WHS Compliance – Safety Plan Preparing a WHS Safety Management Plan Assessment 4 CPCCBC4002 Welcome and Acknowledgements • • • • • • We acknowledge the original custodians of the land walk and teach on. Welcome to TAFE Digital online delivery. Who are your teachers today? What are we going to do in this session? How does this talk fit into the course? Q&A Some questions about this assessment task to start This short delivery will not be a complete discussion of your WHS responsibilities but will try to address the requirements of the fourth assessment and consider: What is WHS? What does this mean for Builders? Why are you students being asked to create a WHS Safety Management Plan? Do we builders have to worry about safety and compliance? WHS Legislative Framework WHS Act 2011 – must be complied with, WHS Regulations 2017 as amended – the ‘how to’ document and must be complied with, Codes of Practice – do not have to be complied with but can be used in Court to demonstrate that information was available to ensure compliance, Australian Standards - do not have to be complied with but can be used in Court to demonstrate that information was available to ensure compliance Industry Guidelines – few of these available WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Code of Practice for Construction work is the one COP that you should read and understand. It provides nearly all the information a builder needs to comply with his/her WHS obligations WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Other construction specific Codes of Practice that you should be aware of for further information: •Managing the risk of falls •Managing electrical risks •Managing plant risks •Demolition work •Excavation work •Manage and control asbestos •How to remove asbestos WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Other relevant Codes of Practice: • How to manage WHS risks • WHS consultation, coordination and cooperation • Managing noise and preventing hearing loss • Hazardous manual tasks • First aid • Safe design of structures • Work environment and facilities • Managing the risk of plant WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Principal Contractor – Regulations 293, 309, 308 Roles, duties, and responsibilities PCBU’s WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Construction work – WHS Regulation 289 “Construction project” – Regulation 292 - $250,000 or more High-risk work Managing risks – Regulation 297, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Emergency Plans are covered by: AS 3745 – Emergency control organization and procedures for buildings, structures, and workplaces COP – Managing the work environment and facilities Fact Sheet – Emergency Plans It is a legal requirement that all workplaces have an emergency plan which provides instruction and regular testing. WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Consultation – The WHS Act Sections 47 and 48 – with workers and other PCBU’s – records are to be kept Multiple and shared duties – consultation, again Designers – Regulation 295 – something to attend to before work starts “As far as reasonably practical” – What does this mean? WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Workers – replaces the old term “employees” and they now have actual duties to comply with reasonable instructions. Safety Management Plan – Regulations 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313 Officers – due diligence requirements “Other persons” – owners, inspectors, visitors, delivery drivers, consultants – must be managed “As far as reasonably practicable” ‘Reasonably practicable’ represents what can reasonably be done in the circumstances at the time. This means that the duty holders must satisfy the duties as far as they are reasonably able to, at the time. WHS Legislation and some terminology you need to get your heads around Safety Policy (Policy versus Procedure) must be available and displayed on site – a template is available at SafeWork NSW Safe Work Method Statements – prepared with consultation, with the workers who are to carry out the work and who understand the risks Registers for record keeping – SWMS’s, Site Inductions, Incidents, Safety Data Sheets, Tool tagging, Tool-box talks, PPE Issued, Daily Inspections, Safety Audits Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS’s) Should be prepared for all high-risk construction work (see Regulations) Prepared in consultation with those about to carry out the work Should not be pre-prepared by anyone Should be prepared by those who understand the risks associated with the work. Be held by the Principal Contractor – record keeping Induction Induction – two forms • General Induction (“White Card”) and, • Site specific induction Both are the Principal Contractor’s responsibility to record and implement at site induction. Principal Contractor must keep records in the WHS Management Plan. General Induction • • • • • Formal training is required - face-to-face delivery required in NSW Record number of the ‘White Card” at site induction records Must have card at all times All attendees must have a White Card – clients are exempt Re-training is required after a two year absence from the industry Site Specific Induction • Should follow a repeatable procedure – checklist • Include site rules – sign-in/out, parking, asbestos (if found), whatever is applicable to site • • • • Emergency procedures Facilities available Traffic management Provide to all entrants to site regardless Safety Data Sheets (SDS’s) • A materials have an SDS which cover safe use, safe storage, first aid instructions, safe disposal • These should be available on site for access by any stakeholder Electrical Safety • • • • • All 240 volt tools and leads must be inspected and tagged Records have to be kept No tag – no use Sub-standard equipment must be removed from site Some builders do not provide power until lock-up – risk and responsibility moves to sub-contractor PCBU’s • Temporary power supply must be lockable and have a safety switch Tool-box Talks • • • • • • A method of demonstrating training and instruction A method of demonstrating consultation with other PCBU’s and workers. A two-way procedure – invite/encourage participation by all React/respond to any reported deficiencies - vital Records should be kept of attendees and matters discussed (Minutes) Do not call a meeting unless you have a topic to discuss PPE Issued • PPE is issued to a PCBU’s workers • Principal Contractors only issue PPE to their direct workers, not other PCBU’s • Training and instruction must be provided prior to use • PPE must be fit for use Daily Inspections • Should work to a checklist to ensure consistency • Should be kept • Make any corrective work a priority and dependent on risk What is a WHS Management Plan? It sets out the procedure and methodology for managing safety in a workplace, in this case a building project valued over $250,000. • The WHS management plan must be in writing and must be prepared by the principal contractor before a project starts. • It should be easily understood by workers including contractors and sub-contractors. • It is also covered by ISO 45001 (once covered by AS 4801) What must the WHS Management Plan contain? The WHS Management Plan must contain: • Names, positions and health and safety responsibilities of persons at the workplace whose positions or roles involve specific health and safety responsibilities, for example site supervisors, project managers, first aid officers • Arrangements in place for consultation, cooperation and coordination • A Safety Policy What must the WHS Management Plan contain? The WHS Management Plan must contain: • arrangements in place for managing WHS incidents that occur and any near misses • site-specific health and safety rules and how people will be informed of the rules, and • arrangements to collect and assess, monitor and review safe work method statements (SWMS’s). What must the WHS Management Plan contain? It may also include information on: • the safe use and storage of plant – records and licences • the development of a construction project Traffic Management Plan • Emergency Plans What must the WHS Management Plan contain? It may also include information on: • getting and providing essential services information – Dial before you dig – a WHS essential duty • workplace security and public safety, and • ensuring workers have appropriate licences and training to undertake the construction work – general induction and site induction. How to prepare a WHS Management Plan (WHSMP) Whilst a WHS management plan is required for every construction project, a principal contractor may prepare a generic WHS Management Plan that is capable of being applied to several construction projects. However, a generic plan must be reviewed by the principal contractor to consider the hazards and risks for a specific project and workplace and; revised, as necessary. Remember if the project is more than $250,000, the WHSMP must be site specific (Strathfield Project, in the case of Assessment 4). Contents of a Register - examples SWMS or SDS: Project name: Date Item name Provider PCBU Incident: Project name: Address: Date Incident description First Aid/Hospital Reported to authorities Contents of a Register - examples Site Induction: Date Name Company Card Number Completed form Use of templates Plagiarism is not an issue in this assessment. You can use templates for your submission. In fact the statutory authorities encourage us to use a template to create a WHSMP. They do not want us to create a Plan from scratch and miss something out or create a non-compliant Plan. Authorities want us all to be compliant. The same with TAFE Digital. Use of templates You can use the template from the COP for Construction work – it is in the Appendices. Your WHSMP is to be for the Strathfield Site. Fill in the template accordingly. You will be the Project Manager. You may need to create some fictional characters and phone numbers for some roles – you can be creative here. Use of templates Other templates can be used like the Safety Policy from SafeWork NSW Helpful resources: *Safe Work Australia and SafeWork NSW Both these have Codes of Practices which can be downloaded for free. The list of resources is vast and covers COP’s for construction and other information sheets. *Standards Australia has useful Standards such as AS 2601 Demolition, ISO 45001 Safety Management, and AS 3745 Emergencies Questions? Let us have your questions. You can always contact us via email or telephone, Monday to Friday, 8:00am till 6:00pm. Thanks for your attendance, attention, and contributions.