New workplace and farm safety laws fact sheets
The changes to the Queensland workplace health and safety laws aim to reduce the significant human and business cost of workplace incidents by improving safety standards, capturing a greater range of construction activities and improving national consistency.
The fact sheets below explain how the new laws affect your business.
Why introduce new laws? (PDF, 77 KB)
New definition of construction work (PDF, 81 KB)
- Example of how to apply new definition for construction, repair of road or upgrade/change to an existing road (PDF, 78 KB)
- Example of how to apply new definition for construction of a new building or refurbishment of an existing building, with fit-out (PDF, 80 KB)
Asbestos 'B' class licence (PDF, 77 KB)
General safety induction training, 2 metre height limit, work method statements (PDF, 79 KB)
Crane maintenance and inspection (PDF, 77 KB)
Self-erecting tower crane certificate (PDF, 76 KB)
Prescribed occupations (PDF, 76 KB)
Electrical safety in the rural sector (PDF, 73 KB)
Last updated May 3, 2006