Carpentry and Framing WHS Manual

This is the carpentry and framing edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for carpentry contractors, so you only need one of the two. It follows the work in the order a job runs, with the Queensland fall rules for floors, frames and roofs, truss and wall frame erection, nail guns and saws, wood dust, treated timber, asbestos and silica, and it points to the carpentry SWMS, plans and checklists in our range that match. 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 carpentry and framing 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 Carpentry and Framing WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for owners, supervisors, leading hands, carpenters and apprentices
• Which Queensland fall rule applies to floors, frames, decks and roofs, with edge protection, restraint and harness requirements
• Wall frame and roof truss erection: lifting, propping, bracing and crane licences
• Nail guns, powder-actuated tools, saws and woodworking machines
• Wood dust, treated timber, fibre cement and masonry silica, and engineered stone
• Asbestos and lead paint in renovation work, and demolition licence rules for load-bearing walls
• Formwork, sub-floors and restumping, and underground services
• Overhead lines, heat, storms and working alone
• Emergency planning and first aid for crews working on other people’s sites
• A table of 45 carpentry SWMS, plans, checklists and registers, and when to use each
• Definitions and the legislation and approved codes that apply to carpentry
• 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 carpentry and framing 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), 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): serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45), and electrical work licences (s 55)
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 (Qld)
• Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 (Qld): licensing of plumbing and drainage work, which carpenters do not carry out
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): claims and the employer’s injury report (ss 131 and 133), and rehabilitation and return to work (ss 226 to 232)
• Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): the chain of responsibility (ss 26A to 26H) for delivery and crane trucks
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): environmental harm and waste, including asbestos waste and treated timber waste
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld) and Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (Qld), as cited in chapter 13
• 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), exposure standards and air monitoring (ss 49 and 50), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), noise (ss 56 to 59), manual tasks (s 60), psychosocial risks (ss 55A to 55H), confined spaces (ss 62 to 77), falls (ss 78 to 80), high risk work licences (ss 81 to 85 and Schedule 3), plant (chapter 5), construction work and the Queensland rules for falls, ladders, edge protection and falling objects (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 303, 306A to 306Q and 315A to 315M), demolition work (ss 142 to 144), hazardous chemicals and lead (chapter 7), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica and engineered stone (chapter 8A), and the dictionary (Schedule 19)
• Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld): the list of approved codes of practice
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead electric lines (ss 10 to 15 and Schedule 2), test and tag and safety switches (ss 138 to 140), and notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292)
• Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 (Qld)
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): evacuation routes (ss 5 and 7)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (Qld): the criteria for appointing a return to work coordinator (s 149)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld)
• 25 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (493 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.