Metal Fabrication and Welding WHS Manual

This is the Metal Fabrication and Welding edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, rewritten for fabrication workshops, boilermakers, welders and steel erectors, so you only need one of the two and should not buy both. It names the plant, licences, substances, laws and approved codes your trade meets, and points to the welding, cutting, machine, lifting and steel erection SWMS, procedures, registers and checklists in our range. The cover page is ready for your business name and logo. Part A is the management system, in 23 numbered chapters. Part B holds the full text of 74 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 33 for metal fabrication and welding work), each on its own pages in the same editable file, so you can edit, issue and sign off each one without buying it separately.

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What Is Included In Our Metal Fabrication and Welding WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for owners, supervisors, welders, boilermakers, steel erectors and apprentices
• When a SWMS is required and what we require in the workshop and on site
• Welding fume, gases, health monitoring and air monitoring, with the Queensland rules
• Hot work permits, fire and explosion, gas cylinders and flashback arrestors
• Press brakes, guillotines, grinders and other machine guarding
• Overhead cranes, slinging, rigging and dogging, forklifts and moving steel
• Abrasive blasting, spray painting, powder coating, lead and old coatings
• Welding in tanks and confined spaces, falls and steel erection on site
• Emergency plan for fires, crushing, burns, arc eye and electric shock, and first aid
• A list of 45 trade SWMS, procedures, permits and registers and when to use each
• Definitions and the legislation and approved codes that apply to a fabrication shop
• Part B: the full text of 74 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 33 for metal fabrication and welding work

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): the meaning of reasonably practicable (s 18), our primary duty of care (s 19), duties of persons who manage or control a workplace (s 20), management or control of plant (s 21), duties of designers, manufacturers, importers, suppliers and installers (ss 22 to 26), codes of practice (ss 26A, 274 and 275), duties of officers (s 27), duties of workers and others (ss 28 and 29), notifiable incidents (ss 35 to 39), consultation (ss 46 to 49), the right to cease unsafe work (ss 84 to 86), and no levy on workers (s 273)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): the electrical safety duty (s 30), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45), and electrical work licences (s 55)
• Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld): gas work and gas work licences (ss 725 and 726)
• Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): the chain of responsibility (ss 26A to 26H), mass, dimension and loading, and fatigue
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): claims and the employer’s injury report, rehabilitation and return to work
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld): the general environmental duty (s 319) and the duty to notify of environmental harm (ss 320A to 320D)
• Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld): the value of a penalty unit (s 5(1)(d))
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): managing risks (ss 32 to 38), information, training and instruction (s 39), facilities, first aid, emergency plans and personal protective equipment (ss 40 to 47), remote or isolated work (s 48), airborne contaminants (ss 49 and 50), ignition sources and flammable material (ss 52 and 53), noise (ss 56 to 59), manual tasks (s 60), confined spaces (ss 62 to 77), falls (ss 78 to 80), high risk work licences (ss 81 to 85 and sch 3), plant (chapter 5 and sch 5), construction work (chapter 6), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7 and schedules 10, 11 and 14), lead (part 7.2), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica (chapter 8A), and the dictionary (sch 19)
• Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld): the list of approved codes of practice and advisory standards
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead electric lines (ss 10 to 15 and sch 2), electrical equipment and safety switches in manufacturing work (ss 131 to 136), energised electrical work (ss 195 to 204), and notifying serious electrical incidents (s 292)
• Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (Qld): gas cylinders carried in vehicles (ss 141 to 144)
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): evacuation routes (ss 5 and 7)
• 24 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (492 pages), A4 portrait, with a cover page ready for your business name and logo, a contents list, Part A (23 numbered chapters) and Part B (74 policies and procedures)
• Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• A WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Roles, procedures, a risk matrix, record-keeping periods, definitions and references
• Part B: the full text of 74 policies and procedures, each starting on a new page
• Links by name to the matching SWMS, forms and registers in our range

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.