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High risk work
What do you need to know about high risk work on
exploration sites?
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What do you need to know about high risk work?
• Licences are required for all high risk work
(HRW) conducted on mine sites including
exploration
• HRW is any work conducted within the scope
of a high risk licence, based on the National
Standard, including:
– crane and hoist operations including
vehicle loading cranes
– rigging work (dogging; basic,
intermediate, advanced rigging)
– forklift operations
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What legislation covers HRW licensing?
Mine Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995
• Reg. 6.37(1)(a) A person must not do high risk work of a
particular class at a mine unless the person holds a high risk
work licence for that class of work
• High risk work and high risk work licences have the meaning
given in the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996
regulation 6.1
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996
• Reg. 6.1 (1) refers to a list of classes and descriptions of
high risk work in Schedule 6.3 of OSHR 1996
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What are the 29 licence classes?
Basic scaffolding (SB)
Intermediate scaffolding (SI)
Advanced scaffolding (SA)
Basic rigging (RB)
Portal boom crane (CP)
Boom-type elevating work
platform (WP)
Intermediate rigging (RI)
Bridge and gantry crane (CB)
Personnel and materials hoist
(HP)
Advanced rigging (RA)
Vehicle-loading crane (CV)
Vehicle-mounted concreteplacing boom (PB)
Dogging (DG)
Non-slewing mobile crane (CN)
Slewing mobile crane up to 20T
(C2)
Forklift truck (LF)
Order-picking forklift truck (LO)
Slewing mobile crane up to 60T
(C6)
Materials hoist (HM)
Self-erecting tower crane (CS)
Slewing mobile crane up to 100T
(C1)
Tower crane (CT)
Basic boiler operation (BB)
Slewing mobile crane over 100T
(CO)
Derrick crane (CD)
Intermediate boiler operation
(BI)
Reciprocating steam engine
operation (ES)
Turbine operation (TO)
Advanced boiler operation (BA)
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What does regulation 4.13 cover?
• Workers are required to be
assessed as competent before
commencing task
– Unless in training and
supervised
• Supervisors must be aware of
the competencies of their
workers before assigning tasks
• Employers have a duty to
ensure employees have had
the training required
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What is verification of competency (VOC)?
• VOC assessments are how industry compensated for
the ‘ease’ of acquiring a HRW license
• VOCs ensure operators are suitably trained and
confirms their ability to conduct the work safely for
each individual plant
• Establish a VOC system for
– Employees
– Contractors
– Specialists using site equipment
– Specialists using their own equipment
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What licence for multi-tool carriers or telehandlers?
• Operator competency and high risk work licence requirements
vary depending on the attachment/configuration
• Duty of care – information, instruction training and
supervision
• Reg. 4.13
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What licence for forklifts?
• Forklift (LF) – covers the operation of a powered
industrial truck equipped with a mast and an
elevating load carriage to which is attached a pair of
fork arms or other attachment
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Video demonstrating how not to lift
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfh2yObrOHw
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What about dogging and rigging?
Dogging work – applying slinging techniques for the
purpose of lifting a load, including selecting the
method of the lift and inspecting lifting gear or
directing the operator of a crane or hoist in the
movement of a load.
• Classes (DG, RB, RI, RA)
– Dogging (DG) – slinging techniques including inspection of
gear, directing crane, selecting method, unloading drill rods
– Rigging Basic (RB) – steel erection, static lines
– Rigging Intermediate (RI) – tilt up, dual lifts, demolition
– Rigging Advanced (RA) – fabricated hung scaffold
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Can I conduct dogging activities?
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What licence for truck-mounted cranes (HIAB)?
• Vehicle loading crane (CV) – covers the operation of
a crane with a capacity of 10 metre tonnes or more,
mounted on a vehicle to move a load onto or from the
vehicle
• r (metres reach) x L (tonne Load) = metre tonnes
r
so 2m x 5.5t = 11 metre tonnes
Centre
line of
then CV required
rotation
L
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Want to know more?
• Contact WorkSafe WA for all HRWL enquiries
• Visit www.worksafe.wa.gov.au to download forms
and for more information
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Ensure you receive your renewal notice!
• Over half of HRW licence holders do not have their
current address registered with WorkSafe
www.commerce.wa.gov.au/worksafe/hrwlchangeofaddress/
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What’s happening at your site?
1. What type of high risk work occurs at your sites?
2. Who on site assesses the licence requirements for
these activities?
3. How is competency assessed?
What would you like to know about HRW?
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