hazardous substances, confined spaces, noise and emergencies

Concrete slump project report
This technical ergonomics report identifies the manual tasks risk factors associated with concreting tasks and includes information and recommendations

Guidance for house builders
Amenities, site supervision, site security

Inductions
General construction induction, general construction induction cards (previously ‘blue card’), site specific inductions

Housekeeping, equipment and common plant
Housekeeping, hand tools, explosive powered tools, electrical equipment, compressed air, lasers, cranes and lifting gear, vehicles, concrete pumping, post-tensioning or pre-stressing, common plant requirements

Major hazards
Excavations, work at heights, ladders, trestles, scaffolding, protection from falling objects, demolition work and asbestos removal work (prescribed activities)

National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPARIH)
Information to assist builders, tradespeople, contractors and communities to understand their workplace health and safety requirements and obligations as part of NPARIH. NPARIH is a $1.156 billion investment by the Australian Government over 10 years for housing reform in remote Indigenous communities throughout Queensland

What law applies
Legal obligations, legislation, code of practice

What is construction work?
Definitions, owner builders, home renovators, appointment of principal contractors

WHSO, WHSR and committees
Information about consultation in the workplace

Workplace health and safety taskforce
Terms of reference and final report of the Building and Construction Industry (Workplace Health and Safety Taskforce 1999)