Portable Electrical Equipment Testing Safe Work Procedure
Editable Word safe work procedure for Queensland businesses: test and tag rules by work type (manufacturing, service, office, construction, rural, hire), tags, safety switches, repairs and registers.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits workshops, shops, offices, construction sites, farms and equipment hirers. It lays out the Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 rules for each type of work as they read, so you apply the right interval and tag rules and do not guess.
What Is Included In Our Portable Electrical Equipment Testing Safe Work Procedure?
- Safe work procedure with an approval sign-off
- A table of the test rules for each type of work, sections named
- Who may test, and why repairs need a licensed electrical worker
- Visual check before use and removing faulty items
- Tag content and warning tags
- Safety switches and portable safety switches
- Equipment brought on site by contractors
- Register and records
- What to do if equipment causes a shock, with the notification overlap explained
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): Part 6, with s 123 (definitions), s 124 (equipment under a person’s control), ss 131 to 136 (manufacturing work), ss 137 to 139 (service and office work), s 140 (construction work), s 141 (rural industry work), s 142 (hiring out); s 181 (testing without a licence); ss 292 and 296 (notification and the site); schedule 10 (dictionary)
- Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): s 18 (meaning of electrical work) and s 55 (licence requirement)
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19, s 28 (duties of workers), s 46 (other duty holders), ss 47 to 49 (consultation), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 39 (information, training and instruction), s 213 (maintenance and inspection of plant, which includes tools)
- Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2021 – Managing electrical risks in the workplace (Qld)
- AS/NZS 3760 (In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment and RCDs) and AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations – Construction and demolition sites) are named in the Regulation and are not reproduced here. Obtain current copies before relying on them
- The legislation does not settle how the WHS Act and the Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 overlap after an electric shock, or whether one notice covers both, so this document says to ask the regulator
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (7 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
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