Bricklaying and Blocklaying WHS Manual

This is the bricklaying and blocklaying edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for bricklaying and blocklaying businesses and their crews, so you only need one of the two. It covers heavy duty scaffolds and loading platforms, silica dust from brick saws and tuckpointing grinders, bracing of free-standing walls, hoists, cranes and deliveries, and the cement and acid hazards of the trade, and it points to the bricklaying SWMS, checklists and registers 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 75 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 34 for bricklaying and blocklaying 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.

What Is Included In Our Bricklaying and Blocklaying WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Scaffolds for masonry: heavy duty class, loading platforms, ties, handover certificates and inspections
• Falls from scaffolds, ladders, trestles and the top of a wall, with the Queensland rules for housing construction work
• Brick saws, quick-cut saws and tuckpointing grinders, with the silica dust controls and respirator rules
• Bracing and propping of free-standing and core-filled walls, and exclusion zones
• Hoists, truck-mounted cranes, forklifts, telehandlers and delivery trucks, with the licences each needs
• Cement, mortar and brick-cleaning acid: burns, dermatitis and safe mixing
• Manual handling of bricks, blocks and bags, heat, sun and noise
• Overhead lines at the delivery and hoist position, and underground services before digging
• Asbestos and lead in older buildings, and opening up old masonry walls
• A table of 45 bricklaying SWMS, checklists, registers and policies, and when to use each
• Definitions and the Acts, Regulations and codes of practice that apply
• Part B: the full text of 75 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 34 for bricklaying and blocklaying 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), duties of designers (s 22), 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): the licensing of building work, including masonry and bricklaying contractors
• 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 the trucks that deliver pallets and loading cranes
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): environmental harm and waste, including rubble, slurry and asbestos waste
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (Qld) and Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): the parts cited in chapters 13 and 14
• 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 and fire (ss 49 to 53), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), 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 Schedule 3), plant (chapter 5, including ss 206 to 219 and Schedule 5), construction work and the Queensland rules for falls, ladders, scaffolds and edge protection (chapter 6, including ss 225, 289 to 306, 306A to 306Q, 316 and 315A to 315M), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica (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), testing of leads and safety switches (ss 138 to 140), and notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292)
• 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)
• 21 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 500 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 (75 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 75 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.